It’s always wise to
let those who teach error define their own terms, otherwise we end up flailing
away at straw men of our own construction. Nothing is gained from such exercises.
In that spirit, from
Catholic Answers, a
definition:
“Purgatory (Lat., purgare, to make clean, to
purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of
temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God’s grace, are not
entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due
to their transgressions.”
Hmm. Let’s chew that one over a bit.