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To: jo kus; Forest Keeper
Earlier, there was the teaching of Limbo, but we now consider the above to be more appropriate

It is my understanding that Limbo was never the teaching of the Latin Church, but that the faithful could beleive it if they chose to. I also remember something about pe John Paul II bringing the topic of Limbo for a discussion.

6,867 posted on 05/18/2006 7:18:48 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
It is my understanding that Limbo was never the teaching of the Latin Church, but that the faithful could beleive it if they chose to. I also remember something about pe John Paul II bringing the topic of Limbo for a discussion.

When I was a kid, the nuns taught it, but it wasn't official dogma like the Trinity. Of course, as a kid, I didn't know the distinction between a theological opinion and a dogmatic declaration! No, I don't think it was ever an "official" teaching, although men such as St. Aquinas taught it in all but name by saying that such unbaptized children, who had no personal sin couldn't suffer the punishment of hell, but neither would they see the Beatific Vision.

Regards

6,882 posted on 05/19/2006 4:57:33 AM PDT by jo kus (For love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. 1Jn 4:7)
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