Terminology The Greek wording in the Apostles' Creed is , ( "katelthonta eis ta katôtata" ), and in Latin descendit ad inferos . The Greek ( ta katôtata ,"the lowest") and the Latin inferos ("those below") may also be translated as "underworld", "netherworld", or "abode of the dead." The realm into which Jesus descended is called Hell, in long-established English usage, but  Sheol or Limbo by some Christian theologians to distinguish it from the Hell of the damned. The word "harrow" originally comes from the Old English hergian meaning to harry or despoil  and is seen in the homilies of Aelfric, c. 1000.Harrow is a by-form of harry, a military term meaning to "make predatory raids or incursions"OED The term Harrowing of Hell  refers not merely to the idea that Christ descended into Hell, as in the Creed, but to the rich tradition that developed later, asserting that he triumphed over inferos , releasing Hell's captives, particularly Adam and Eve, and the righteous men and women of the Old Testament period.
Terminology The Greek wording in the Apostles' Creed is , ( ), and in Latin is . The Greek ( ,"the lowest") and the Latin ("those below") may also be translated as "underworld", "netherworld", or "abode of the dead." The realm into which Jesus descended is called Hell, in long-established English usage, but is also called Sheol or Limbo by some Christian theologians to distinguish it from the Hell of the damned. The word "harrow" originally comes from the Old English meaning " to harry or despoil ", and is seen in the homilies of Aelfric, . The term ' Harrowing of Hell ' refers not merely to the idea that Jesus descended into Hell, as in the Creed, but to the rich tradition that developed later, asserting that he triumphed over , releasing Hell's captives, particularly Adam and Eve, and the righteous men and women of the Old Testament period.
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