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Apr 19, 2007 · The common doctrine was summarized by Hugh of St. Victor: infants who die unbaptised cannot be saved because (1) they have not received the sacrament, and (2) they cannot make a personal act of faith that would supply for the sacrament.
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Jan 15, 2022 · Second, there are unbaptized infants that are saved if they have been baptized by blood/implicit desire. Augustine discusses this in one of his earliest works if one pays attention to his logic on the issue of what happens to unbaptized children:
Roman Catholic tradition teaches that unbaptized infants, not being freed from original sin, go to Limbo (Latin: limbus infantium), which is an afterlife condition distinct from Hell. This is not, however, official church dogma.
“This document deals with the hope that Christians can have for the salvation of unbaptised infants who die. It indicates how such a hope has developed in recent decades and what its grounds are, so as to enable an account of that hope to be given” (1).
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.
Dec 15, 2004 · Father Gumpel: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992, dedicates No. 1261 to children who die without Baptism, and one reads that one can hope that they will attain the beatific vision.
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May 3, 2019 · Babies go to heaven based on the unchanging character of God. See why the goodness of the Lord ensures the salvation of infants even before baptism.