[kerryusama04]

And now the Catholic bashers will show up thinking that this is about Purgatory.

Nope, just wondering what other pieces of doctrine are optional.

[SoothingDave]

Nope, just wondering what other pieces of doctrine are optional.

You have some evidence where limbo for unbaptized infants was proclaimed and declared infallibly as a dogma of the Catholic faith?

Or are you just talking out of ignorance?

Limbo for infants was and is a theological speculation. We have no Divine Revelation on this subject. We are free to have ideas about the subject, but none has been declared as revealed truth.

SD

[wagglebee]

Limbo has never been defined as dogmatic.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Limbo is not a defined doctrine of the Church. As for "optional," there are all kinds of theological theories or speculations that are optional. Anything that's just a "theory" is optional, come to think of it.

For instance;"Angels exist": this is a dogma of the Church.

"An angel appeared at Fatima, Portugal in 1917": A private revelation --- approved (as having nothing contrary to Faith and morals) by the Church, but, like all private revelations, not a binding doctrine.

"It's good to thank your Guardian Angel for guarding over you": a widespread pious practice, not a religious obligation.

I admit it can be somewhat confusing until you look into it further. I've got to look stuff up in the Catechism all the time.

[wagglebee]

Can you refresh my memory, where are the doctrines of "sola scriptura" and "sola fide" in the Bible?