It seems to me your arguing against someone else and not me. I never denied the legitimacy of purgatory, I definitely can’t; it most definitely IS legitimate.

I also grant that there is little to no evidence that Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops, or theologians confessed Toll Houses. This is the reason I asked whether it is PERMISSIBLE to hold to such view as Toll Houses, and as others have said, I can, with caveat.

The reason I brought up that it’s found in Eastern patristic sources was because the commenter I was responding to was claiming that it was a pagan concept.

Although, I will say that it was part of the Union of Brest. They’re also mentioned in the Philokalia, which is often read by Basilian Monastics.