The deal, announced last year, is still stuck in regulatory purgatory in Taipei. For that reason, in many examples of the purgatory metaphor in the media, limbo frequently seems the better choice. According to John Thiel, professor of religious studies at Fairfield University, “purgatory virtually disappeared from Catholic belief and practice since Vatican II.” Nevertheless, in the popular imagination, purgatory is a place of torment, if only temporary.
Modern Catholic belief does not dwell on the punishment aspect of purgatory. Purgatory, therefore, is a place where cleansing takes place. The Latin verb purgare means, “to clean out.” The noun purgatio is “a cleaning out,” and purgatorium is a place of purging and cleansing. Purgatory, on the other hand, is a place of spiritual cleansing and purification. Some Christians believe that the souls of more recent righteous non-Christians who never had the opportunity to know Christ, may also await judgment in Limbo. The souls of unbaptized children also go there. It’s imagined as a passive, peaceful place where the souls of righteous people who lived before Christ wait until Judgement Day. Limbo, from Latin limbus (border, edge, hem, or fringe) is situated on the border of Hell. Limbo is merely a place or state of waiting, no pain involved. Through the centuries, official doctrine has shifted, but in the popular imagination-and therefore in a sense applicable to its metaphorical use-Purgatory is a place of punishment. Limbo and Purgatory are concepts in Roman Catholic belief. A while back, I made a note of a radio announcer’s comment that Edward Snowden, who had been granted asylum in Russia, “has been in purgatory” in the Moscow airport.Ĭonsidering that Snowden was simply existing in the airport until such time as he could enter a country, I thought that the more appropriate word here would be limbo, not purgatory.
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