The Jews basically gave us Purgatory

A video on the history of Catholic indulgences, and their origins within Judaism. Thanks to Catholic Cemeteries of Columbus for letting me film at St. Joseph Cemetery 0:00 Intro 1:36 Purgatory 3:57 Indulgences, & the Treasury of Merit 5:07 Purgatory in the Bible 6:54 The Religion of Abraham 9:35 The night is coming when you cannot work, but your neighbor can. 13:30 The Merits of the Fathers 16:06 The Early Church 19:12 Penance, Roman Law, & Indulgences 28:19 Purgatory & Indulgences Today See the substack mirror of this video for detailed sources: https://jpkloess.substack.com/p/proto... Opening music courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed's “Perfect Canon” by Jeff Ostrowski - Attribution 3.0 Interlude music is “Anima Christi” for 3 voices by Kevin Allen, also from Corpus Christi Watershed Image credits: Gary Anderson Image: https://retirees-emeriti.nd.edu/membe... Talmud Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...