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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 (24).

While Hades was thus discoursing to Satan, the King of glory

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stretched

out

His

right

hand

,

and

took

hold

of

our

forefather

Adam

,

and

raised

him

.

Then

turning

also

to

the

rest

,

He

said

:

Come

all

with

me

,

as

many

as

have

died

through

the

tree

which

he

touched

:

for

,

behold

,

I

again

raise

you

all

up

through

the

tree

of

the

cross

.

Thereupon

He

brought

them

all

out

,

and

our

forefather

Adam

seemed

to

be

filled

with

joy

,

and

said

:

I

thank

Thy

majesty

,

O

Lord

,

that

Thou

hast

brought

me

up

out

of

the

lowest

Hades

.

Likewise

also

all

the

prophets

and

the

saints

said

:

We

thank

Thee

,

O

Christ

,

Saviour

of

the

world

,

that

Thou

hast

brought

our

life

up

out

of

destruction

.

And after they had thus spoken, the Saviour blessed Adam with the sign of the cross on his forehead, and did this also to the patriarchs, and prophets, and martyrs, and forefathers; and He took them, and sprang up out of Hades. And while He was going, the holy fathers accompanying Him sang praises, saying: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: Alleluia; to Him be the glory of all the saints.

Notes

1
Ps. lxxxvi. 13.
2
Comp. Ps. ciii. 4.
3
Ps. cxviii. 26.