[Apologetics] Fwd: Can Unbaptized Infants See God?

[Stephen Korsman]

Hi

Two things:

1. For me, the most important question is whether someone who suffers from
invincible ignorance can be saved if they are unbaptised.  We believe that this
is possible.  If so, then why must a baby, equally invincibly ignorant, go to
Limbo and not wherever the ignorant adult goes?

"Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not
know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by
grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the
dictates of conscience. Nor does Divine Providence deny the helps necessary for
salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an
explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to live a good life." -
Lumen Gentium 16

What's good for the invinciblly ignorant goose is good for the invincibly
ignorant gander, and also their invincibly ignorant goslings.

2. In my previous e-mail about Limbo, I mentioned the Catholic apologist who
seemed to be criticising Catholic teaching.  I had learnt a lot from his posts
long ago, and his experience converting from Seventhh-day Adventism to
Catholicism.

He has just announced his conversion back to Seventh-day Adventism.

http://billcork.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/the-journey-home/

Please pray for him.

God bless,
Stephen


Quoting Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com>:

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> "CatholicCulture.org" <mailings at catholicculture.org> wrote:  Date: Thu, 3 May
> 2007 16:03:45 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "CatholicCulture.org" <mailings at catholicculture.org>
> To: rcdianne at yahoo.com
> Subject: Can Unbaptized Infants See God?
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>                                Thursday, May 03, 2007         Dear Miss
> Dawson,  Can Unbaptized Infants See God?  CatholicCulture.org users are
> probably aware that the Catechism of the Catholic Church holds out the
> possibility of salvation for unbaptized children—those too young to express a
> desire for God. The noteworthy paragraph is no. 1261, but this should be read
> in the context of the entire (brief) section on The Necessity of Baptism.
> 
> Although the fate of unbaptized children is no more pressing now than it was
> 500, 1000 or 1500 years ago, every Christian teaching has its season, and
> Christians in our culture are particularly concerned to understand this one.
> Among many other reasons, surely, is the abortion crisis, which has forced us
> to wonder about how God's mercy applies to these rejected children.
> 
> John Paul II wondered too, and in late 2004 he asked his International
> Theological Commission to study the issue under the leadership of then
> Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Now, nearly two years into Ratzinger's own
> pontificate, the ITC has completed its study, which Pope Benedict approved
> for publication in January.
> 
> The conclusion is the same as that expressed in the Catechism, but the ITC
> report provides a much more thorough theological exploration of the problem.
> As you might expect, we have it online for you: 
> 
> The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized
> 
> I hasten to add that a study by the International Theological Commission is
> not a magisterial act. Nonetheless, it is well worth reading.
> 
> Jeff Mirus
> President
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