For example, one of the statements of faith, a version of the Apostles' Creed which one usually recites (for instance) in a Sunday Episcopalian worship service, has a reference to Jesus Christ descending into hell. ... For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, (to raise the dead), with the archangel...
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When did Christ descend into Hell? Just before Christ physically died He said two important things that make His descent into a physical place called Hell an impossibility: “IT IS FINISHED” and “Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit”.
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Was it fitting for Christ to descend into hell? Into which hell did He descend? Was He entirely in hell? Did He make any stay there? Did He deliver the Holy Fathers from hell? Did He deliver the lost from hell? Did He deliver the children who died in original sin? ... Was it fitting for Christ to descend into hell?
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The following is an edited transcript of the audio. Did Christ ever descend to hell? There are two passages in the New Testament that, taken a certain way, would seem to indicate that he did. One is in Ephesians 4:9 where it says that Ch...
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Did Christ ever descend to hell? from the Desiring God Christian Resource Library. Ask Pastor John and resources about . ... Did Christ ever descend to hell? (Portuguese) (Ask Pastor John)
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A couple of things that would be worth taking into account I think would be that the Greek word "hades" and the Hebrew word "sheol" have analogous meanings, while the word "gehenna" is not used exactly the same...
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Some verses that seem to support the idea that Christ descended into sheol/hades would be 1 Peter 3:18-20, Ephesians 4:9-10, and Matthew 12:40. For the idea that sheol was located in the earth see Amos 9:2, Numbers 16:31-34 and ... Did Christ Descend? by darth_bill ... Heaven is not UP and Hell is not DOWN by michael_legna...
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Through the years I have found that there is a common question asked by those who know the Creed well and those who have just been introduced to it: what does it mean that Christ descended into hell ?
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Apparently the phrase descended into hell offended someone’s sensitivities early on in American Methodism and that clause got left out. The phrase into hell in older translations and the phrase to the dead both translate the phrase into had...
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This banishes all doubt: he had to have angels descend from heaven to encourage him by their unaccustomed consolation [Luke 22:43]. What shameful softness would it have been (as I have said) for Christ to be so tortured by the dread of common death as to sweat blood, and to be able ... 52. 5: "When Christ descended into hell,
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