The first sin of Adam and Eve created a rupture between God and humanity, a rupture which carried over to all their ...

According to some snappy Wikipedia research, the Harrowing of Hell was introduced in earnest in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. Previous gospels had described Christ descending to the land of the ...

After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian tradition ...

It was the day life changed, becoming something it had lacked any capacity ever to be on its own. It is the day that your loved one entered your life. Often, when I visit with the family of someone ...

An altar reredos at All Souls College Chapel in Oxford, England, depicts Jesus freeing the Jewish Patriarchs in hell. No paywalls here. Thanks to you. As an independent nonprofit, RNS believes ...

I’ve attended enough funerals to have been exposed to scores of sappy, revisionist, post-mortem biographies, tearfully shared by relatives, trying their best to place “Uncle Harry” in Heaven, even if ...

After Jesus was crucified, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian tradition and a scriptural ...

Detail of a window in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England, that depicts Jesus (left) releasing Adam and Eve (right) from hell. No paywalls here. Thanks to you. As an independent nonprofit, RNS ...