Purgatory is the condition or process of purification in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for Heaven. This is an idea that has ancient roots and is well-attested in early Christian literature, while the conception of purgatory as a geographically situated place is largely the creation of medieval Christian piety and imagination. Encyclopaedia Britannica The notion of purgatory is associated particularly with the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church (in the Easter… (More on Purgatory)