Limbo

[Drotos Laszlo]

La'ng Attila D. wrote:

>Toredelmesen be kell vallanom: nem ertem az osszefuggest. Ussetek,
>verjetek, sot tapossatok meg, de muszaj beismernem, hogy a limbo szonak
>egyetlen jelenteset ismerem, a Fenyo Mikiek altal kisezer eve kitalalt
>tancot, limbolimbo, limbolaz. Mennyorszaggal valo osszefuggeseirol sosem
>hallottam.

Nos, termeszetesen nem a Hungaria sza'ma'val kapcsolatos a dolog
a mi esetunkben. ;-) A "limbo" a romai-katolikus tanitasban annak
a helynek a neve, ahova azok a lelkek kerulnek, akiknek a sorsarol
"kesobb tortenik intezkedes", vagyis me'g nem dolt el, hogy a mennybe
vagy a pokolba kerulnek. A szo jelentese "hata'r" es eleg homalyosan
van megfogalmazva, hogy hol is van es milyen is valojaban ez a hely.

Mellekelek egy reszletet az Encyclopedia Britannica szocikkebol:

 limbo,

 in Roman Catholic theology, the border place between heaven and hell
 where dwell those souls who, though not condemned to punishment, are
 deprived of the joy of eternal existence with God in heaven. The word
 is of Teutonic origin, meaning "border," or "anything joined on." The
 concept of limbo probably developed in the European Middle Ages. Two
 distinct kinds of limbo have been supposed to exist: (1) the limbus
 patrum ("fathers' limbo"), which is the place where the Old Testament
 saints were thought to be confined until they were liberated by Christ
 in his "descent into hell"; and (2) the limbus infantum, or puerorum
 ("children's limbo"), which is the abode of those who have died
 without actual sin but whose original sin has not been washed away
 by Baptism. This "children's limbo" included not only dead unbaptized
 infants but also the mentally defective.

Udv!
Laci

P.S. Egyebkent en is egy "limbo" nevu folderben tartom azokat a
leveleimet, amelyekrol me'g nem dontottem el, hogy mi legyen veluk.