The Catholic church said LIMBO does not exist; what will we do?

Answer 1

It's about time

blessings :)

Answer 2

Well, limbo was never really a part of church doctrine. 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?

Answer 3

As any half credible Catholic PR merchant or Jesuit will tell you, the Bible never explicitly stated that unbaptised babies go to limbo.

But that did not stop the Catholic Church from (a) creating a complex mythology concerning Limbo and (b) using it as one of the most effective weapons of fear for ensuring young children were christened as Catholic.

Now these same apologists who once rattled chains about Limbo quite happily say that the church no longer supports the concept, but does not yet have an alternative answer, but the mercy of God.

Of course, don't expect an apology for 1400 years of scaremongering.

Answer 4

The Roamn Catholic Church obviously believes that it does exist:

The Roman Catholic church teaches that there are two main permanent locations or states after death: Almost everyone will spend eternity in either Heaven or Hell, depending on their salvation status at the instant of their death. Simple justice would imply that unbaptized newborns and infants would not be tortured in Hell. But, as of the end of 2005-NOV, the Roman Catholic Church has never made an official statement on the fate of infants who die before being baptized. Some theologians have taught the existence of a place or state called Limbo which is intermediate between Heaven and Hell. The church appears to be close to making a definitive statement which rejects the concept of Limbo.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/limbo.htm
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Answer 5

The Bible never said anything about LIMBO in the first place.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful here, but the Roman Catholic Church has a long history of making up stuff that is not in the Bible and never was in the Bible.

And they have a history of Popes which teach one thing and then a few hundred years later other Popes come along and teach the exact opposite.

Here are a few examples of that:

Sixtus V recommended Bible reading while Pius VII condemned it. Paul V and Urban VIII tortured and imprisoned Galileo for teaching that the earth revolves around the sun. Leo II (682-683) pronounced Honorius 1 (625-638) a heretic. Eugene IV (1431-1447) condemned Joan of Arc (1412-1431) to be burned alive as a witch, while Benedict XV in 1919 declared her a saint. Things like Limbo, eating meat on Friday, mass from Latin to English, time before communion, lay giving communion have changed in the last 40 years.

If you get your religious teaching from the Bible and only the Bible you would not have to worry about being tossed to and fro by every new wind of doctrine that comes along.

Remember that Jesus taught us to follow God's Word and Jesus taught against following the traditions of men. You see in His day, the religious leaders had replaced the teaching in God's Word with teaching which came from the traditions of the Rabbis.

Which is exactly what the Roman Catholic Church has been doing for at least the last 800 years or so.

And that is very very sad indeed.

We, Bible believing Christians, need to pray for those who aren't following God's Word, but have chosen to follow the traditions of men instead.

Pastor Art

Answer 6

There is no such thing as Limbo.

Sorry to disappoint you guys.

HOWEVER

You cannot enter Paradise with sin on you soul. Heaven is a place of perfection. Sin is not perfection.

We believe we have a loving and merciful God, and he would not send us to hell if we had only a few minor sins on our soul.

So we need to go to a place of cleansing... a place of PURGING.

This is exactly what PURGATORY is.

Consider the following:
In order to use gold for jewelry, et cetra, it must be purified. The refiner puts it into extremely high temperatures, purging it of all its impurities.

Our refiner, God, wants us to live in Heaven with him, but sadly, we cannot do that with sin on our soul.

Don't be discouraged, though. If you make it to Purgatory, it means you're already saved!!


Don't listen to all this hooplah bashing the Catholic faith. These people don't have faith in a loving and merciful God, and what's more, they don't understand Catholicism, and cannot make fair statements about the Church.

Answer 7

Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:15-16)

For centuries, people have wondered about children who died before they were baptized. The Bible does not explicitly state that they will go to heaven.

Limbo was suggested as the place where unbaptized babies went when they died. This idea was never official Church doctrine and has been rejected.

The Church now says that it is not sure what happens to unbaptized babies when they die but she entrusts them to the mercy of God.

With love in Christ.

Answer 8

the matter of limbo has not been settled. the term limbo is just a term no more different than using rapture/trinity both of which are not terms used in the bible but most christians accept both or atleast one of those terms as being a biblical truth. you may find some interesting reading at this site

www.catholiceducation.org

Answer 9

Accept the truth that has been the truth since before the Catholic Church "invented it" so they could get more funds. =)

The idea of limbo isn't Biblical. I'm quite pleased that the Catholic Church has corrected this error (assuming that what you say is true). I respect them for this. Go Catholic people!

Answer 10

Skip the limbo and go right to the dancing. I never was very flexible anyway.

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Answer 11

Ask one of them who has made the round trip to explain it to you. So far as I know, it is another scam to get you to pay up for prayers, those terms are all invented by men. Best wishes