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The claim that post-death purification or temporal punishment remains for the justified, and can be reduced by indulgences or works of the living, conflicts with Christ’s once-for-all offering and Scripture’s order of death and judgment.
Prayer to Mary and departed saints, and reliance on their heavenly merits or mediation, goes beyond the apostolic pattern and compromises the unique, sufficient mediation and intercession of Jesus Christ.
The teaching that faith, giving, or positive confession guarantees wealth, health, comfort, or worldly success distorts biblical blessing and contradicts Christ’s call to contentment, self-denial, stewardship, and faithful endurance in suffering.