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Purgatory-And-Limbus

Souls of the imperfectly purified pass through purgatorial fire; OT saints in *limbus patrum* — the Roman scheme rejected by XXXII.1's denial of 'any other place' beyond heaven and hell.

This is a contested or rejected alternative.

The Westminster baseline on Intermediate State is Immediate-Conscious-With-God-Or-Judgment. Personas and schools listed below hold this alternative position instead — either because they argued for it at the Assembly (like the Erastians on polity) or because they represent a receiving tradition that departed from the Standards on this point.

Cruxes on this attribute

The Assembly navigated 1 crux that bear directly on Intermediate State.

Other positions on Intermediate State