The Four Last Things have always been death, judgement, heaven and hell. Even purgatory will not exist at the end of time, since all souls in purgatory will eventually enter heaven.
For this reason, "Limbo" was probably a poor hypothesis.
The difficulty in "placing" unbaptized infants is that they have not been cleansed of original sin through baptism, seemingly disqualifying them from heaven, yet they have not had an opportunity to exercise their free will (informed by reason) in favor of Truth (God).
It seems most likely to me that God, in some mysterious manner, provides for unbaptized infants an opportunity to choose for or against Him before their deaths.
That is incredibly absurd.
Yes but we're not talking about a third state, we're postulating a particular region/state of hell in which the soul can enjoy perfect natural happiness but has not been given the supernatural gift of grace to make living in heaven possible.
No soul can enter heaven save with supernatural grace. But not every soul in hell deserves the natural punishments due to their personal sin. Hence where do we put theem ? Where do we put the babies, whom, as Augustine says , endure a punishment so light that it cannot even really be called punishment at all?
The only God I believe in does not grant to men the capability of cleansing an infant of "original sin" by baptism. I consider the whole idea to be imbecilic in the extreme. How can an adult with a brain believe this garbage?
Yup, remember the thief on the cross.
Luke.23 [43] And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
He who makes the rules, makes the rules.