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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 (26).

Then all the saints of God asked the Lord to leave

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as

a

sign

of

victory

the

sign

of

His

holy

cross

in

the

lower

world

,

that

its

most

impious

officers

might

not

retain

as

an

offender

any

one

whom

the

Lord

had

absolved

.

And

so

it

was

done

.

And

the

Lord

set

His

cross

in

the

midst

of

Hades

,

which

is

the

sign

of

victory

,

and

which

will

remain

even

to

eternity

.

Then we all went forth thence along with the Lord, leaving Satan and Hades in Tartarus. And to us and many others it was commanded that we should rise in the body, giving in the world a testimony of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of those things which had been done in the lower world.

These are the things, dearest brethren, which we have seen, and which, adjured by you, we testify, He bearing witness who died for us, and rose again; because, as it was written, so has it been done in all points.