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Although the Harrowing of Hell is taught by the Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed, and Orthodox traditions, a number of Christians reject the doctrine of the "harrowing of hell", claiming that "there is scant scriptural evidence for [it], and that Jesus's own words contradict it."
1 sty 2001 · Some use Ephesians 4:7-10 to teach that Jesus went to hell or to Hades to release the prisoners held there and take them to heaven or into God’s presence. The idea is that before His death, all Old Testament believers were in Abraham’s bosom—the paradise part of Hades.
8 lut 2024 · The most cited Bible passage for the account of Jesus descending to hell before His resurrection is 1 Peter 3:18-20.
How could the Son of God go into hell? Why did he go there? Answer: Jesus’ descent into hell means that Jesus “sojourned in the realm of the dead prior to his resurrection” (the Catechism 632). Like all men, Jesus experienced death, and thus his soul joined others in this realm.
26 gru 2023 · Where was Jesus between His death and resurrection? Did He really descend into hell, as the Apostles’ Creed states? The Apostles’ Creed is a foundational statement of faith in church history. It not only outlines Christ’s incarnation, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension, but it also contains the remarkable phrase, “He descended to hell.”
18 kwi 2023 · The Harrowing of Hell is commemorated in the liturgical calendar on Holy Saturday. According to the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus, the Harrowing of Hell was foreshadowed by Christ's raising of Lazarus from the dead preceding his own crucifixion.
1 sie 2022 · The harrowing of hell in which Jesus brings out of the “underworld” all those righteous men and women of scripture who predeceased him, including John the Baptist, the Old Testament patriarchs, David and Solomon, the “good kings” of Judah (Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Hezekiah and Josiah) . . . and one might even argue, the ...
