Limbo
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The unofficial term Limbo is the afterlife condition, in medieval Catholic theology, of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned.
Jesus in Limbo by Domenico Beccafumi
The Old Testament righteous follow Christ from Hades to heaven (Russian icon).
Byzantine depiction in the Church of Chora of the resurrection of Christ, raising Adam and Eve who represent all humankind, with the righteous prophets of the Old Testament observing
Limbo of Infants in the Cathedral of Tuy (Galicia, Spain)
Hell
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In religion and folklore, Hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history sometimes depict hells as eternal,
Limbo
…The unofficial term Limbo (from Latin limbus 'edge, boundary', referring to the edge of Hell) is the afterlife condition, in medieval Catholic theology, of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. Some…
The Last Judgment (detail), c.1431, by Fra Angelico depicting people being tormented in hell
Hel (1889) by Johannes Gehrts, depicts the Old Norse Hel, a goddess-like figure, in the location of the same name, which she oversees
Preserved colonial wall paintings of 1802 depicting Hell, by Tadeo Escalante, inside the Church of San Juan Bautista in Huaro, Peru
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons