The backbreaker

[athrock]

Catholicks do seem to struggle with this issue.  Its what happens when you let fairy tales run your lives.

http://catholicherald.com/stories/Straig...eaven,6744


Yes...when faced with a problem they invent bullshit.

Until the '80's at least limbo was a central rcc doctrine, haing the seal of papal infallibility and all. Stillborn infants couldn't be buried on "consecrated" ground because of it. The main reason it is now relegated to speculation is because it was deemed to be losing the church adherents and also peripheral enough to drop without controversy or notice.

Here's an excerpt from a helpful article:

Whatever Happened to Limbo?
http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/cult...limbo.html

At the outset of this article, note that the Church has never officially defined the doctrine of limbo. Rather, limbo is a theological supposition that became a popular way of dealing with a teaching of our Lord regarding the necessity of baptism for eternal salvation and what happens to the souls of individuals who die without being baptized..

Jesus taught, "I solemnly assure you, no one can enter into God's kingdom without being begotten of water and Spirit" (John 3:5). The Catechism consequently asserts, "The Lord Himself affirms that Baptism is necessary for salvation ... The Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect the mission she has received from the Lord to see that all who can be baptized are 'reborn of water and the Spirit'" (#1257).