limbo of infants

Japanese: limbo of infants(英語表記)limboofinfants
limbo of infants

…The word Limbo comes from the Latin word limbus, meaning “edge,” and refers to a place between hell and heaven where souls live. There are two types of Limbo: the “Limbus patrum” (limbo of fathers), where the souls of righteous men who died before Christ live, and the “Limbus puerorum” (limbo of infants), where the souls of infants who died before baptism live. This story was expressed in Byzantine and Western art from a relatively early period in the Middle Ages (around 700). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "limbo of infants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,リンボとは〈縁〉を意味するラテン語のlimbusに由来し,地獄と天国との中間にある霊魂の住む場所をいう。リンボには,キリスト以前に死んだ義人の霊魂が住む〈父祖リンボ界limbus patrum,limbo of fathers〉や,洗礼を受ける前に死んだ幼児の霊魂が住む〈幼児リンボ界limbus puerorum,limbo of infants〉がある。 この説話はビザンティンと西欧の美術において中世の比較的早い時期(700ころ)から表現された。…

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