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.

Key Passages