Q&A — How to approach a Catholic on purgatory: make salvation and justification the main issue, not purgatory

Mike advises: (1) Don't make purgatory your central debate topic with a Catholic — it's a secondary issue. (2) Focus on how a person is saved — justification by faith apart from works. (3) Address papal authority ('show me the Pope in the Bible'). (4) Keep to one topic per conversation rather than jumping around. The Catholic priesthood is also not in the New Testament. These foundational issues, if settled correctly, naturally resolve purgatory.