WHERE DO THE UNBAPTIZED CHILDREN GO WHEN THEY DIE? WHAT IS LIMBO?

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• Noldski Aviles

  Hello father. Thank you for your explanations about the faith. I was asked by someone, a fellow catholic, but both of us had a hard time finding the answer to the questions: “What happens to the unbaptized child who dies? Where will he go?” These question were asked because limbo is not an official doctrine of the church. San ba nanggaling ang idea na limbo father? salamat ng marami padre.

[“What happens to the unbaptized child who dies? Where will he go?”]

THE HOLY BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES THAT BAPTISM IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION:

Jn 3:5 Jesus answered, Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

SINCE THESE CHILDREN DIED WITHOUT BAPTISM THERE WERE THEOLOGIANS WHO PROPOSED A THEOLOGICAL OPINION THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTED INTO HEAVEN FOR A FULL BEATIFIC VISION OF GOD BUT THEY ARE NOT ALSO SENT TO HELL FOR DAMNATION SINCE THEY ARE INNNOCENT. SO THEY POSTULATED THAT THEY WERE PUT IN A STATE OR PLACE CALLED LIMBO WHEREIN THEY ARE HAPPY BUT NOT GIVEN THE FULL GRACE OF HEAVENLY LIFE.

BUT ACTUALLY, THE BIBLE HAS NOT GIVEN A CLEAR ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THE UNBAPTIZED BABIES GO TO HEAVEN OR NOT. THE LIMBO OF THE INFANTS IS A MERE THEOLOGICAL OPINION AND NOT AN OFFICIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH.

SO THE POPE SIMPLY TELLS THAT THAT WE PRAY FOR THEM, ENTRUSTING THEM TO THE MERCY OF GOD.

[These question were asked because limbo is not an official doctrine of the church. San ba nanggaling ang idea na limbo father?]

WELL, THE THEOLOGICAL ROOT OF THAT STARTED WITH ST. AUGUSTINE BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND DEEPLY THE THEOLOGY OF THE ORIGINAL SIN WHICH IS A DOGMA OF THE CHURCH. THEN HE INFLUENCED MANY THEOLOGIANS BECAUSE THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN IS CLEARLY SCRIPTURAL. BUT THE ONE WHO TRULY FORMED THAT THEOLOGICAL OPINION IS ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.

EVEN THOUGH ST. THOMAS AQUINAS AND ST. AUGUSTINE ARE TWO OF OUR GREATEST CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHERS AND THEOLOGIANS YOU GOT IT RIGHT IN SAYING THAT LIMBO OF THE INFANTS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH..

[salamat ng marami padre.]

WELCOME.