Although it never became church dogma, the traditional Catholic teaching for centuries was that the souls of unbaptized innocents would dwell in the no - man’s - land of Limbo.
Ehkki eelpõrgu õpetusest ei saanud mitte kunagi kirikudogmat, õpetas katoliku kirik sajandeid, et ristimata süütute hinged viibivad eikellegimaal eelpõrgus.