Fegefeuer

Japanese: Fegefeuer
Fegefeuer

…The Latin word purgatorium comes from purgare (meaning to purify) and can also be translated as the world of purgatory. In German, Fegefeuer means purifying fire. There is no explicit description of purgatory in the Bible, but it was preached by the Latin Church Fathers, such as Augustine and Gregory I, based on their interpretations of the Apocrypha of the Old Testament, the Book of Maccabees, and the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈煉獄〉というラテン語purgatoriumはpurgare(〈浄化する〉の意)に由来し,浄罪界とも訳す。ドイツ語でいうFegefeuerは〈浄めの火〉の意。聖書には煉獄について明示した記述はないが,旧約外典の《マカベア書》や,新約の《マタイによる福音書》《ルカによる福音書》などの解釈を根拠に,アウグスティヌス,グレゴリウス1世らラテン教父によって唱えられた。…

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