To: stfassisi
The conclusion of this study is that there are theological and liturgical reasons to hope that infants who die without baptism may be saved and brought into eternal happiness, even if there is not an explicit teaching on this question found in Revelation. SO the best you can do is *hope* that the baby receives mercy from God? That means that the unbaptized baby goes to hell.
So, why are Catholics so bent out of shape about Calvinists saying that babies may not be saved?
5,246 posted on
09/15/2010 3:48:42 PM PDT by
metmom
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To: metmom
SO the best you can do is *hope* that the baby receives mercy from God? I can't help myself...
108. Q. What is hope?
A. Hope is a divine virtue by which we firmly trust that God will give us eternal life and the means to obtain it.
5,256 posted on
09/15/2010 4:01:53 PM PDT by
Legatus
(From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus.)
To: metmom
"So, why are Catholics so bent out of shape about Calvinists saying that babies may not be saved?" Infants exist within a state of invincible ignorance. A God of infinite mercy would not condemn them to hell.
5,265 posted on
09/15/2010 4:19:23 PM PDT by
Natural Law
(Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
To: metmom
SO the best you can do is *hope* that the baby receives mercy from God? That means that the unbaptized baby goes to hell. There is nothing in Church teaching saying babies go to hell,to say so would be a lie,read the document.
The wisdom of the Church is to stress the importance of infant Baptism
5,297 posted on
09/15/2010 5:13:00 PM PDT by
stfassisi
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