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Speculation by the greatest minds of the Church, and based firmly on what God has revealed to us.

So St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, two of the greatest doctors of the Church, were wrong to even speculate on this? Please. It really seems like no one believes in original sin anymore. And, if there's no Limbo, the best thing we can do for a child is abort him, since the child goes...

Limbo is merciful - you confuse original sin with mortal sin. While Limbo is part of Hell, since Hell is the absence of the Beatific Vision, those in Hell are punished in accordance with their sins. Since babies have committed no personal sin, but are in original sin, they cannot see God as He...

Yes, since it's not only disrespectful of your religion, but likely a mortal sin on their part.

Sundays are never days of fast, since every Sunday is a little Easter. As for Advent, historically, it, like Lent, was a period of fasting and penance, but the Advent fast has fallen out of use. I'm not sure when. I do know that in the 1917 Code of Canon Law, there's no mention of fasting during...

The Holy Ghost told them.

Thanks for the prayers, everyone. I'm taking a break from OBOB for a while. The Limbo thread was part of it, but I'd rather not go into details since it'll turn into something ugly, as debates about Vatican II and related topics tend to do around here. Although it was one particular comment...

What's wrong with the quote from Florence?

Who elected her Pope?

So no Catholic in communion with the Church can believe in Limbo? Since the Church has made no pronouncement on this, that makes no sense. If it was okay for St. Thomas Aquinas to believe in Limbo, a Catholic is perfectly free to do so now, and will continue to be, no matter how unpopular the...

Sancte Disma, ora pro eo.

NONE Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil...

SEXT Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil...

Then it supports the unbaptised going to hell. God's mercy then keeps them from suffering unjustly all the punishments of the damned.

What about Hell? Does that fit with a loving God? What about a God that would make us suffer here on earth, when He has the power to bring us all to heaven instantly if He so chose?

"Since infant children have no other means of salvation except Baptism" - that seems very clear to me. Maybe "infant" doesn't apply to the unborn, but what about those children who have been born but die before baptism? The possibility remains that God goes outside the Sacraments, but why would...

TERCE Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from...

Take both volumes. :)

PRIME Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from...

Since we're quoting Catechisms here, here's what the Catechism of the Council of Trent says: Baptism Of Infants Should Not Be Delayed The faithful are earnestly to be exhorted to take care that their children be brought to the church, as soon as it can be done with safety, to receive...