01570nam a2200169Ia 4500 230823s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808814106170881410616 eng BT470 .I425 2009 Alfeyev, Archbishop Hilarion 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. 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 doctrine of the descent into Hades. Jesus Christ Descent into hell History of doctrines.Jesus Christ.Orthodox Eastern Church Doctrines. 46024 46024