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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138934" /> == | |||
<p> ( | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75879" /> == | |||
<p> ccording to [[Catholic]] theologians a region on the confines of [[Hades]] tenanted, the <i> limbus patrum </i> , by the souls of good men who died before Christ's advent, and the <i> limbus infantium </i> , by the souls of unbaptized infants, both of whom await there the resurrection morn to join the ransomed in heaven. </p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 15 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
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.
