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===They go to Limbo===

===They go to Limbo===

This is based primarily on [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/2-15.htm Romans 2:15]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/3-21.htm 1 John 3:21]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/20-12.htm Revelation 20:12]. [[Middle Ages|Medieval]] Christian theologians, unable to reconcile the mercy and justice of a good and loving [[God the Father]], and the necessity of baptism according to [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/3-5.htm John 3:5], had recourse to the word of Jesus in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/12:48.htm Luke 12:48] in which those who did not know or hear or understand [[the Gospel]], and had personally of themselves done nothing either good or bad, would receive a light punishment, that loss solely due to the defect of the [[original sin]] of [[Adam]], placing them on the very outer edge (Latin ''limbo'') of hell, the state of simply being deprived for all eternity of the [[beatific vision]] of the saved in heaven, but also of being spared the torment of the wicked. Among Catholic theologians this doctrine of limbo has remained a philosophical and theological speculation only, and has never been approved as an official doctrine or dogma of the Catholic Church.  

This is based primarily on [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/2-15.htm Romans 2:15]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/3-21.htm 1 John 3:21]; [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/20-12.htm Revelation 20:12]. [[Middle Ages|Medieval]] Christian theologians, unable to reconcile the mercy and justice of a good and loving [[God the Father]], and the necessity of baptism according to [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/3-5.htm John 3:5], had recourse to the word of Jesus in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/luke/12:48.htm Luke 12:48] in which those who did not know or hear or understand [[the Gospel]], and had personally of themselves done nothing either good or bad, would receive a light punishment, that loss solely due to the defect of the [[original sin]] of [[Adam]], placing them on the very outer edge (Latin ''limbo'') of hell, the state of simply being deprived for all eternity of the [[beatific vision]] of the saved in heaven, but also of being spared the torment of the wicked. Among Catholic theologians this doctrine of limbo has remained a philosophical and theological speculation only, and has never been approved as an official doctrine or dogma of the Catholic Church.  

According to the ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', in an affirmation of the [[Council of Trent]] on the question of the fate of unbaptized infants:{{cquote|'''1261''' As regards ''children who have died without Baptism,'' the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: ″Let the children come to me, do not hinder them,″ [''Mk'' 10:14; cf. ''1 Tim.'' 2:4.] allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church′s call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism.<ref>Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery, Section Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church, Chapter One: The Sacraments of Christian Initiation, Article 1: The Sacrament of Baptism, VI. The Necessity of Baptism, '''[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a1.htm#1261 1261]''', Libreria Editrice Vaticana, English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' for the United States of America copyright 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica'' copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. page 321. ISBN 1-57455-109-4 </ref>}}

According to the ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', in an affirmation of the [[Council of Trent]] on the question of the fate of unbaptized infants:{{cquote|'''1261''' As regards ''children who have died without Baptism,'' the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: ″Let the children come to me, do not hinder them,″ [''Mk'' 10:14; cf. ''1 Tim.'' 2:4.] allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church′s call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism.<ref>Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery, Section Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church, Chapter One: The Sacraments of Christian Initiation, Article 1: The Sacrament of Baptism, VI. The Necessity of Baptism, '''[http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a1.htm#1261 1261]''', Libreria Editrice Vaticana, English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' for the United States of America copyright 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica'' copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. page 321. ISBN 1-57455-109-4 </ref>}}