Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down,
“hell” – Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek – because those who are
there are deprived of the vision of God.⁴⁷⁹ Such is the case for all
the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does
not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the
poor man Lazarus who was received into “Abraham’s bosom”:⁴⁸⁰
“It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Saviour in Abraham’s
bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into
hell.”⁴⁸¹ Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned,
nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before
him.⁴⁸²

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
  - Article 5 “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN”
    - Paragraph 1. CHRIST DESCENDED INTO HELL

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team