Purgatory - A Catholic's Understanding

[Wrangler]

While ignoring how my question relates to the verse of God judging by man’s works also.

So?
I have no requirement to respond to everything or anything you are wondering about.

So? No requirement to respond? The very definition of irresponsible!

Bless your heart!

1 Corinthians 3:13
The Voice
13 the quality of each person’s work will be revealed in time as it is tested by fire.

I’ll make it easy for you. According to 1 Cor 3:13 above, is every man’s work judged/tested/rewarded/revealed? Yes or No?

 

[Taken]

So? No requirement to respond? The very definition of irresponsible!

LOL

 

[atpollard]

the verse in question, which explicitly says God judges the works of people.

“God (subject) judges (verb) the works (object)”

“God” does the action.
“judges” is the action which happens.
“Works” (and not people) are what is being judged.

God does judge people, however the verse in question EXPLICITLY says NOTHING on that subject.

John 3:18 explicitly talks about God judging people.

 

[Wrangler]

“God” does the action.
“judges” is the action which happens.
“Works” (and not people) are what is being judged.

God does judge people, however the verse in question EXPLICITLY says NOTHING on that subject.

Judging works and not the people who made the works is an artificial dichotomy. In any contest, the work does not win the prize but the person who performed the work.

 

[atpollard]

Judging works and not the people who made the works is an artificial dichotomy. In any contest, the work does not win the prize but the person who performed the work.

The verse does not speak of judgement or prizes for any person, it is about the judgement of works to see if the works will stand or fall.

Other verses speak of the issues that you want to ascribe to that verse, but that verse does not. You are rejecting basic grammar to distort the clear meaning (Judgement of works, not people).

 

[Wrangler]

The verse does not speak of judgement or prizes for any person, it is about the judgement of works to see if the works will stand or fall.

To what end test works to see if they stand or fail?

 

[atpollard]

To what end test works to see if they stand or fail?

According to 1 Corinthians 3, what are they building?
Once you understand what is being built, the importance of the “work” surviving the test is self-evident.