Wait so did all humans before Christ have original sin? What are the implications of this according to Catholic theology? Like would all cavemen have gone to hell?
Yeah, but they weren't really aware of cavemen back when they cooked it all up. Also I think you just go to purgatory, not hell. I haven't really been up on my catechism since my mid teens so like 20+ years ago.
Wait so did all humans before Christ have original sin? What are the implications of this according to Catholic theology? Like would all cavemen have gone to hell?
Yeah, but they weren't really aware of cavemen back when they cooked it all up. Also I think you just go to purgatory, not hell. I haven't really been up on my catechism since my mid teens so like 20+ years ago.
Yeah, if I remember proper, Purgatory was invented as the answer to this conundrum
But specifically for unbaptised babies
That sounds correct. Babies and the souls of people who led virtuous lives but had no knowledge of Jesus.
"going to hell" wasn't as much of a concept till Dante's inferno; it wasn't a major concern