Where does the doctrine of limbo come from?

Answer 1

mostly from Dante, as much of our perspectives on hell do. however, it is excepted because people have a problem with sending babies and those who have never heard of Christ to hell, and also have a problem with sending them to heaven. it first comes from a belief that you must explicitly believe in Christ in order to go to heaven, but those who never have a chance can have a chance in the afterlife: limbo. it's a little similar to the Catholic idea of purgatory, but not quite the same. yeah, mostly comes from Dante's work.

Answer 2

The Concise Oxford Dictionary says that Limbo is a “region on border of hell, supposed abode of pre-Christian righteous persons and unbaptized infants; . . . condition of neglect or oblivion.” Concerning Limbo, the New Catholic Encyclopedia says: “Today the term is used by theologians to designate the state and place either of those souls who did not merit hell and its eternal punishments but could not enter heaven before the Redemption (the fathers’ Limbo) or of those souls who are eternally excluded from the beatific vision because of original sin alone (the children’s Limbo).”
However, the same encyclopedia also says: “The fate of infants dying without Baptism is indeed a very complex problem. . . . The question of Limbo still belongs among the unsettled questions of theology. An official endorsement of Limbo’s existence by the Church is not to be found.” In confirmation of this, The New Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Because the Roman Catholic Church has never officially endorsed the doctrine of limbo as an existing state or place, the concept of limbo remains a question that is unsettled.”
In spite of this, many devout Catholics accept the concept of Limbo. But please consider this point carefully: Why should babies be condemned to exist in a mysterious, incomprehensible place for all eternity simply because they were not baptized?
Does the Bible mention Limbo? No, God’s Word never mentions it. So this raises the vital question: Where do people, including babies, go when they die?
A popular view among churchgoers of Christendom is that at death people go either to heaven or to hell. But what does the Bible say about this? It states: “For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, The Holy Scriptures, According to the Masoretic Text) So the dead know nothing. They are not living somewhere but are literally and completely dead. They are conscious of nothing.
This fact is confirmed by these statements in the Bible book of Psalms: “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence." (Psalm 115:17)
“Do not put your trust in nobles, nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs. His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.”— Psalms 146:3, 4.
But what about the soul? Is it not immortal? No. Contrary to what most people believe, the soul is not immortal. This fact is plainly stated in the Bible, which says: “The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.” (Ezekiel 18:4, 20) Further confirmation of this is found at Acts 3:23, which says: “Indeed, any soul that does not listen to that Prophet [Jesus] will be completely destroyed.”

Answer 3

Everything is on The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. he created Hell catholic faith used it to dispossess ignorant rich people.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic theology

Answer 5

Jamaica, Mon!!!

Answer 6

Roman Catholic Church.