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While Limbo is associated with [[Roman Catholicism]], it was never an official teaching. In 2007, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] officially stated that the belief was "an unduly restrictive view of salvation," taking a noncommittal stance on Limbo's existence.<ref>Catholic News Service, April 20, 2007, http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0702216.htm</ref>

While Limbo is associated with [[Roman Catholicism]], it was never an official teaching. In 2007, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] officially stated that the belief was "an unduly restrictive view of salvation," taking a noncommittal stance on Limbo's existence.<ref>Catholic News Service, April 20, 2007, http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0702216.htm</ref>

Limbo does appear in [[Dante]]'s [[Divine Comedy]], where it is home to two main groups: [[virtue|virtuous]] people who were not Christian, and babies who died before they could be [[baptism|baptised]]. Technically it is the first circle of Hell, although no punishment is carried out: those there were thought to be happy in a natural sense but unable to share in the ultimate happiness of knowing God in Heaven.

Limbo does appear in [[Dante]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', where it is home to two main groups: [[virtue|virtuous]] people who were not Christian, and babies who died before they could be [[baptism|baptised]]. Technically it is the first circle of Hell, although no punishment is carried out: those there were thought to be happy in a natural sense but unable to share in the ultimate happiness of knowing God in Heaven.

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