{"id":5422,"date":"2006-10-06T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/what-they-said-about-limbo.html"},"modified":"2006-10-06T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T14:57:00","slug":"what-they-said-about-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/what-they-said-about-limbo.html","title":{"rendered":"What they said about Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr. Bruno Forte reports on the discussions of the International Theological Commission:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The conclusions reached by the commission, which is only a consultative body, will be more thoroughly explained in a future paper. In the meantime, the highlights were presented by the newly-appointed bishop of Chieti-Vasto, theologian Bruno Forte, to the I Media<\/em> news agency.<\/p>\n

The issue does not involve changing the doctrine of original sin, the archbishop said. \u201cOriginal Sin is a reality that really marks the fragility of the human condition,\u201d he noted. And baptism is necessary to remove its stain.<\/p>\n

But in the case of children who are not baptised, through no fault of their own, \u201cthen it would seem that the saving power of Christ ought to prevail over the power of sin,\u201d he explained. What is more, the concept of Limbo has never been formally defined in Catholic teaching, but is more of a \u201ctheological creation\u201d. In fact, in 1984, then-Cardinal Ratzinger expressed his own \u201cpurely personal\u201d belief that the concept of Limbo had outlived its pastoral value.<\/p>\n

The Catechism of the Catholic Church does not define that \u201cplace\u201d either but place trust in God’s mercy and entrust unbaptised children to his loving care.<\/p>\n

The archbishop stressed that the International Theological Commission is not introducing any change in Catholic doctrine, and said he hoped that his statements will \u201creassure those who are worried about a discontinuity\u201d in teaching. <\/p>\n

Indeed the essential doctrinal points that led theologians to posit the existence of Limbo will still be clearly upheld in the forthcoming paper, Mgr Forte said. The Commission hopes to present those points with greater clarity \u201cwithout compromising the faith of the Church in any way\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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