Christ the conqueror of hell
Subtitle: the descent into Hades from an Orthodox perspective
By: Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev.
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Crestwood, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780881410617
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Descent into hell -- History of doctrines; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The descent into Hades in Scripture and patristic tradition; title: The New Testament, Apocryphal literature and early Christian poetry; title: The patristic tradition; title: Eastern Fathers of the second and third centuries; title: Eastern Fathers of the fourth century; title: Eastern Fathers of the fifth to eighth centuries; title: Western church writers; title: The descent into Hades in liturgical texts; title: Eastern Christian liturgical poetry of the fourth through sixth centuries : from Ephrem the Syrian to Romanos the Melodist; title: The hymns of Ephrem the Syrian; title: The Kontakia of St. Romanos the Melodist; title: Liturgical texts of the Orthodox Church; title: The Oktoechos; title: The Lenten triodion; title: The Pentecostarion; title: The theological significance of Christ's descent into Hades; title: General church doctrine and personal opinion; title: The descent into Hades and the theodicy; title: The soteriological implications of the doctrine of the descent into Hades.