> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: question for all of you
>
> For what it's worth: Way back when I learned my Catholic doctrine, we
> were taught that those "otherwise blameless people" were not sent to a
> very bad place (Hell), but were to remain forever in Limbo, where they
> would never experience the "knowledge of and togetherness with" God but
> would not be punished as those in Hell would be.
>
> Margie Stinson
> Lee College Adjunct Faculty
> Huntsville, TX
That sounds a little different than Catholic doctrine, at least as it is stated in
the Cathechism of the Roman Catholic Church. There is no mention of limbo
in the Bible, as there is no mention of purgatory. Nonetheless, Catholics
continue to integrate it into their theology.
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University of Central Arkansas Counseling Center
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