The Protestant Purgatory

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

6-1-1946

Document Type

Article

Keywords

purgatory, hades gospel, protestant, purification, catholic, bellarmine, doctrine

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The Hades gospel promises various classes of unbelievers that in Hades they will get another opportunity to be converted. See CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY, 1945, May, June, September, and December issues. But it has a message also for the believers. It tells them that after their death they will be purged in Hades of the remnants of sin still clinging to them and thus be fitted for heaven. This Hades institution is not exactly the Catholic purgatory, but a purgatory it is still, a needed purgatory. - It is known as the Protestant purgatory.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

1 Peter 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 15:20;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1946) "The Protestant Purgatory," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 17, Article 34.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol17/iss1/34