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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 (24).

And, behold, suddenly Hades trembled, and the gates

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of

death

and

the

bolts

were

shattered

,

and

the

iron

bars

were

broken

and

fell

to

the

ground

,

and

everything

was

laid

open

.

And

Satan

remained

in

the

midst

,

and

stood

confounded

and

downcast

,

bound

with

fetters

on

his

feet

.

And

,

behold

,

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

coming

in

the

brightness

of

light

from

on

high

,

compassionate

,

great

,

and

lowly

,

carrying

a

chain

in

His

hand

,

bound

Satan

by

the

neck

;

and

again

tying

his

hands

behind

him

,

dashed

him

on

his

back

into

Tartarus

,

and

placed

His

holy

foot

on

his

throat

,

saying

:

Through

all

ages

thou

hast

done

many

evils

;

thou

hast

not

in

any

wise

rested

.

To

-

day

I

deliver

thee

to

everlasting

fire

.

And

Hades

being

suddenly

summoned

,

He

commanded

him

,

and

said

:

Take

this

most

wicked

and

impious

one

,

and

have

him

in

thy

keeping

even

to

that

day

in

which

I

shall

command

thee

.

And

he

,

as

soon

as

he

received

him

,

was

plunged

under

the

feet

of

the

Lord

along

with

him

into

the

depth

of

the

abyss

.