Kodi Purigatoriyo ndi "wopeka" wa Katolika?

Fundamentalists angafune kunena kuti Tchalitchi cha Katolika "chinapanga" chiphunzitso cha purigatoriyo kupanga ndalama, koma amavutika kuti anene pomwe. Akuluakulu odana ndi Chikatolika - omwe amapeza ndalama pogwirira "Chiroma" - akuwoneka ngati akuimba mlandu Papa Gregory the Great, yemwe analamulira kuyambira 590 mpaka 604 AD

Koma izi sizikulongosola kwenikweni pempho la Monica, amayi ake a Augustine, yemwe m'zaka za zana lachinayi adapempha mwana wawo wamwamuna kuti akumbukire moyo wake ku Masses. Izi sizingakhale zomveka ngati angaganize kuti mzimu wake sungapindule ndi mapemphero, monga momwe zingakhalire ku gehena kapena ulemerero wonse wakumwamba.

Ngakhale kuti amati chiphunzitsochi ndi a Gregory sichimafotokoza za manda am'madzuwa, pomwe akhristu panthawi yomwe anali kuzunzidwa zaka mazana atatu zoyambilira anapemphera za akufa. Zowonadi, zolemba zina zachikristu zoyambirira kunja kwa Chipangano Chatsopano, monga Machitidwe a Paul ndi Tecla ndi Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity (zonse zolembedwa m'zaka za zana lachiwiri), zimatengera mchitidwe wachikhristu wopempherera wakufa. Mapempherowa akanaperekedwa pokhapokha ngati Akhristu akhulupirira mu purigatoriyo, ngakhale atakhala kuti sanagwiritse ntchito dzinali. (Onani mayankho a Katolika]

"Purigatoriyo m'malembo"
Ena okonda kunena kuti "purigatoriyo sapezeka paliponse m'Malemba." Izi ndi zowona, komabe sizikutsutsa kukhalapo kwa purigatori kapena kuti chikhulupiriro mwa izo nthawi zonse wakhala gawo la chiphunzitso cha Tchalitchi. Mawu oti Utatu ndi Kukula thupi mulibe m'Malemba, komabe ziphunzitsozo zimaphunzitsidwa momveka bwino m'menemo. Momwemonso, Malemba amaphunzitsa kuti purigatoriyo ilipo, ngakhale osagwiritsa ntchito mawuwo ngakhale 1 Petro 3:19 amatanthauza malo ena osati purigatoriyo.

Khristu amatanthauza wochimwa yemwe "sadzakhululukidwa, ngakhale mu nthawi ino kapena nthawi ikubwerayi" (Mat 12:32), natanthauza kuti munthu akhoza kumasulidwa pambuyo pa imfa ya zotsatira zauchimo wa munthu. Momwemonso, Paulo akutiuza kuti tikaweruzidwa, ntchito ya munthu aliyense idzayesedwa. Ndipo bwanji ngati ntchito ya munthu wolungama italephera mayeso? "Adzasowa, ngakhale iye yekha apulumutsidwa, koma kumoto wokha" (1 Akolinto 3:15). Tsopano kutayika uku, chilangochi, sichingatanthauze kuchokero ku gehena, popeza palibe amene amapulumutsidwa; ndipo zakumwamba sizingamveke, popeza kulibe kuvutika ("moto") pamenepo. Chiphunzitso cha Chikatolika cha purigatoriyo chokha chikufotokoza izi.

Ndipo, pamenepo, pali kuvomerezedwa kwa ma Bayibulo kwa mapempherowo kwa akufa: “Pochita izi adachita bwino kwambiri komanso mwaulemu, popeza anali ndi chiyembekezo cha kuuka kwa akufa; chifukwa ngati samayembekezera kuti akufa adzauka, kukadakhala kopanda tanthauzo komanso kupusa kuti awapempherere muimfa. Koma ngati adachita izi poganizira mphotho yabwino yomwe ikuyembekezera iwo omwe apumula pachisoni, lidali lingaliro loyera komanso lopembedza. Chifukwa chake adawaphimba iwo akufa kuti amasulidwe kuuchimo uwu (2 Macc 12: 43-45). Mapempherowo sofunikira kwa iwo akumwamba ndipo palibe amene angathandize iwo amene ali kumoto. Vesili likuwonetsa momveka bwino kupezeka kwa purigatoriyo kuti, panthawi ya Kukonzanso, Apulotesitanti adadula mabuku a Maccabee m'Mabaibulo awo kuti asalandire chiphunzitsocho.

Mapempherero a akufa ndi chiphunzitso chotsatira cha purigatori akhala mbali ya chipembedzo choona kuyambira nthawi ya Khristu isanachitike. Sikuti tizingotsimikizira kuti izi zimachitidwa ndi Ayuda panthawi ya Maccabees, koma zidasungidwa ngakhale ndi a Orthodox masiku ano, omwe amaloweza pemphelo lomwe limadziwika kuti Mourner's Kaddish kwa miyezi khumi ndi chimodzi pambuyo poti wokondedwa wawo wamwalira akhoza kuyeretsedwa. Si Mpingo wa Katolika womwe unawonjezera chiphunzitso cha purigatoriyo. M'malo mwake, matchalitchi achiprotesitanti adakana chiphunzitso chomwe chimakhulupirira nthawi zonse ndi Ayuda komanso Akhristu.

Chifukwa chiyani kupita ku purigatoriyo?
Chifukwa chiyani aliyense amapita ku purigatoriyo? Kuti ayeretsedwe, chifukwa "palibe chodetsedwa chiyenera kulowa [kumwamba]" (Chivumbulutso 21:27). Aliyense amene sanamasulidwe kwathunthu kuchimo ndi zotsatira zake, ndiwakuti, ndi "wodetsedwa". Kudzera mu kulapa atha kukhala ndi chisomo chofunikira kukhala choyenera kumwamba, ndiye kuti, wakhululukidwa ndipo moyo wake ulipobe mwauzimu. Koma izi sizokwanira kukwaniritsa kulowa kumwamba. Ziyenera kukhala zodetsedwa kwathunthu.

Fundamentalists amati, monga nkhani yomwe imalembedwa m'magazini ya Jimmy Swaggart, The Evangelist, imati "Lemba limaulula kuti zofunikira zonse za chilungamo chaumulungu pa wochimwa zakwaniritsidwa mwa Yesu Kristu. Zikuwonetsanso kuti Khristu adawombolera kapena kuwombolera zomwe zidatayika. Omwe amayambitsa purigatoriyo (ndikufunika kwa pemphero la akufa), kwenikweni, kuti chiwombolo cha Khristu sichinakwaniritsidwe. . . . Zonse zidatichitira ndi Yesu Kristu, palibe choti kuwonjezera kapena kuchita ndi munthu ”.

Palibe cholakwika kunena kuti Yesu anakwaniritsa chipulumutso chathu chonse pamtanda. Koma izi sizimathetsa funso loti chiwombolochi chikugwiritsidwa ntchito bwanji kwa ife. Vesi limavumbula kuti limagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa nthawi ndi nthawi, pakati pa zinthu zina, njira ya kuyeretsedwa komwe Mkristu amayeretsedwa. Chiyeretso chimaphatikizapo kuvutika (Aroma 5: 3-5) ndipo purigatoriyo ndi gawo lomaliza la kuyeretsedwa lomwe ena mwa ife amayenera kulowa asanapite kumwamba. Purigatorito ndi gawo lomaliza la kugwiritsa ntchito kwa Khristu kwa ife kuombolera oyeretsa zomwe adatichitira ndi imfa yake pamtanda