An Interpolated Episode: Limbo Unraveled
Limbo is the first circle of INFERNO . . . although that statement already presents a problem. How can Limbo be in hell? Isn't it a state somewhere between the redeemed and the damned?Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I talk through the developing theological notions of Limbo before and up to Dante's day, as well as the ways our poet has chosen to change church doctrine to suit his purposes.Here are the segments of this episode:[00:46] The basic definition of Limbo: from the Latin "limbus," a "hem."[01:30] My interpretive framework: Everybody fences the world.[05:18] In Dante's day, there were…
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