Limbo

Limbo is the adobe of those souls excluded from heaven through no fault of their own. The word comes from the Latin "limbus," meaning "edge," from the early belief that it was on the edge of Hell proper. There were actually two limbos. The first is Limbus Patrum or Limbo of the Fathers, was the abode where the souls of the just that died before Christ were detained, until heaven, which was denied in punishment for the sin of Adam, was opened through the redemption. The Limbo of the Fathers is the paradise referred to in Luke 23:43, so called because it was a place of rest and joy, though imperfect. It is also referred to as "the bosom of Abraham." The Apostles Creed states that Christ descended into hell. This refers not to the hell of the damned, but the Limbo of the Fathers, to which Our Lord descended to free the souls of the just by the application of the fruits of the redemption, which included the communication of the Beatific Vision. The Limbo of the Fathers ceased to exist from the time of Our Lord's resurrection from the dead.

The Limbus Infantium or Limbo of Infants is the abode where the souls of those who die in Original Sin, but without personal (actual) sin, are deprived of the happiness that would come to them in the supernatural order, but not of the happiness of the natural order. It is an article of faith that those who die without baptism cannot enter heaven. Nothing imperfect can be in the presence of God, as we know from the Apocalypse: "There shall not enter into it [the glory of God] any thing defiled" (21:27/DRV). The great majority of the authoritative theologians of the Church, including St. Thomas Aquinas, have taught that infants dying in Original Sin suffer no "pain of sense," but are excluded from heaven. Thus the pain of punishment is proportioned to personal guilt, which does not exist here. He says that those in limbo do not grieve because they cannot see God any more than a bird grieves because it cannot be a king.

There are those heretical Catholics that say one does not have to believe in limbo because it has never been formally defined. This is nonsense! The Church only makes a solemn definition of a doctrine when there is confusion or controversy on the subject. The Church has never formally defined the doctrines of an all male priesthood, baptism of blood, or baptism of desire but all Catholics must accept them. The teaching limbo, is part of the ordinary magistarium of the Church and thus must be believed.

Some misinformed people are teaching that each abortion sends a child to heaven. Nothing could be further from the truth. This false claim may comfort women that have had an abortion but it actually gives license to this abomination. The Catholic Church has always taught that unbaptized babies are not in heaven nor hell, but are in Limbo, a state where they will never see the face of God. The New Catechism of the Church explains that the infant dying without baptism can hope for the mercy of God. This is not a contradiction of Church tradition because as we have explained above, limbo is a merciful part of God’s salvific plan.

1)If abortion sends a child to heaven shouldn’t we abort all children since it is a one way ticket to heaven?

2) Don’t you think Satan would do all in his power to ban abortion if it sent one soul to heaven?