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:::That you for that clarification. I was raised in the Catholic Church myself, but it's been 20+ years or so, and some stuff gets a bit muddied. Thanks for your fixes to my misrememberings. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 22:21, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
::::It's no big. If I tried to answer questions about something, based on what I understood about it as a child, I'd probably make a lot of mistakes: that's why I suggested good sources you can use if you want to answer this sort of question confidently in future. ~the more you know~ and all that. [[Special:Contributions/86.157.148.65|86.157.148.65]] ([[User talk:86.157.148.65|talk]]) 16:38, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
:To "purge" is to "cleanse", and "purgatory" is a "means of cleansing", from Latin "purgatorium".[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=purge&searchmode=none] It's a method, not a hallway. I think Medeis is channeling Richard Armour again. Either that, or Medeis is confusing purgatorium with vomitorium.[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=vomitorium&allowed_in_frame=0] :) ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 04:38, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
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