03-19-2021, 08:56 PM
Chapter IV
Limbo
Near the gate of hell, in a place called "Limbo", stands an angel. It was in this place that the saints of the Old Testament were placed for a time.
This residence is separated from the prisons of the abyss where the demons are tormented. It is placed above the area where the dragon and Lucifer, the chained tyrant, and all the infernales stay.
There are no evil spirits, no snakes, no fire, no cold, no unpleasant smell; there is no screaming, no blasphemy; there is no punishment other than darkness.
This is where the little children who have died without being baptized are sent. There they experience no suffering other than that which results from the darkness.
Limbo is divided into three parts, one above the other.
In the highest are placed the little children begotten by Christians who died without baptism.
In the middle one, remains the children of the Jews, who died at an early age, and who have not yet committed any fault. However, their stay is filled with a thicker darkness than that of the children born to Christians.
Finally, in the lower part are enclosed the little children who died without baptism and who came from illegitimate unions of godparents, monks, nuns and other persons, both men and women, engaged in the bonds of the priesthood or under the vow of chastity. In this place the darkness is deeper than that in the other two parts of Limbo.