It has been part of movies and even opera because it had been taught by the Roman church for centuries in the Dark Ages due to their mistake and desire to get relatives to pay to get the dead out of there. Just another form of blackmail for the dead.
Purgatory
there is no such place, it was created out of a verse taken out of context and that is a pretext for a proof text.
Or a movie
not sure what that means in regard to my comment.
It has been part of movies and even opera because it had been taught by the Roman church for centuries in the Dark Ages due to their mistake and desire to get relatives to pay to get the dead out of there. Just another form of blackmail for the dead.