Vatican news yesterday: babies that have not ben baptised will not stay in "eternal limbo" but will go to heaven. Wow that is great news - but does it just start now or is it retroactive.
2007-04-21 16:31:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
These children are in the same place today as they were yesterday. We are just not sure where that is.
The Church has pondered the suggestion of Limbo for a few hundred years and has decided that it is not a good idea. Limbo was never official doctrine.
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.
2007-04-22 16:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue is in litigation. The Vatican wants Heaven to accept the souls which are being displaced by the closure of Limbo. Heaven takes the position that since Limbo never officially existed the refugee souls don't exist either and thus cannot be taken into heaven.
2007-04-21 16:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
False religion has left many confused as to the whereabouts and condition of the dead. Heaven, hell, purgatory, Limbo—these and various other destinations range from being incomprehensible to being downright terrifying. The Bible, on the other hand, tells us that the dead are unconscious; they are in a condition best compared to sleep. (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10; John 11:11-14)
Thus, we need not worry about what happens to us after death, any more than we worry when we see someone sleeping soundly. Jesus spoke of a time when "all those in the memorial tombs" would "come out" to renewed life on a paradise earth.—John 5:28, 29; Luke 23:43.
2007-04-24 03:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by keiichi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they finally let people get divorces and the Priests get married and have families that will be something. Many women lose children to still births or miscarriages etc. The womb is itself a type of baptismal and blessed water. I guess they must have heard through the last Pope now that he's closer to God now? For all we know the chosen will be these and the aborted children also.
2007-04-21 16:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limbo has never been a defined doctrine of the Catholic Church. It has always been a hypothesis.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church which was adopted quite a long time ago, does not teach it.
I believe all the babies are in Heaven.
2007-04-21 16:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hee hee
It's even better than that; the pope actually changed reality/history. Simply by saying so, all babies that were once actually in limbo, are now actually not in limbo and never were. It's as if the concept of limbo was never actually real at all. It's another festivus miracle!
2007-04-21 16:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question, just shows that the roman catholics are not following the Bible, just their man made religion.
As for the guy who answered something about a lawsuit and an appeal in Heaven. Hard to find lawyers there, so this could take a long time.
2007-04-21 16:38:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just goes to show you how things in the Bible and policies from the Christian church can be changed to fit ones agenda and personal preferences.
2007-04-21 16:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
doesn't make sense to me either. sorry but the catholic church does not get to decide who does and does not go to heaven. that's for a higher power, not for man. sheesh.
2007-04-21 16:34:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is loosed on Earth will be loosed in heaven
2007-04-21 16:35:42 · answer #10 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋