Thanks Jason.<br><br>So, the dead believer in purgatory is in some way being subjected to God's judgements and wrath? <br><br>How does this square up with:<br><br>Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus....<br><br>Also, should we take Paul at his word when he penned that to be "absent from the body is to be present with the Lord" Or did he really mean to say..."...is to be present with the Lord, but only after a period of temporal suffering"? <br><br>In one sense, isn't Rome guilty of 'adding' to the Scriptures? <br><br><br> <br><br>