... thus eliminate all the authority of Church Tradition and magisterial teaching. Since Purgatory does not seem to have any Biblical backing by many Protestants, they see it as a heretical teaching and it is thus disregarded. Purgatory, in fact, has many biblical references and the tradition can be seen in many instances, but more specifically in Dante's Divine Comedy. The words Trinity and Incarnation do not appear in the Bible, yet they are undeniably the two most fundamental truths of the Christian faith. We hold dear the beliefs that God is three Persons in one, and that His Son came down to earth and became human in every aspect but sin. Like the Trinity and the Incarnation, the belief in purgatory is a fundamental truth of the Christian faith, yet the word does not appear in the Bible. Is this to say that these are beliefs fashioned by the Tradition and ...

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