"In the descent of Holy Saturday into the underworld, in which von Speyr is given to participate mystically, Christ encountered and defeated sin, the reality hostile to God and man cast out of the world. Passing through this reality without life or breath of spirit in the extreme night of truly cadaverous obedience, Jesus carries the cross beyond sin, beyond the evil of the world. Hence von Speyr's conclusion, which reaches that of Barth and Origen: the ultimate reality cannot be man's no, but God's yes. And if Hell is so real as to cause pain and suffering (it is therefore absurd to speak of its non-existence), it is also true that, since Christ passed through it and defeated it with his obedient death, we can reasonably hope that it is empty."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Harrowing of Hell
8 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Harrowing of Hell →
Related Quotes
"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…"
"Before rising again, he ‘'descended into hell’', into the dark depths of history and matter, to give it energy and di…"
"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…"