Regarding comments of AF Nazareth about my letter dated November 2, " Significance of All Souls day" I agree that the Bible does not contain the word "purgatory" or teach that the souls of the dead are purified in purgatory. In Matthew's Gospel Jesus says, "whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come". I Corinthians 3:11-15. Jesus actually never talks about eternal torment in the New Testament. Even in Gehenna, it is not that the corpses that get tossed in there never die but experience everlasting pain. The Bible does not mention the exact word “purgatory,” but instead it makes reference to a place which can be understood as what is referred to as purgatory. The Bible contains references to many Christian doctrines, but fails to call them out by name. The name does not make the place; the place must exist first, then we give it a name. We call this place “purgatory” because it means “a cleansing place.”
