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- Title
Les limbes.
- Authors
CLICHE, MARIE-AIMÉE
- Abstract
The idea of limbo as a destination for the souls of unbaptised children was first developed in the Middle Ages. However, an examination of catechisms published in Quebec between 1702 and 1952 reveals that it was not until 1895 that limbo began to be mentioned in teachers' manuals, and it did not figure in the shorter catechisms written for students until 1951. Thus, it was for reasons other than the fear of limbo that parents baptized their children as soon as possible after birth, notably the desire to have them buried in the parish cemetery and the hope of meeting them in heaven.
- Subjects
LIMBO (Christian theology); FRENCH catechisms; INFANT salvation; RELIGION; DEATH; PURGATORY; INTERMEDIATE state (Superconductors); FUTURE punishment; CHRISTIAN eschatology; CATHOLIC Church
- Publication
Revue d'Histoire de l'Amérique Française, 2009, Vol 62, Issue 3/4, p351
- ISSN
0035-2357
- Publication type
Article