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  2. Limbo - Wikipedia

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    The Limbo of the Fathers is an official doctrine of the Catholic Church, but the Limbo of the Infants is not. [2] The concept of Limbo comes from the idea that, in the case of Limbo of the Fathers, good people were not able to achieve heaven just because they were born before the birth of Jesus Christ .

  3. First circle of hell - Wikipedia

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    Within Limbo is a great castle surrounded by seven walls; Dante passes through its seven gates to reach the verdant meadows where the first circle's souls dwell. [6] The souls in Limbo are not punished directly, but are condemned to "suffer harm through living in desire"; [4] their punishment is to

  4. Hell in Catholicism - Wikipedia

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    Limbo of the Fathers, also known as "Abraham's Bosom", where just souls before Christ awaited Heaven. It is to this abode that the Catholic Church teaches Christ descended. [5] To these three, theologians historically add a fourth as well: Limbo of the Infants, where souls who die in original sin but without any personal mortal sin reside. [6]

  5. Church tabernacle - Wikipedia

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    The tabernacle at St Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque, Iowa, placed on the old high altar of the cathedral (cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 315, a). A tabernacle or a sacrament house is a fixed, locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite.

  6. Limbo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Limbo (DC Comics), a fictional location in the DC Comics; Limbo (Marvel Comics), a fictional dimension in the Marvel Comics universe; First circle of hell or Limbo, a level of hell in the Inferno by Dante Alighieri "Limbo", a poem by Seamus Heaney in Wintering Out "Limbo", an 1897 essay by Vernon Lee; Limbo, a novel by Andy Secombe

  7. Society of apostolic life - Wikipedia

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    St. Philip Neri can be considered the father of Societies of apostolic life Members of apostolic societies prioritize mission over community life. [1] According to thee Vincentian priest Robert P. Maloney, community life should be strong enough to be supportive to those who have pledged to pursue the same apostolic purpose, and flexible enough to allow members to respond to the urgent needs of ...

  8. History of purgatory - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates several All Souls' Days in the year, [40] but in the West only one such annual commemoration is celebrated. The establishment, at the end of the 10th century, of this remembrance helped focus popular imagination on the fate of the departed, and fostered a sense of solidarity between the living and the dead.

  9. John Robert Stevens - Wikipedia

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    John Robert Stevens (August 7, 1919 – June 4, 1983) was an American pastor and cult leader who founded The Living Word Fellowship in the 1950s and was the leader of the organization until his death. [1] Stevens was born in Story County, Iowa.