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Jimmy Akin's (Catholic Answers) soft interpretation of 2 Maccabees: the passage presupposes that prayer can help the dead on their journey to heaven

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory 00:29:48 – 00:31:19

Catholic apologetic reading of 2 Maccabees, specifically from Jimmy Akin

Jimmy Akin's conclusion: 'In some way, even in this life we can help people after they die — that presupposes the existence of a state where someone's journey to heaven is not yet complete.' Mike notes Akin is deliberately cautious, not overstating the case, but still using the passage as indirect evidence for purgatory.
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@Balduc13679 The church in AD 200 looks very very different from the Roman Catholic Church of today. And there was none of the teachings about purgatory, the literal presence of Christ in the elements, teachings about Mary and the righteous acts of t...

@Balduc13679 The church in AD 200 looks very very different from the Roman Catholic Church of today. And there was none of the teachings about purgatory, the literal presence of Christ in the elements

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Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory @ 00:29:48

2018-03-21

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