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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. It is an element of the greatest importance, which opens the way to a broader point of view, and it is a pronouncement of the ordinary ...
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Apr 19, 2007 · The little child is scarcely capable of supplying the fully free and responsible personal act which would constitute a substitution for sacramental Baptism; such a fully free and responsible act is rooted in a judgement of reason and cannot be properly achieved before the human person has reached a sufficient or appropriate use of reason (aetas discretionis: “age of discretion”). On the ...
Apr 28, 2024 · Although in limbo infants enjoy complete natural happiness surpassing any on earth, such happiness cannot compare with the bliss of heaven, where souls see God face to face. One is natural, the other supernatural joy.”. Babies who die without baptism will go to limbo where they will spend eternity. This is because God is infinitely merciful ...
Answer: Previous ecumenical councils did not specifically teach the fate of infants who die before baptism. The First Vatican Council proposed a teaching on a limbo-like state for such infants, but it was never brought to a vote at the council. A few regional councils addressed original sin and waded into the discussion of infants who die ...
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What happens to the souls of born babies who die unbaptized? What of those who are aborted? I know I can ask forgiveness for the error of my ways, and I have, but what is to happen to those who did not have a choice, the babies?
The answer to your question is found in the death of a baby born to King David and his wife Bathsheba. 2 Samuel 11-12 states that King David had sinned two times. It all started one evening when King David was looking around from his flat roofed house.
God makes it clear in 2 Samuel that babies who die at a young age will go to heaven. There is no comment about babies being baptized. It is important to know that baptism is not required for salvation. There is no comment in the Bible about anything being done to King David’s baby. Yet, King David would see the baby in heaven some day. The expectat...
Oct 20, 2018 · We are taught that there are three types of Baptism. 1). Baptism by water – using the formulaic prayer, ‘I baptize you, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’. 2). Baptism by blood – as in the case of someone martyred for the Faith, and. 3). Baptism of desire – the cleansing received by a soul who, although ...
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Mar 1, 2024 · The question of what happens to babies who die before baptism has been a source of theological reflection and pastoral concern. Various theological perspectives have emerged to address this sensitive issue, offering different interpretations and understandings of the fate of unbaptized infants. These perspectives reflect the diverse theological ...
