Archaic as in that is not the accepted definition in modern language.

that's what i was taught in history

i still believe it despite google

because google agrees

How does Google agree?

you buy yourself a quick trip out of purgatory

Indulgences are charity given after your sins are absolved as they normally would be for less time in purgatory. The problem was corrupt clergymen just selling indulgences and pocketing the money for themselves. The latter is the myth we're told in high school.

The money is supposed to go to a Church-sponsored charity.

but it didn't

But corrupt clergymen created fake charities and pocketed the money.

In the vast majority of cases it did.

ik the specific indulgence saleman martin luther got pissed at was not giving the money to charity

idk the bigger picture

Yeah, I'm not saying it didn't happen.

It did happen.

But the actual practice of indulgences was a good thing when it worked, and most of the time it did.

The act of charity purifies the soul on Earth, as it would otherwise be in Purgatory.

As nothing unclean enters the Kingdom of Heaven.

initially it was definitely good

when it was just charity for the poor

but that's not what it was at the time of the reformation

According to Luther.

also, again, purgatory was made up by the church

yeah, cause an archbishop near luther was selling indulgences to pay back a loan

When?

seems kind of corrupt

When was purgatory invented?

idk when purgatory was invented

but there's no scriptural evidence

Limbo of the Fathers.

Peter 3:19

There's plenty of evidence for it.

Purgatory far preceded indulgences.

limbo's different than purgatory i think

That's correct, but the existence of limbo suggests a stage between Heaven and Hell.

Likewise for Peter 3:19.

The concept of absolution after death before Heaven is in scripture.

Just because purgatory itself is not explicitly mentioned doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

It's theologically sound.

yeah but it only applies to pre-flood people

"Purgatory" is just a word, like the trinity which also is not mentioned in the Bible.