{"id":3595,"date":"2017-11-02T20:09:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T00:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2017-11-02T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:11:01","slug":"is-purgatory-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/is-purgatory-in-the-bible","title":{"rendered":"Is Purgatory in the Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RI_wDopUaQw\" title=\"Is Purgatory in the Bible?\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Jimmy Akin gives a caller advice on how to defend the concept of purgatory from the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Akin gives a caller advice on how to defend the concept of purgatory from the Bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[52,37],"tags":[344],"class_list":["post-3595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apologetics-videos","category-videos","tag-purgatory"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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