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BASIC R.C. BELIEF

A place or state where souls of O.T. saints were detained until the

Resurrection of Christ, and a place or state of natural happiness for

unbaptized babies (CATHOLIC WORD BOOK, Knights of Columbus, p. 27).

Although never formally defined, it has been the universal Roman Catholic

belief for centuries.

POST VATICAN II

There has never been an official statement doing away with this doctrine,

but it has been disregarded by most Roman Catholics today, the majority of

whom nevertheless, insist on immediate baptism for any infant in danger of

death.

One suggested theological solution to the plight of unbaptized babies is

to apply to them the baptism of desire since, it is argued, they would have

desired baptism had they lived to maturity.

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