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Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Harrowing of Hell
Holy Saturday: Christ descends to the grave and opens the gates for the righteous deceased.
Dear anonymous: I am speaking of Christ's descent to Sheol, the land of the dead, the bosom of Abraham, where the righteous souls waited until Holy Saturday. This is the catholic and orthodox tradition.
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*ascends to heaven
"Fr. Hosea," an Anglican priest who is possibly on his way to [Byzantine] Orthodoxy, posted an ancient homily concerning this on his blog:
Harrowing of hell
Dear anonymous: I am speaking of Christ's descent to Sheol, the land of the dead, the bosom of Abraham, where the righteous souls waited until Holy Saturday. This is the catholic and orthodox tradition.
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