The books were ripped out because Luther etc did not believe in them! They were fine for 1500 yrs before that though! Luther disagreed with them as did others.
Purgatory, is one that comes from the ripped out books.
It's a pity that people, several hundred years ago, decided they knew better than God!
Actually that statement is false. Luther included the books in his translation of the OT and thought they would be profitable to read but not as teaching doctrine. Both the Lutheran and Anglican lectionaries still include readings from these disputed books. These books were disputed almost right from the beginning of the church. Some believed them to be inspired such as Augustine, others did not such as Jerome, Athanasius etc. The dispute goes all the way to sixteenth century when Cardinal Cajetan who first interviewed Luther also denied they were inspired.
If you are referring to 2 Macabees chapter 12 you are going to have a tough time proving purgatory. This is the relevant passage cited by RCC to prove purgatory. I have expanded the verse selection to provide context:
2Ma 12:38 So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Odollam, And when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was, and kept the sabbath in the same place.
2Ma 12:39 And upon the day following, as the use had been, Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen in their fathers' graves.
2Ma 12:40 Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
2Ma 12:41 All men therefore praising the Lord, the righteous Judge, who had opened the things that were hid,
2Ma 12:42 Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
2Ma 12:43 And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of the resurrection:
2Ma 12:44 For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
2Ma 12:45 And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin. (Brenton LXX)
As far as I know no RCC believes that anyone who committed mortal sin is in purgatory. The problem with this passage is that the dead have committed idolatry which is why they were struck down in the first place. The issue of false doctrine and false history isn't limited to Maccabees, its found all throughout the OT apacrypha. The worst one is this from Judith chapter 1:
Jdt 1:1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, who reigned in Nineve, the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, which reigned over the Medes in Ecbatane,(Brenton LXX)
Now I don't know about you but I would hope the God the Holy Spirit would know which empire to put Nebuchadnezzar in.
I agree, several hundred years ago men in the Council of Trent in 1546 decided dogmatically that they knew more than God.
