As to purgatory, the book Orpheus ​ — A General History of Religions states: “St. Augustine had held that there was an intermediate state of probation between future felicity and damnation, that of the purification of souls by fire.
यह पर्गेटरी का ऑर्फिक [मूर्तिपूजक यूनानी] और वर्जिलियन [मूर्तिपूजक रोमी] धर्मसिद्धान्त है: इसके बारे में सुसमाचार वृत्तान्तों में एक शब्द भी नहीं है ।...