the descent into Hades from an Orthodox perspective Alfeyev, Archbishop Hilarion creator text xx Crestwood, NY St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 2009 9999 monographic und eng

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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. Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev Jesus Christ Descent into hell History of doctrines.Jesus Christ.Orthodox Eastern Church Doctrines BT470 .I425 2009 97808814106170881410616 230823