Question:
Brother,
Can you please give me a reference to the rumors about unbaptized babies and limbo, to explain to Mormons. It was my understanding that it was never official church doctrine, or quite possibly where this theory had come about. Thank you.
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD
Dear Collin:
Limbo was a theory and never an official teaching of the Church. All we can say about unbaptized babies is what the Church says in the Catechism. We should not speculate beyond this:
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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.
God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary
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