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'''Limbo''' is a place in the hereafter which is neither [[Heaven]] nor [[Hell]]. Souls go to Limbo if they are neither good enough to enter Heaven, nor [[sin]]ful enough to enter Hell.
Limbo is not part of standard [[Christian]] doctrine, and in particular should not be confused with [[Purgatory]]. Purgatory is a place where souls undergo a ''finite'' period of purification before entering Heaven, under the certainty that they will eventually be saved. Limbo, by contrast, is a place where souls go for all eternity.
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 suffer only a lack of [[hope]], as they must spend all eternity knowing that they can never progress to Heaven.
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Limbo is not part of standard [[Christian]] doctrine, and in particular should not be confused with [[Purgatory]]. Purgatory is a place where souls undergo a ''finite'' period of purification before entering Heaven, under the certainty that they will eventually be saved. Limbo, by contrast, is a place where souls go for all eternity.
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 suffer only a lack of [[hope]], as they must spend all eternity knowing that they can never progress to Heaven.
[[Category:Religion]]