Chapter 94 — The unchangeableness of will of the souls in purgatory

However, some souls do not attain beatitude as soon as they depart, and yet are not damned. Such are those who depart with something that needs to be cleansed, as stated above. (Ch. 91.) We must prove, then, that neither do these souls admit of a change in their will after they have been separated from the body. We have shown (Ch. 93.) that both blessed and damned have an unchangeable will, as regards the end to which they adhered. Now the souls that finally depart with something that needs to be cleansed do not differ from the souls of the blessed in that they depart in charity, whereby we adhere to God as our end. Therefore, they also have an unchangeable will.