Therefore, I do believe in the salvation of those dying in infancy. Published in: Evangelical Focus - Fresh Breeze The rationale here is that every single babe is a child of Adam, therefore, he/ she is worthy of eternal condemnation. Asked why he’s responding this way, David says, “Since he has died, why should I fast? If heaven is 'oneness' then seperation comes with the development of the subject/object divide implicit in objective thought hence at that point of development - the point where one must make efforts to return to heaven is reached. Many women simply believe that handicapped children are better off dead. They include “I don’t want people to know I am pregnant,” “I’m not mature enough for a baby,” and “I have relationship problems.”1, On the other hand, many women who abort actually believe that they are doing their babies a favor. The view I embrace is that all those who die in infancy, as well as those so mentally incapacitated they’re incapable of making an informed choice, are among the elect of God, chosen for salvation before the world began. It appears to be the reason he ceases from the display of grief. Sacred Scripture and Revelation tell us nothing about the fate of unbaptized infants. While we hope for the salvation of little ones who lose their lives prior to receiving the sacred waters, we are not free to speculate about Baptism being something other than necessary. God creates each person for a mission. To abort a child because the mother’s circumstances are difficult is the ultimate statement of despair and is an offense against hope. Again, this is a subjective (and perhaps sentimental) question. The Bible nowhere speaks dogmatically about the eternal state of little ones. The FAQs: What Christians Should Know About QAnon, Sisters, You Have Permission to Lead an Ordinary Life, The Children’s Series You Should Start Reading in 2020, The One Book on Racial History You Should Read (Ideally with Others). The greatest theologians of the Church, including St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine and St. Leo the Great, have all pondered this question at length. If you want to see your child and enjoy a heavenly reunion, you must be born again! We emphasize that these are reasons for prayerful hope, rather than grounds for sure knowledge. However, aborting them is not an acceptable way of getting them there faster. Or is he saying these very children were recipients of saving grace? Third, many abortions are performed for actual or perceived birth defects, sometimes as trivial as cleft lip or palate. Let me close with an argument that’s entirely subjective (and therefore of questionable evidential value). The third camp understands that only the babies of believers will receive eternal glory. In 2007, the International Theological Commission concluded: The many factors that we have considered above give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptized infants who die will be saved and enjoy the Beatific Vision. Some theologians believe that, after their deaths, God gives aborted and miscarried babies full knowledge so that they may make their own decision about eternity, just as they would have done here on earth.2. This is usually not the case when women abort their children, which is why some Catholic groups pray in the place of the parents for the baptism of aborted children. Children are sinless and they will go to Heaven without a shadow of a doubt. Every human being in heaven has been tested by the devil, including Jesus and Mary. From that moment onwards, they must believe in the Gospel to enjoy the salvation they previously had in their “unconscious” state. Protestants believe in waiting for the individual to grow up and choose for themselves.

As good Protestants, we must always adhere to Sola Scriptura in our theology; and not to our personal whims or fancies. The first perspective is, undoubtedly, the most attractive as it believes that all children head to heaven once they die. Illustration of an human fetus at 6 months. Jesus indicated that people who enter heaven are like children, implying that children go to heaven. Children are better off dying, they’re going to be in Heaven forever.” So let us briefly consider the question: do aborted babies go to Heaven? I am the Mother of 13 living children and 7 miscarriages. What does it mean when David says “I shall go to him”? First, just because we are born into poverty or difficult family circumstances doesn’t mean our entire lives are going to be spent this way. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 2. Kids don't make the subject/object distinction that adults do.

[3] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pastoralis Actio, n. 13, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 72 (1980), 1144. As Ronald Nash points out, “If this sort of thing happens even once, it can certainly happen in other cases.” Supporting texts include Jeremiah 1:5 and Luke 1:15. So are those who die in infancy lost? 1.