PUNISHMENT, TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL

BASIC R.C. BELIEF

Roman Catholicism teaches that when we sin we steal from God. If we were to

steal from a man we would not only ask his forgiveness but also pay him

back, so when we tell God we're sorry we are forgiven the eternal

punishment, but we still have to pay God back. This is called the temporal

punishment. The eternal punishment, absolved in Confession, is Hell. The

temporal punishment may be satisfied by good works, almsgiving, saying

indulgenced prayers and bearing our Cross. Temporal punishment not fully

paid on earth is completed in purgatory (EXTERNALS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,

Msgr. O'Sullivan, p. 376)

From PENANCE AND THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK, Catholic Enquiry Centre,

London. p. 109. "The stain of sin is washed away in the sacrament of

Penance and the life of Christ is fully restored. But the sinner must

continue to make amends for his sins. The remnants and effects of sin still

remain after it has been forgiven and the penitent must strive gradually to

remove them by prayer, good works and acts of penance."

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