Limbo of the Patriarchs

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• Limbo — In Roman Catholic theology, Limbo (Latin , edge or boundary, referring to the edge of Hell) is a hypothesis about the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the damned (gehenna). Limbo is not an …   Wikipedia

• limbo — limbo1 /lim boh/, n., pl. limbos. 1. (often cap.) Rom. Cath. Theol. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ… …   Universalium

• limbo — n 1. limbus, abode of the dead, limbo of infants, limbo of unbaptized infants, abode of the righteous dead, limbo of the fathers, limbo of the patriarchs; Lethe, land of the lotus eaters, place of oblivion, nirvana. 2. confinement, imprisonment,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Limbo — /ˈlɪmboʊ/ (say limboh) noun Roman Catholic Church (formerly) a supposed region on the border of hell or heaven, the abode after death of unbaptised infants (limbo of infants), or one serving as the temporary abode of the righteous who died before …  

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• Harrowing of Hell — The Harrowing of Hell, depicted in the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry, 14th c. illuminated manuscript commissioned by John, Duke of Berry. The Harrowing of Hell (Latin Descensus Christi ad Inferos the descent of Christ into hell ) is a doctrine… …   Wikipedia

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• Heaven — • In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds under the firmament of heaven . In other passages it denotes the region of… …   Catholic encyclopedia