Sirach 7:36 says, In all you do, remember the end of your life, and then you will never sin. It’s that desire that inspires us to order our lives more and more toward union with God in heaven. Most of these concepts appear to have become accepted canon well after the formation of Islam. So every Christian should desire to bypass purgatory. The Bible traditionally only mentions Heaven, Sheol, and the Lake of Fire, but multiple Christian traditions, mainly those based off Catholicism, include Purgatory and Limbo (which is seen as somewhat separate from hell proper). According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Purgatory is a state of final purification for those who died believers before entering heaven. It entails the desire to attain it without delay. Purgatory (for the those dying in a state of grace but requiring further. As nouns the difference between purgatory and limbo. About Purgatoryįather Hart says purgatory is not about a place but a preparation for glory where God makes believers perfect for whatever remains in them which is not perfect. The word Limbo derives from the Latin word limbus meaning edge or fringe. However, the term limbo is never mentioned in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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This leaves theologians free to propose different theories, including limbo, which magisterium can or cannot accept. Note that the Catholic church has a defined doctrine on original sin but not on the eternal fate of unbaptized infants. In Catholic theology, Limbo ( Latin: limbus, 'edge' or 'boundary', referring to the edge of Hell) is the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned.
Most Roman Catholic priests and hierarchy say that no child can be condemned for sins committed by our ancestors and that they no longer believe limbo for infants exists. Recent Catholic theologians seem to stress the hope, not the certainty, that these infants may attain heaven instead of the limbo state.
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