Heaven vs. Purgatory

Heavennoun

The sky, specifically:

Heavennoun

The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres.

Heavennoun

(obsolete) The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; (obsolete) the atmosphere; the climate.

Heavennoun

(obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.

Heavennoun

(religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:

Heavennoun

The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.

Heavennoun

The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus.

Heavennoun

Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate.

Heavennoun

(religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:

Heavennoun

The afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.

Heavennoun

The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.

Heavennoun

(by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.

Heavennoun

(by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.

Heavennoun

Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed.

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To beatify, enchant, or please greatly.

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To beautify, to make into a paradise.

Heavennoun

The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; - often used in the plural in this sense.

Heavennoun

The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.

Heavennoun

The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; - used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.; as, heaven helps those who help themselves.

Heavennoun

Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.

Heavenverb

To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.

Heavennoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Heavennoun

the abode of God and the angels

Heaven

Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as gods, angels, spirits, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven alive.

Purgatorynoun

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Purgatorynoun

Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.

Purgatoryadjective

Tending to cleanse; expiatory.

Purgatoryadjective

Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

Purgatorynoun

A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.

Purgatorynoun

a temporary condition of torment or suffering;

Purgatorynoun

(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

Purgatorynoun

(in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven

Purgatorynoun

mental anguish or suffering

Purgatoryadjective

having the quality of cleansing or purifying

Purgatory

Purgatory (Latin: purgatorium, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is, according to the belief of some Christians (mostly Catholics), an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgatory is the final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.