Do you who are Catholic want refunds for past limbo payments ?

Question

Now that limbo is no more, how do you who have paid into this absurd idea in the past feel ? Would you like refunds ?
Was the idea scrapped because no one cared or payed attention anymore? How can the Church change doctrine overnight as the Catholic church has done on many occasions.
papal infallibility, a kinder gentler hell, meat on Friday, limbo

Ah, I am sorry, I am mistaken in calling it (and my other few examples) doctrine. But yes, people did pay, many, many people. Therefore I should call it a convenient moneymaking lie totally free of any scriptural support, perhaps?

Answer 1

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.

Please cite the documents or provide links to the charges of Limbo payments so that the rest of us can properly research your claims. Thanks.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Catholic theology is a moving target. When I was a kid in the 1960s the Catholic church taught us that only Catholics can go to heaven.

Incidentally, for those who say that Limbo was never Catholic doctrine I respectfully disagree. Limbo may not have been Official but it was taught to the masses as if it was. The Official Catholic priests and nuns taught the Limbo doctrine to generations of Catholics. It doesn't wash to pretend it wasn't doctrine just because the pope changed it.

Answer 3

Money-maker? Look, the Church has never had an official doctrine regarding limbo. The report recently made is the result of years of theological study, which means the Church is trying to gain better insight into this but still, ultimately, has no sure way of knowing. We simply have a better hope that the unbaptized innocent are with God.

God bless.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Holy cats, there are so many things wrong with your rant I barely know where to begin!

1) Limbo never involved any payments.
2) Limbo was never a doctrine.
3) The document does not change anything. See what I wrote here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Amgmb98a2k7qolQQssxeYj_sy6IX?qid=20070422185933AAN52sc&show=7#profile-info-3240595f8bfa134a1d5e8434b8807dc7aa

Answer 6

More importantly, I would like to share with you the Truth about the afterlife. I only tell you this because I care what will happen to you when you die. Have you ever told a lie, stolen anything, used God’s name in vain? These are just a few of God’s Moral Laws. When you die, God will judge you on the basis of His Moral Law. If you stand guilty before God of breaking His Laws, He will send you to Hell. If God is Just and Holy, He must punish lawbreakers. The good news is that God provided a way for you to be forgiven and go to Heaven. Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose again to pay the debt for your sins and take your punishment. What you must do is Repent, which means to say you are sorry to God and turn away from your sins. Then put your complete Trust in Jesus Christ. Only then will you be accepted into Heaven, not because you’re a good person, but because you’re a bad person who’s been forgiven. Please give this some thought. Your Eternal Destination depends on it.

Answer 7

I would if I were Catholic.

But as an ex-Catholic atheist, what I want to know is how much those indulgences are supposed rack up... it seriously says in Catholic bibles that you get a minor indulgence (forgiveness of all venial sins) if you read the bible for half an hour. And you get big ones for praying the rosary. So, how much scripture does one have to read to get a "get out of hell free" card?

Answer 8

two things. first no one "paid" any money that would need refunded.

secondly, no DOCTRINE was changed. limbo was NEVER an official doctrine of the catholic church. so, if no doctrine exists, of course it cannot be changed (since it NEVER existed).

your comments are born out of ignorance.

Answer 9

Limbo is not to be confused with Purgatory, as you seem to be doing.

The existence of Purgatory is a doctrine of the church.

Limbo is not, and never has been.

Based on your comments, I'm betting you don't understand much about Purgatory, either.

Answer 10

I thought it involved drinks with little umbrellas
and bending backwards under a bar to get into heaven.

Just because the pope is infallible,
doesn't mean he's always right.