This report examines two major contemporary works on purgatory: Jerry L. Walls’ “Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation” from a Protestant perspective, and Karlo Broussard’s “Purgatory Is For Real” from a Catholic viewpoint....
“Purgatory on this account is not in any way about satisfying divine justice or paying a debt of punishment. It is entirely a matter of continuing and completing the process of sanctification, of making us truly holy so that we can be fully at home in the...