"For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the…"

"(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?"

"[Given Christ's descent into hell] there is no death that cannot be recovered, not even the most damned, because who …"

"O madman of love! Was it not enough for you to become incarnate, that you also wanted to die? Was death not enough, t…"

"In the descent of Holy Saturday into the underworld, in which von Speyr is given to participate mystically, Christ en…"

"The descent into hell is the ultimate consequence of the incarnation. The Son was first a simple God in himself, pure…"

"Your Son, Father, after dying on the cross, also accepted to be sent to hell, to the most abandoned and desolate plac…"

"Maravigliando a quel celeste avviso | vanno i pastor dell'abituro in traccia, | e del nato Fanciul. Di accese tede | …"

"So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now g…"

"Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And b…"