Dalam teologi Katolik, Limbo (bahasa Latin limbus, tepi atau sempadan, merujuk kepada tepi Neraka ) adalah keadaan akhirat bagi mereka yang mati dalam dosa asal tanpa ditugaskan ke Neraka Terkutuk . Ahli-ahli teologi abad pertengahan Eropah Barat menyifatkan neraka ( "dunia api", " hades ", "Infernum") seperti yang dibahagikan kepada empat bahagian yang berbeza: Neraka yang terkutuk, [2]Purgatory, Limbo Bapa atau Patriark, dan Limbo daripada Infants . The Limbo of the Fathers [Bapa Gereja] ialah doktrinrasmi Gereja Katolik, tetapi Limbo of the Infants [Bayi] tidak.
^Catholic Encyclopedia: Hell: "However, in the New Testament the term Gehenna is used more frequently in preference to hades, as a name for the place of punishment of the damned. ... held in abomination by the Jews, who, accordingly, used the name of this valley to designate the abode of the damned (Targ. Jon., Gen., iii, 24; Henoch, c. xxvi). And Christ adopted this usage of the term." Jewish Encyclopedia: Gehenna: Sin and Merit: "It is frequently said that certain sins will lead man into Gehenna. The name "Gehenna" itself is explained to mean that unchastity will lead to Gehenna (; 'Er. 19a); so also will adultery, idolatry, pride, mockery, hypocrisy, anger, etc. (Soṭah 4b, 41b; Ta'an. 5a; B. B. 10b, 78b; 'Ab. Zarah 18b; Ned. 22a)."