He Descended To Hades
On the Descent of Christ
Holy Saturday.
Today, the Son of God descended into Hades — The underworld.
His descent to the underworld is alluded to in the New Testament in 1 Peter 4:6, which states that the "good tidings were proclaimed to the dead". Ephesians 4:9 also states that "[Christ] descended into the lower parts of the earth.”
This teaching is also enshrined in the ecumen…
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