Revision as of 2009 October
by MJ. Smith
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
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