Since both the Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds contain a reference
to the incident, it is an article of belief. I believe the apocryphal
Gospel of Nicodemus is the principal source for it. You might look
at Passus XVIII of Piers Plowman or the mystery cycles for other
literary treatments of the theme.
Regards,
Jim Kerbaugh
holden caulfield wrote:
>
> Divine Comedy
> Dante mentions more than once throughout the commedia
> that Jesus descended into hell to free the characters
> of the old testament after he was crucified. This
> belief is not popular with catholics or christians, my
> question is: which references did Dante use to back up
> this statement since it is not on the bible?
> any info about this will be greatly appriciated.
> Ari
>
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