Basically, it allowed the church to free itself from what French columnist Henri Tincq called “a burdensome inheritance, defended, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, by a manipulative Church, only too happy to use the threat of Limbo to incite parents to baptize their children as quickly as possible. ”
Prantsuse kolumnisti Henri Tincqi sõnul andis see kirikule põhimõtteliselt võimaluse vabaneda „koormavast pärandist, mida kirik oma huvides kaitses alates keskajast kuni 20. sajandini, et õhutada selle ähvardusel vanemaid oma lapsi võimalikult ruttu ristida laskma ”.