Christ the conqueror of hell : the descent into Hades from an Orthodox perspective

Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev
Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2009
231 p. ; 22 cm
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  • Introduction
  • The descent into Hades in Scripture and patristic tradition
  • The New Testament, Apocryphal literature and early Christian poetry
  • The patristic tradition
  • Eastern Fathers of the second and third centuries
  • Eastern Fathers of the fourth century
  • Eastern Fathers of the fifth to eighth centuries
  • Western church writers
  • The descent into Hades in liturgical texts
  • Eastern Christian liturgical poetry of the fourth through sixth centuries : from Ephrem the Syrian to Romanos the Melodist
  • The hymns of Ephrem the Syrian
  • The Kontakia of St. Romanos the Melodist
  • Liturgical texts of the Orthodox Church
  • The Oktoechos - - The Lenten triodion
  • The Pentecostarion
  • The theological significance of Christ's descent into Hades
  • General church doctrine and personal opinion
  • The descent into Hades and the theodicy
  • The soteriological implications of the do
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231)
  • St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
  • 0881410616
  • 9780881410617
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/ALxA