![]() ![]() He took them out of Limbo and put them in Paradise. However, salvation is a mystery, and we humans are not fully capable of understanding the will of God.Īccording to mythology, after Jesus died and before He was resurrected, He entered Hell to save the souls of great religious figures such as King David and Adam and Eve. God’s mercy may be greater than Dante the Pilgrim thinks. ![]() In any case, it is God’s decision whether these souls stay here forever. Jesus released these people from Limbo during the Harrowing of Hell.Īpparently, the souls who are still here will be here “forever” (Musa Inferno4.45), according to Dante the Pilgrim, but perhaps we should remember that Dante the Pilgrim is naive and does not know the full story. Later, we will see that some unbaptized children are in Paradise.ģ) The people who used to be here, including the Jewish patriarchs. Because they are unbaptized, they are here. Later, we will see that some pagans are in Paradise.Ģ) The unbaptized, including infants. Virgil says that “they did not worship God the way one should” (Musa Inferno4.38). They did not believe in the one true God. These pagans were good morally, but they were not Christian (or Jewish in the days before Christ). These are the three classes of people who are (or were) in Limbo:ġ) The virtuous pagans. Which three classes of people are (or were) in Limbo?.During the Harrowing of Hell, Jesus released these people and took them to Paradise. Limbo is interesting because some people who used to be here are here no longer. This is where Beatrice came to ask him to be Dante’s guide. Limbo is where Virgil resides in the afterlife. ![]() However, many of the souls here are great thinkers, and part of their punishment for not worshipping God correctly is to be denied knowledge: knowledge of God. The souls here are separated from God, but they are not being tortured. It is not a place of shrieks rather, it is a place of sighs. ![]() How does Dante the Poet depict Limbo?ĭante falls asleep, and then he wakes up in Limbo. ![]()
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