The hell mentioned here is "limbo", not the hell of the damned
(http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/resua1.htm)
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> From: Steve Fanning [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: Dante's Inferno
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> The classical biblical source is 1 Peter 3.18-20: "For Christ
> also died for
> sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he
> might bring
> us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in
> the spirit; in
> which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who
> formerly did not
> obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during
> the building
> of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were
> saved through water.
>
> Steve Fanning
>
> At 04:14 AM 09/05/2000 -0700, you 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
>
>
>
> Steven Fanning
> Department of History (M/C 198)
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> University of Illinois at Chicago
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