medieval period (6th-12th century)

• what was Pope Gregory the great contribution to the doctrine of purgatory?


  provide clearer doctrine of purgatory- vision of purification
• how did stories and visionary experiences in the early Middle Ages influence popular beliefs in purgatory?


  Visions of souls undergoing temporary punishment for purification
• during the 11th and 12th century, what theological developments occurred regarding purgatory?


  provide more structured explanations for purgatory
• what term started to be used during this period to describe purgatory, and what did theologians like Peter Lombard and Hugh of St. Victor suggest about posthumous purification?


  purgatorium some sins require further purification after death