<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147547.msg7377658#msg7377658">Quote from: NiceTexasGuy on 13-12-2012, 18:00:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit - it's Limbo, not Purgatory.  LIMBO, dammit.<br/><br/>Yeah, I even looked up the levels to make sure I had it right:<br/>1. Limbo<br/>2. Lust<br/>3. Gluttony<br/>4. Greed<br/>5. Anger<br/>6. Heresy<br/>7. Violence<br/>8. Fraud<br/>9. Trechary<br/>Then when I started typing, "Purgatory" is what my fingers hit instead.<br/><br/>Purgatory (as per Dante) is a place run by angels that's between Heven and Hell.  I always thought it was supposed to be a place where souls were tortured by demons until they had paid their dues and were allowed into Heaven.  <br/><br/>Gahhhhhh!  I'm such an idiot.<br/><br/>I really think I should modify my posts when I get a chance to keep things at least semi-canon.  Okay with you?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Actually you're correct. Dante's interpretation of Hell was only 'his' interpretation not Catholic Dogma. His own literary and historical preferences are quite evident in his work.<br/><br/>Purgatory is actually a sort of transit stop where the soul is 'purified' in a most unpleasant way. It's also a pretty 'late' invention and would come back to bite the Catholic Church in the (beep).<br/>Ironically until quite a few years back, all unborn children were stuck in there because they never got baptised.<br/>The Pope changed that so they were allowed into Heaven despite not being baptised.<br/>Yeah... fun.<br/><br/>Anyway I'm raving. I'm planning to keep my eyes on this new thread and i'll try not to monologue about the evolution of theology or history. Which given my education... will be hard. Thank god this isn't about the Teutonic Knights or the Roman Empire... or i'd never stop rambling...<br/><em><strong>*keeps going and going and going until my voic has entire trailed of*</strong></em><br/><br/><br/>