The =Limbus infantum= is a side chamber of purgatory, where all unbaptized infants are kept for ever, only deprived of blessedness in consequence of original sin.
He is the limbus minor, or the last creature, into whom enters the great limbus, or the seed of all the creatures, the infinite being.
Jesus Christ, in his capacity of limbus minor and first man, being always an emanation of the Divinity; and, consequently, a subordinate personage.
The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants.
The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior.
In theology there are (1) the Limbus Infantum, and (2) the Limbus Patrum.
It is sometimes regarded as having been closed and empty since Christ's descent, but other authors do not think of it as separate in place from the limbus infantum.
Defn: A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants.
Note: The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior.
To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense.
Mythology and magic belong to "limbus fatuorum;" If fools believe them, we scientists deplore 'em.
Sidenote: Limbus puerorum which is a place wher the Papistes imagine the soules of yong childrē to be, which departed without Baptisme.
Whether soules doo returne againe out of Purgatorie, and the place which they call Limbus puerorum.
Whether soules do returne againe out of Purgatorie, and the place which they call Limbus puerorum.
As touching the state of soules in Purgatorie, where they are prepared to the heauenly iourney, and of Limbus puerorum, there is nothing extant in holy scripture.
Dante makes the First Circle consist of the two limbos of Thomas Aquinas: that of unbaptized infants, limbus puerorum, and that of the fathers of the old covenant, limbus sanctorum patrum.
On his way thither he passed through the Limbus infantium, which also is an unusual feature in works of this class.
And, in the region bordering thereon, the limbus patrum, the limbus infantum, etc.
The long, bent, broad cutting needle is passed into the anterior chamber from the limbus downwards and inwards, and is driven directly through the iris and underlying capsule.
The conjunctiva is dissected up all round the cornea as close to the limbus as possible, and backwards as far as the insertion of the recti.
An incision should be made with a narrow Graefe’s knife in the limbus in a position most suitable for removing the growth.
The eye is fixed by grasping the conjunctiva close to the limbus downwards and inwards.
When a dense band is present which gives before the needle and cannot be divided, a second or ordinary discission needle should be passed into the anterior chamber from the limbus opposite to the cutting needle.
To facilitate the closure of the conjunctival wound it is advisable to dissect the conjunctiva back from the limbus before excising the cornea.
The needle is passed through the sclerotic about 5 millimetres behind the limbusto the outer side.
The surgeon, standing facing the patient, enters the anterior chamber about 2 millimetres inwards from the limbus at the junction of the middle and lower third of the cornea with a Graefe’s knife, the cutting edge directed downwards.
The incision is made at the limbus in a favourable situation for the division of the synechia.
