Jim Kerbaugh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Since both the Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds contain a reference
>to the incident, it is an article of belief.
For a brief contemporary Catholic treatment and confirmation of the
belief's currency, see also the _Catechism of the Catholic Church_,
sections 631-637:
<http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/creed7.html>
I believe the apocryphal
>Gospel of Nicodemus is the principal source for it.
Yes, the second part of it. It's on-line (in the M. R. James translation) at:
<http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/gospels/gosnic.htm>
There's also an allusion to it in the second century Gospel of Peter (v. 42)
<http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/gospels/gospete.htm>
Chapter XII ("The Apostles' Creed") of J. N. D. Kelly's _Early Christian
Creeds_ devotes 6 pages to a survey of the patristic notions of the descent
into hell, including NT passages that have been used to support the idea.
Of possible interest is his statement:
"(After St Augustine, it should be remarked, the prevailing Western fashion
was to explain 1 Pet. 3, 9 as testifying to a mission of Christ's to the
contemporaries of Noah long prior to His incarnation.)" (3e, p. 380).
John
>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
John McChesney-Young ** [log in to unmask] ** Berkeley, California, USA
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