limbus infantum
Roman Catholicism
Also known as: limbus puerorum
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views of limbo
- In limbo
…into hell,” and (2) the limbus infantum, or limbus puerorum (“children’s limbo”), which is the abode of those who have died without actual sin but whose original sin has not been washed away by baptism. Traditionally, this “children’s limbo” included not only dead unbaptized infants but also the mentally impaired.
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