Damned Infants R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church, The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics, The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family, The Intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel and the cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Judica me Deus, et discerne causam meaum de gente non sancta as homine iniquo et doloso erue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 “Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned… For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners… Therefore, as by the offence of one, unto all men to condemnation.” (Romans 5:12, 19, 18) “If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth… The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (John 15:6; Matthew 13:49-50) Original version: 11/2006; Current version: 7/2013 [needs more editing] Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. TorC, NM 87901-2878 Website: www.JohnTheBaptist.us (Send for a free catalog) 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... 7 WARNINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 8 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 8 UNBAPTIZED INFANTS ARE IMPIOUS SINNERS ......................................................................................... 9 THOSE WHO DIE WITH ONLY ORIGINAL SIN GO TO HELL ........................................................................ 13 AND ARE PUNISHED BUT LESS THAN MORTAL SINNERS .......................................................................................... 15 ONLY TWO ETERNAL PLACES, HEAVEN AND HELL .................................................................................. 16 THERE ARE ETERNAL AND TEMPORARY PLACES IN HELL .......................................................................................... 16 THE HERETICAL INTRODUCTION OF A THIRD ETERNAL PLACE ................................................................................... 17 Is a Pelagian heresy ............................................................................................................................. 17 Other Pelagian heresies ...................................................................................................................... 18 THOMAS AQUINAS’ LIMBO OF CHILDREN IS IN HELL .............................................................................. 19 THOMAS’ LIMBO OF CHILDREN IS LOWER IN HELL THAN LIMBO OF THE FATHERS......................................................... 19 THOMAS’ OUT-OF-CONTEXT PASSAGE USED BY HERETICS ...................................................................................... 21 THOMAS’ IMPRUDENT LIMBO LABEL ................................................................................................................. 22 Limbo most commonly means a middle place .................................................................................... 22 Limbo commonly means a transitory place ........................................................................................ 22 Limbo least commonly means border or edge .................................................................................... 22 PUNISHMENT FOR ORIGINAL SIN IS LESS THAN FOR MORTAL SIN ......................................................... 23 HOW ARE DAMNED INFANTS PUNISHED? .............................................................................................. 24 ARE THEY PUNISHED BY HELL FIRE? ................................................................................................................... 24 Out-of-context teachings defending the punishment of hell fire ........................................................ 25 The Council of Carthage XVI ............................................................................................................................ 25 The Council of Florence ................................................................................................................................... 26 OR ARE THEY ONLY PUNISHED BY THE LOSS OF THE BEATIFIC VISION? ...................................................................... 26 Out-of-context teachings defending sole punishment of loss of the Beatific Vision ........................... 27 Pope Innocent III ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Pope Pius VI’s Auctorem Fidei ......................................................................................................................... 29 TRENT AND POST-TRENT THEOLOGIANS TEACH THE HELL-FIRE OPINION .................................................................... 29 PAIN VS. NO-PAIN OPINION ................................................................................................................... 31 PAIN OPINION .............................................................................................................................................. 32 NO-PAIN OPINION (HELD BY SOME OF THE EARLY GREEK FATHERS) ......................................................................... 32 ST. AUGUSTINE’S REFUTATION OF THE NO-PAIN OPINION...................................................................................... 33 ST. AUGUSTINE’S OPINIONS INFALLIBLY CONFIRMED IN 418 .................................................................................. 37 ABELARD AND AQUINAS RESURRECTED THE NO-PAIN OPINION ............................................................................... 38 Corporal-pain opinion unanimous from 5th to the 12th century ........................................................ 38 NO-PAIN OPINION HAS THE PUNISHMENTS BUT NOT THE SIN REMITTED ................................................................... 39 Punishments due to original sin .......................................................................................................... 39 Aquinas has the punishments due to original sin remitted while the sin remains .............................. 40 The half-baptism heresy that has the punishment but not the sin remitted....................................... 42 The merit-after-death heresy that has the punishment but not the sin remitted ............................... 43 AQUINAS’ HERETICAL BELIEFS THAT DAMNED INFANTS ARE HAPPY AND UNITED TO GOD ................... 44 1. HIS BELIEFS ARE CONTRARY TO THE SOLEMN AND ORDINARY MAGISTERIUM .......................................................... 44 2. HE HERETICALLY BELIEVES THAT DAMNED INFANTS ARE UNITED TO GOD ............................................................... 45 Thomas’ false god is a coheir with Satan in the hell of the damned ................................................... 46 5 3. HE HERETICALLY BELIEVES LIVE INFANTS WITH ORIGINAL SIN ARE UNITED TO GOD ................................................... 46 4. HE HERETICALLY BELIEVES THAT HAPPINESS EXISTS IN THE HELL OF THE DAMNED .................................................... 47 His belief is also illogical ...................................................................................................................... 48 His contradiction that damned infants are graceless and evil but happy ........................................... 48 5. HE HERETICALLY BELIEVES THAT INFANTS GUILTY OF ORIGINAL SIN ARE HAPPY ........................................................ 49 St. Bonaventure condemns Aquinas’ happy opinion as a Pelagian heresy ......................................... 49 But St. Bonaventure’s no-pain opinion is close to heresy .................................................................... 50 6. HE ILLOGICALLY BELIEVES THAT VENIAL SIN IS WORSE THAN ORIGINAL SIN ............................................................. 51 7. HIS BELIEF ENDANGERS THE DOGMAS ON THE NATURE OF GOD .......................................................................... 52 He implies that God does not will for infants to be saved ................................................................... 52 He implies that God is not all powerful, all knowing, all just, or all merciful ...................................... 55 He implies God is stupid or powerless ................................................................................................. 56 Or he implies God is unjust and unmerciful ......................................................................................... 56 8. HIS BELIEF IS REFUTED BY THE DEVIL’S PROMOTION OF ABORTION ....................................................................... 56 9. HE DENIES BY IMPLICATION THE DOGMA THAT DAMNED INFANTS ARE PUNISHED .................................................... 57 His belief is illogical because any punishment causes suffering or pain ............................................. 57 Thomas’ punishment for damned infants causes no sorrow or pain