Limbo in Limbo

[bironic]

Under the advisement of a committee of theologians, the Pope is considering abolishing the concept of limbo. (Full story.)

I ask out of curiosity and a sort of amused incredulity: How can this be done? Are they going to deny, after 2,000 years of Christian religious and literary tradition, that limbo ever existed? How do they claim the authority to declare this? Is the proposal most likely to be dropped?

...Maddy?

Edited: Right, sorry, Limbo doth not equal Purgatory. Fixed now.

Comments

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

I think you are right. God strikes me as much too wise to ever let human sillyness like that have any consequence in his realm.

It's a headache waiting to happen, alright.
I don't know the first thing about the Episcopal Church (as far as I know they are not represented here), but someone ought to change a few of the more outright stupid things in the Catholic Church.

[maddy-harrigan.livejournal.com]

You live in Denmark, right? The Episcopal Church is the American branch of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, which is basically a collective of independent churches all based off the Anglican model. There's probably a Danish branch, full of English expats who like to sing "The Church's One Foundation" very loudly and complain about how Reverend Finsbury moved the Paschal candle one inch to the left, and that's NOT the way we USED to do things.

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

I do. And yes, there is indeed and Anglican Church here. I don't know the congregation as such, but I like their very pretty church, situated in a park in Copenhagen. Ohwell, I'll bet you are right anyway, it sounds like the way ex-pat communities usually end up.