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The word "Purgatory" comes from the Latin word ''purgare'', meaning "to purify."

''Purgatory (Lat., "purgare", to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal p ...me "purgatory", therefore is aptly applied as it means "to make clean" or "purify". Purgatory does not have to be explicitly stated in Scripture.

# 'Mysteries', that is, sacraments to aid and purify the soul, to ensure her rebirth into a spiritual body, and her ascent from