The Catholic teaching of particular judgment (MY REFUTATIONS)

 An art depicting the resurrection of the dead

We can read in a book named MY FIRST CATECHISM p.65 whose author is Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI with Nihil Obstat of Very Rev. Msgr. Josephino S. Ramirez, Vicar General and Chancellor Manila October 28, 1993 the following:

"The particular judgment is immediately after our death. Then the souls of the just go to paradise, Those who still have some sins to be expiated go to purgatory. Those who are evil go to hell. As Jesus said in the parable of Lazarus: The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and was tormented in Hell (Luke 16:22-23)"

HERE ARE MY REFUTATIONS:

FIRST: In the parable, you cant read that a man went to purgatory. so using the parable that there is a chance for a man to go to purgatory after his death is clearly wrong.

SECOND: The parable teaches only that there is eternal life and eternal damnation. The Catholic Church's interpretation of the said verse is clearly wrong. why? it doen't mean that when a righteous and the wicked man both died will automatically go to afterlife as THEIR JUDGMENT.

In the Bible, Apostle Paul taught the the Judgment of the souls is only ONE DAY. (So it will not happen many times after death)

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

It will happen at the end of the world when heaven and earth will pass way.


Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.


THIRD: The Bible clearly testified what will happen to the dead during this present time as written here:

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Then on the Judgment Day, God will unite them again.


Ezekiel 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

FOURTH: Lord Jesus, Apostle Peter and Apostle St. John said that no man hath seen God and ascended into the paradise where God is there. so the dead saints are just in the graves (read my third refutation)

John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens:

1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time.

FIFTH: In order to come to Jesus where he is IF YOU ARE A RIGHTEOUS MAN, you need still to be resurrected

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

SIXTH: If the dead saints will go straight into the paradise where God is there, no need for them to wait for the coming of Lord Jesus Christ and prepare a place for them

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

SEVENTH AND LAST: It is clear that all the dead saints and the wicked men before they receive their eternal life or eternal damnation is they need still to be resurrected.

John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

ALL THE DEAD SAINTS ARE NOT YET IN HEAVEN, THEY NEED TO BE RESURRECTED BY LORD JESUS:

1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

We must remember that God will change our earthly body into heavenly body first before reaching the Kingdom of God by means of resurrection so it is wrong to say that when a righteous man died and was buried, that man will go to heaven ASAP.

1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  

1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

The unrefutable fact that can be read in the Bible that the dead saints are not yet today with God in his paradise as the Catholic Church presently believes in it is read these verses:


Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

The promise mentioned in those verses in Hebrews can be read here:


1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

This is where all the saints will live forever with the Lord after the Judgment Day and obtain eternal life:


Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

It is called new heaven because the former heaven which we see today is we cant see God there and He is not with us. so It is not true that the new heaven and the place where God is different.

In the new heaven in God's Kingdom, we will see God and live with us if you are one who'll be save.