برزخ (مسیحیت): تفاوت میان نسخه‌ها

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[[Image:Folio 113v - Purgatory.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Image of a fiery purgatory in the [[Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]

[[Image:Pur 24 dore.jpg|thumb|250 px|left|Image of a non-fiery purgatory (Gustave Doré: illustration for Dante's Purgatorio, Canto 24)]]

[[Image:V.Carmen de Beniajan-general.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] with angels and souls in Purgatory. Baroque sculpture from [[Beniajan]], [[Spain]]]]

 

The notion of purgatory is associated particularly with the [[Latin Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]] (in the [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern sui juris churches or rites]] it is a doctrine, though often without using the name "Purgatory"); [[Anglican]]s of the [[Anglo-Catholic]] tradition generally also hold to the belief. [[John Wesley]], the founder of [[Methodism]], believed in an intermediate state between death and the final judgment and in the possibility of "continuing to grow in holiness there."<ref name="Methodism">{{cite web|title=What happens after a person dies?|url=http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4746355&content_id={94F6F768-0EA6-4C1B-B6B6-0C88EC04E8A2}&notoc=1|quote=Purgatory is believed to be a place where the souls of the faithful dead endure a period of purification and cleansing, aided by the prayers of the living, prior to their entrance into heaven. Although John Wesley believed in an intermediate state between death and the final judgment, that idea is not formally affirmed in Methodist doctrine, which “reject the idea of purgatory but beyond that maintain silence on what lies between death and the last judgment.” (Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials by Ted A. Campbell)|publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]]|accessdate=10 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="Wesley">{{cite web|author=Robin Russell|title=Heavenly minded: It’s time to get our eschatology right, say scholars, authors|url=http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=5101|quote=John Wesley believed in the intermediate state between death and the final judgment “where believers would share in the ‘bosom of Abraham’ or ‘paradise,’ even continuing to grow in holiness there,” writes Ted Campbell, a professor at Perkins School of Theology, in his 1999 book Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials (Abingdon). That view has not been officially affirmed by the Church.|publisher=UM Portal|accessdate=10 March 2011}}</ref> The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]es believe in the possibility of a change of situation for the souls of the dead through the prayers of the living and the offering of the [[Divine Liturgy]],<ref name="Orthodox Confession of Faith">''[http://esoptron.umd.edu/ugc/ocf1c.html Orthodox Confession of Faith]'', questions 64-66.</ref> and many Orthodox, especially among ascetics, hope and pray for a general [[apocatastasis]].<ref>Olivier Clément, L'Église orthodoxe. Presses Universitaries de France, 2006, Section 3, IV</ref> A similar belief in at least the possibility of a final salvation for all is held by [[Mormonism]].<ref>See, for instance, [http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/heavenly-father-s-plan-of-salvation/life-after-death LDS Life After Death]</ref> [[Judaism]] also believes in the possibility of after-death purification<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=115&letter=G Jewish Encyclopedia: Gehenna]</ref> and may even use the word "purgatory" to present its understanding of the meaning of [[Gehenna]].<ref>[http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/10797/jewish/Gehinnom.htm Gehinnom]</ref> However, the concept of soul "purification" may be explicitly denied in these other faith traditions.