Should Protestants reframe purgatory as final sanctification?

A Protestant appreciation of what has traditionally been called โ€œpurgatoryโ€ requires careful theological framing. It must proceed with biblical reasoning, doctrinal clarity, and appropriate restraint. Properly understood, it need not entail an uncritical adoption of late medieval developments, nor compromise the Reformationโ€™s central convictions regarding justification by grace alone through faith alone. Rather, it may …