Difference between revisions of "Limbus"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138934" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48383" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48383" /> == | ||
<p> (See | <p> (See Limbo). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75879" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75879" /> == | ||
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<ref name="term_138934"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/limbus Limbus from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_48383"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/limbus Limbus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_48383"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/limbus Limbus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
(2):
(n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
(3):
(n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(See Limbo).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
ccording to Catholic theologians a region on the confines of Hades tenanted, the limbus patrum , by the souls of good men who died before Christ's advent, and the limbus infantium , by the souls of unbaptized infants, both of whom await there the resurrection morn to join the ransomed in heaven.
