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Catholicism
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Catholic doctrine teaches that purgatory is a temporary state of purification for souls before they enter heaven.
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Protestantism in the Western World
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Purgatory is not accepted in Protestant beliefs in the Western world.
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Secular
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Purgatory is not recognized in secular culture and is considered a religious belief or myth.
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Atheism
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Purgatory is not recognized or believed in by many non-Christian religions and atheists due to different concepts of the afterlife.
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Catholicism in Europe
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Purgatory is a spiritual realm in Catholicism where souls are purified before entering heaven or after death.
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Catholicism in the Western World
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Catholics in the Western World believe in purgatory as a place of post-death soul purification.
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Christianity
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Purgatory is a temporary state after death where souls are purified to enter heaven, according to Catholic and some Christian beliefs.
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Orthodox Christianity in Russia
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Purgatory is not recognized as a biblical concept within Orthodox Christianity in Russia and is interpreted or rejected by some Christian denominations.
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Roman Catholicism in Latin America
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Purgatory is a spiritual realm in Roman Catholicism where souls are purified before entering heaven or after death.
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