I hope I'm not repeating what has already been said, since I'm still getting
caught up on reading posts. I believe this is a very old tradition in the
church, as exemplified by the phrase in the Nicene Creed "he (Christ)
descended into Hell". Am I misunderstanding your question?
Peace,
Christine Roussel
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From: holden caulfield [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 7:14 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Dante's Inferno
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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