Quote from the book "Heaven Sense"

Sample from the book " Heaven Sense" (page xiii)...

Hell is complete defeat and everlasting loss. Those who enter Hell completely pass out of the Communion of Saints and the Church of the Redeemed; they are outside the bond of charity and the benefit of the Atonement of Christ.

Those who enter Purgatory not only remain within the Church and the Communion of Saints, but are its holy and privileged members, who have made their salvation sure. Their state, however, is not a permanent one, and while it lasts,it combines the joys of security and the calm of resignation with the most intense pain of being deprived of the sight of God. Hence, the multitude of those waiting souls is called the Church Suffering.

Heaven is the only decisive and ultimate victory of which man is capable. Hence, the company of those who fought the good fight, won the battle, and entered into the land of their conquest is called the Church Triumphant.

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A good and accurate description of the three states of being.