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To: Stubborn
Limbo, never officially defined by the church, was a theological concept developed in the Middle Ages that said unbaptized babies would spend eternity in a state of "natural happiness," but would not enjoy the perfect communion with God that comes through baptism into Jesus Christ.

This is not correct. From the Catholic Encyclopedia,

It is principally on the strength of these Scriptural texts, harmonized with the general doctrine of the Fall and Redemption of mankind, that Catholic tradition has defended the existence of the limbus patrum as a temporary state or place of happiness distinct from Purgatory.

7 posted on 10/10/2004 6:41:14 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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To: Land of the Irish

Good catch! The article is, after all, novus ordo.


9 posted on 10/10/2004 6:57:07 PM PDT by Stubborn (It Is The Mass That Matters)
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To: Land of the Irish

Re-reading your post, I do not agree with the encyclopedia. I always understood that Limbo was eternal. I don't understand how they can say otherwise.


11 posted on 10/10/2004 7:15:49 PM PDT by Stubborn (It Is The Mass That Matters)
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