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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 (23).

Then Hades, receiving Prince Satan, said to him,

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with

vehement

revilings

:

O

prince

of

perdition

,

and

leader

of

extermination

,

Beelzebub

,

derision

of

angels

,

to

be

spit

upon

by

the

just

,

why

didst

thou

wish

to

do

this

?

Didst

thou

wish

to

crucify

the

King

of

glory

,

in

whose

death

thou

didst

promise

us

so

great

spoils

?

Like

a

fool

,

thou

didst

not

know

what

thou

wast

doing

.

For

,

behold

,

that

Jesus

by

the

splendour

of

His

divinity

is

putting

to

flight

all

the

darkness

of

death

,

and

He

has

broken

into

the

strong

lowest

depths

of

our

dungeons

,

and

has

brought

out

the

captives

,

and

released

those

who

were

bound

.

And

all

who

used

to

groan

under

our

torments

insult

us

,

and

by

their

prayers

our

dominions

are

taken

by

storm

,

and

our

realms

conquered

,

and

no

race

of

men

has

now

any

respect

for

us

.

Moreover

,

also

,

we

are

grievously

threatened

by

the

dead

,

who

have

never

been

haughty

to

us

,

and

who

have

not

at

any

time

been

joyful

as

captives

.

O

Prince

Satan

,

father

of

all

impious

wretches

and

renegades

,

why

didst

thou

wish

to

do

this

?

Of

those

who

from

the

beginning

,

even

until

now

,

have

despaired

of

salvation

and

life

,

no

bellowing

after

the

usual

fashion

is

now

heard

here

;

and

no

groaning

of

theirs

resounds

,

nor

in

any

of

their

faces

is

a

trace

of

tears

found

.

O

Prince

Satan

,

possessor

of

the

keys

of

the

lower

regions

,

all

thy

riches

which

thou

hadst

acquired

by

the

tree

of

transgression

and

the

loss

of

paradise

,

thou

hast

now

lost

by

the

tree

of

the

cross

,

and

all

thy

joy

has

perished

.

When

thou

didst

hang

up

that

Christ

Jesus

the

King

of

glory

,

thou

wast

acting

against

thyself

and

against

me

.

Henceforth

thou

shalt

know

what

eternal

torments

and

infinite

punishments

thou

art

to

endure

in

my

everlasting

keeping

.

O

Prince

Satan

,

author

of

death

,

and

source

of

all

pride

,

thou

oughtest

first

to

have

inquired

into

the

bad

cause

of

that

Jesus

.

Him

in

whom

thou

perceivedst

no

fault

,

why

,

without

reason

,

didst

thou

dare

unjustly

to

crucify

?

and

why

hast

thou

brought

to

our

regions

one

innocent

and

just

,

and

lost

the

guilty

,

the

impious

,

and

the

unjust

of

the

whole

world

?

And when Hades had thus spoken to Prince Satan, then the King of glory said to Hades: Satan the prince will be in thy power for ever, in place of Adam and his sons, my just ones.