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Roman Catechism
ARTICLE V
“HE DESCENDED INTO HELL, THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD”
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ARTICLE
To know the glory of the burial of our Lord Jesus Christ, of which we last treated, is highly important; but of still higher importance is it to the faithful to know the splendid triumphs which He obtained by having subdued the devil and despoiled the abodes of hell. Of these triumphs, and also of His Resurrection, we are now about to speak.
Although the latter presents to us a subject which might with propriety be treated under a separate and distinct head, yet following the example of the holy Fathers, we have deemed it fitting to unite it with His descent into hell.