Time, Judgment, and Competitive Spirituality: A Reading of the Development of the Doctrine of Purgatory

@article{Thiel2008TimeJA,
  title={Time, Judgment, and Competitive Spirituality: A Reading of the Development of the Doctrine of Purgatory},
  author={John E. Thiel},
  journal={Theological Studies},
  year={2008},
  volume={69},
  pages={741 - 785}
}
  • John E. Thiel
  • Published 1 December 2008
  • Philosophy
  • Theological Studies
Why has purgatory virtually disappeared from Catholic belief and practice since Vatican II? A competitive spirituality, gravitating around the religious vocation of ascetics from the late Middle Ages, enabled the doctrine by extending the temporal horizon within which God's favorable judgment could be secured, first, in the lifelong practice of ascetics in their spiritual competition with martyrs, and then into a supernatural time required for laypersons and ascetics who could not meet the… 
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