wa koy mabuhat bai weng if mao nay tan-aw nimus CAtholic church and I really couldn't care less..so I'm just gonna leave it at that.
on the topic though, have you heard of the mourner's quaddish? it is a form of prayer in the Jewish tradition for God to hasten up the purification of the soul of a departed loved one...sounds familiar?
and Yes gi reject sa mga Jew si Jesus as the Messiah(manluluwas) kay taas kuno sya ug buhok..joke!because for them he just basically did not qualify as the prophesied messiah according to how they understood the messianic prophesies written in either the torah or in the kabbalah.. and not because of the catholic church oi...long before pa dunay na porma nga relihiyon tungod ni jesus..gi reject na sya sa mga hudeyo,,,mao bitaw nagbitay sya sa krus..
now going back to purgatory being based from jewish tradition, the first followers of Jesus and heck even Jesus himself was a JEW!!! so natural naay mga remnants from jewish tradition nga maapil sa bagong Abrahamic religion nga nibutho when Jesus started his ministry.