Descent to the Underworld
Alternate Labels
- Descent into Hades
- Descent into Hell
- Descent into Hell (Hades)
- Harrowing of Hell
- Descensus Christi ad Inferos
Web Links
- Wikipedia, Harrowing of Hell
- Marietjie Du Toit, A Study of 1 Peter 3:18- 4:6 : An Investigation into the Historical Background of the Doctrine of Christ’s Descent into Hades. MA diss. University of Pretoria, 2007.
- Laura Gibbs,Jesus’s Harrowing of Hell in the Christian Apocryphal Tradition
Key Passages
- Acts2:27, 31
- 1 Peter 3:19-20; 4:6
- 2 Corinthians 2:14
- Ephesians 4:8-10
- Zechariah 9:11
- Isaiah 24:21-22
Reading List
Key Passages
- Acts2:27, 31
- 1 Peter 3:19-20; 4:6
- 2 Corinthians 2:14
- Ephesians 4:8-10
- Zechariah 9:11
- Isaiah 24:21-22
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Hell (Descent into) | A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion
- Descent into Hell | New Dictionary of Theology
- Descent of Christ Into Hell | The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
Commentaries
- Matteüs 27:51b–52a | The Death of the Messiah, Volumes 1 & 2: From Gethsemane to the Grave: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels
- 1 Petrus 3:18–22 | Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 49: 1 Peter
Systematic Theologies
- Descent into Hell | H. Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ
- 5. The Saviour’s Descent into Hades | L. Berkhof, Systematic Theology
- f. Did Christ Descend Into Hell? | W. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Bible Doctrine
- CHAPTER XI. OF CHRIST’S BURIAL AND DESCENT INTO HELL | B. Pictet, Christian Theology
- The Descent into Hell | A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life
Creeds and Confessions
- 5. The Received Text (T.) | The Prayer Book Dictionary
- 10. He Descended into Hell | J.I. Packer, Growing in Christ
- Descended into Hell | R.C. Sproul, Renewing Your Mind: Basic Christian Beliefs You Need to Know
- Heidelberg Catechism Question 44 | The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism
Monographs
- I. He descended into Hell | The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, Vol. 6
- OF LIMBUS PATRUM; AND CHRIST’S DESCENT INTO HELL | The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, D.D., Volume 3
Sermons
- CHRIST WITH THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL | C.H. Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XV
Web Links
- Wikipedia, Harrowing of Hell
- Marietjie Du Toit, A Study of 1 Peter 3:18- 4:6 : An Investigation into the Historical Background of the Doctrine of Christ’s Descent into Hades. MA diss. University of Pretoria, 2007.
- Laura Gibbs,Jesus’s Harrowing of Hell in the Christian Apocryphal Tradition
Arts
- Harrowing of Hell | Wikimedia
- Joakim Skovgaard, Christ in the Realm of the Dead
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