{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/103/1030319.htm","path":"chr/ecf/103/1030319.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/103/1030319.htm","text":"Chapter 69.\u2014It is Not Impossible that Some Believers May Pass Through a Purgatorial Fire in the Future Life.\nAnd it is not impossible that something of the same kind may take place even after this life. It is a matter that may be inquired into, and either ascertained or left doubtful, whether some believers shall pass through a kind of purgatorial fire, and in proportion as they have loved with more or less devotion the goods that perish, be less or more quickly delivered from it. This cannot, however, be the case of any of those of whom it is said, that they \u201cshall not inherit the kingdom of God,\u201d 1226 unless after suitable repentance their sins be forgiven them. When I say \u201csuitable,\u201d I mean that they are not to be unfruitful in almsgiving; for Holy Scripture lays so much stress on this virtue, that our Lord tells us beforehand, that He will ascribe no merit to those on His right hand but that they abound in it, and no defect to those on His left hand but their want of it, when He shall say to the former, \u201cCome, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom,\u201d and to the latter, \u201cDepart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire.\u201d 1227","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III: Doctrinal Treat...","type":"page"}