It's assertions 4-6 of the Apostle's Creed. I was told by a Catholic priest
that Catholics aren't required to believe it, because it isn't in the Bible.
It's developed at some length in the Gospel of Nicodemus, but that's a
non-canonical book. To tie it to the canonical books, one has to find odd
phrases here and there, like Ephesians 4.9-10 or 1 Peter 3.19.
pat sloane
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In a message dated 10-11-1999 8:12:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Has anyone out there an idea of when the phrase "descendit ad inferos (
> inferna) " became normative for the western church Creed after the earlier
> councils. Was it contested in the later medieval period? My reason is that
> the phrase is often paired with St. Thomas in associations of apostles and
> the Creed and that suggests to me that there might have been some
"doubting"
> that had to be proven..Thanks much
> Sharon Dale
> Associate Professor of Art History
> Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
> Erie PA 16563
> Phone (Office) 814.898.6208 (Home) 814.333.3642
> FAX 814.898.6032
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