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The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "By the expression 'He descended into Hell', the Apostles' Creed confesses that Jesus did really die and through his death for us conquered death and the devil 'who has the power of death' (Hebrews 2:14). In his human soul united to his divine person, the dead Christ went down to the realm of the dead.
A detail from Hieronymus Bosch's depiction of Hell (16th century). In Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which, by God's definitive judgment, unrepentant sinners pass in the general judgment, or, as some Christians believe, immediately after death (particular judgment).
This dogma was defined by the Council of Trent [23] based on Jesus' teaching of the same during his public ministry and when "he descended into hell." [24] The church also teaches that hell is a place of punishment [25] brought about by a person's self-exclusion from communion with God. [26]
According to Christian tradition, Christ descended to hell after his death in order to free the souls there; this event is known as the Harrowing of Hell. This story is narrated in the Gospel of Nicodemus and may be the meaning behind 1 Peter 3:18–22. [52] [n 2]
In English usage the word "Hades" first appears around 1600, as a transliteration of the Greek word "αΎ…δης" in the line in the Apostles' Creed, "He descended into hell", the place of waiting (the place of "the spirits in prison" 1 Peter 3:19) into which Jesus is there affirmed to have gone after the Crucifixion.
Presidents have historically initiated the process for going to war, [14] [15] but critics have charged that there have been several conflicts in which presidents did not get official declarations, including Theodore Roosevelt's military move into Panama in 1903, [14] the Korean War, [14] the Vietnam War, [14] and the invasions of Grenada in ...
In a New York Times interview early in his presidency, President Trump was asked if he would order the DOJ to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails. He responded, "I have absolute ...
Theodore Roosevelt used no Bible in taking his first oath of office in 1901, but did in 1905. [13] Other sources have noted that after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a Catholic missal was used, as no Bible could be found when Lyndon B. Johnson (who was not Catholic, but a Disciple of Christ [14]) had to assume the Presidency. [15]