What is Purgatory? With Matthew Chicoine

Matthew Chicoine comes back on the program to discuss purgatory.  It is a topic that is misunderstood by our Protestant friends, and in many cases in misunderstood by Catholics.  So what exactly is purgatory?  Matthew and I discuss the official church stance. scripture passages, and tradition from the early church.  Matthew has also written a few great articles about the topic which I have included here as a supplement. 

https://thesimplecatholic.blog/2017/07/05/3-childhood-experiences-that-taught-me-about-purgatory/ 

https://thesimplecatholic.blog/2017/03/26/3-reasons-why-i-used-to-think-purgatory-was-like-overtime-in-a-football-game/

https://thesimplecatholic.blog/2017/11/17/3-reasons-why-leaf-by-niggle-is-my-favorite-tolkien-treasure/ 


http://resources.desmet.org/SophTheology/handouts/Leaf%20By%20Niggle.pdf

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