In this episode of The Cordial Catholic, I'm joined by my friend Dr. Andrew Swafford to talk about C.S. Lewis' masterpiece The Great Divorce and how this Protestant book creates so many questions and so many conversions to Catholicism with its incredible picture of purgatory.

We talk about the Catholic understanding of purgatory, participation with Christ, suffering, and how C.S. Lewis presents a vision of the afterlife that simply doesn't line up with Protestant theology – and leaves many Protestants asking questions that just can't be answered outside of the ancient faith traditions like Catholicism. 

For more from Dr. Swafford check out his book Next Stop: The Afterlife or his other fine books on C.S. Lewis from Ave Maria Press. 

Visit the website he has with his wife Sarah have and be sure to listen to their episode of the show 218: How to Have Meaningful Catholic Relationships on your podcast platform of choice.

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