Question

What is meant by purgatory for paradise?

Answer 1

In Roman Catholic theology, purgatory(Latin: Purgatorium, via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is an intermediate state after physical death in which some of those ultimately destined for heaven must first "undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," holding that "certain ...

Answer 2

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The meaning of "mistake purgatory for paradise" means that the ghost by the name of helen had went into the work of being a writer for ghost stories mistaking it for paradise and after some time she realized that the task had more to suffer and that it was like hell or purgatory.

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