Pat,
The first question seems to me to have a ready answer, that those removed
from Limbo are among the blessed. I recall some Last Judgement scenes
including the likes of David. Your second question is the more intriguing.
Are Job & Jethro, to name but 2 Biblical figures of non-Jews treated as if
good "men," "virtuous pagans"? Also the Magi. What of the Sybils who were
supposed to have prophecied the coming of the Messiah?
I did some work on Circumcision a few years ago, & the Sentences
commentators I read seemed to point to sacraments of the natural law, as
well as those of the "Old Law." this opens the door for non-Jewish but
pre-Christian figures among the saved.
Tom Izbicki
At 11:57 AM 9/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/5/00 9:38:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
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>> Since both the Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds contain a reference
>> to the incident, it is an article of belief. I believe the apocryphal
>> Gospel of Nicodemus is the principal source for it. You might look
>> at Passus XVIII of Piers Plowman or the mystery cycles for other
>> literary treatments of the theme.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jim Kerbaugh
>>
>
>I too think it must have been the Gospel of Nicodemus. But he isn't really
>following that storyline either--more or less inventing his own version of
>who gets saved. In Nicodemus, if you remember, everyone is saved without
>exception.
>
>The Harrowing of Hell is a popular subject in medieval art, and in the
>Commedia it's axial for the questions it raises, and that are answered
later.
>(A) What did Christ do with the OT figures he saves? (B) Who are the "many
>others"?
>
>pat sloane
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