Wrong. The Limbo of unbaptized infants (as distinct from the Limbo of the Fathers) was never more than a hypothesis, never a doctrine (though admittedly a widely accepted hypothesis). And of course "baptism of blood" rose pretty early, "baptism of desire" probaby later but I couldn't swear to it.
maryz: Wrong
Of course, just as in everything we were taught in the Catholic church while in it. /s
maryz: The Limbo of unbaptized infants (as distinct from the Limbo of the Fathers) was never more than a hypothesis, never a doctrine (though admittedly a widely accepted hypothesis).
Again, your church has some serious problems since there is so much teaching in it at the local level that you guys keep saying isn't the official position of the Catholic church. I knew Catholic parents who were terrified of taking their newborns out somewhere before they were baptized, lest something happen to them.
Limbo certainly is taught in the Catholic church. Amazing how different former Catholics remember the same *wrong* teaching. How can so many people who don't know each other and grew up in separate parishes have so many of the same (alleged) errors in belief if it weren't the pervasive teaching of the church?
Scripture does not teach any of this.. however one would really have to stretch this doctrine to make it fit an unborn infant or infant