Catholic creed question?

Question

Why do some people say Jesus "Suffered, died and was buried..on the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the scripture...he descended into hell????????? Are people at Catholic mas to purposely say that part wrong isnt it ascended into heaven, Jesus ascended into heaven he never descended into hell..why do some people say this?

Answer 1

I'm surprised that no one knew the answer.

I'm also surprised that this is unknown to some of the Roman Catholics (RCs) who answered. Although the full Apostle's Creed is no longer used in service in the U.S. (an abbreviated version is used), I had to learn the entire creed in preparation for confirmation.

As for the answer to your question, here it is:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%203%20;&version=49;
(especially verses 18-22)

For clarification of this doctrine (verses 4-10)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=68&chapter=2&version=31&context=chapter

Thus, Jesus "descended into hell", according to RC doctrine, and then "on the 3rd day rose again". Scripture supports this doctrine, though it does not specify that this occurred during Jesus' death. Scripture is plain here that Jesus "preached" to those who were "imprisoned" prior to the flood, this "prison" of the dead normally referred to as hell. He did not ascent into heaven until 40 days after his resurrection.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 2

The Catholics changed that part of the Creed back in the 60s for some reason. The original Creed had Jesus descending into hell and on the third day rose into Heaven in fulfillment of the scriptures. I don't know exactly why it was changed, but several parts of the Catholic Mass and prayers have changed over the years.

And below is a copy of the Original Apostles Creed from Wikipedia:

[edit] The Roman Catholic Church
The English version in the Catechism of the Catholic Church[5] maintains the traditional division of the Creed into twelve articles, presenting it as follows:

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
born of the Virgin Mary.
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand
of God the Father Almighty.
From thence he shall come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Answer 3

Hell in that time wasn't the hell that it is today. Before Jesus no one could go to heaven so Jesus went to hell to open the gates to heaven so that prophets like Moses and Abraham and all the good people who were kept in hell could go to heaven. The hell at that time was more of a "storage" place for good and bad but the good got to leave and go to heaven because of Jesus. After going there Jesus ascended into heaven. Sorry if this is confusing but it's the best way I can explain it.

Answer 4

Jesus did descend into Hell for a short time. Right after He died, he went there. When He died, he went there to basically "unload" the sin that He carried. Remember this: No sin can enter into Heaven. That's also when He took the keys to Hell.

Answer 5

Jesus did not ascend into heaven until after his Resurrection. Between his death on Good Friday and his Resurrection of Easter Sunday, where was Jesus?
Here's how the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains it:

"Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God. Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man Lazarus who was received into "Abraham's bosom": "It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Savior in Abraham's bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into hell." Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before him."

Got it? God, as Jesus, partook in every human emotion and experience -- including death. By doing so, he blessed every and saved humanity, leaving no elements of our lives untouched by his presence -- even the inevitability of the grave.

Answer 6

By the expression "He descended into hell", the Apostles' Creed confesses that Jesus did really die and through his death for us conquered death and the devil "who has the power of death" (Heb 2:14).
In his human soul united to his divine person, the dead Christ went down to the realm of the dead. He opened heaven's gates for the just who had gone before him.
Also Catholics believe that no one can be saved outside of the administration of the Christian sacraments. Therefore the Old Testament believers were kept in an intermediate state called the limbus patrum until Jesus could go to them and deliver them into heaven, in other words 'hades' or hell.

Answer 7

The Catholic Church believes that those who die never hearing of Christ but have sought the truth and does the will of God as they understand it can be saved. See Romans 2:13-16. (1)

If they died before Jesus died for our sins and opened the gates of heaven for us, then they waited in what is called in the Old Testament Abraham's bosom or Sheol.

Catholics believe that after Jesus died on the cross, he descended into Sheol, the place of the dead. While there He freed the holy souls who awaited their savior in Abraham's bosom. (2)

So Noah, Abraham, Moses, the Prophets, and even Adam and Eve may be in heaven.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
(1) sections 1257-1261: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2.htm#art1
(2) section 632 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt2art5.htm#p1

With love in Christ.

Answer 8

Hell is simply man's grave.
Its Greek name is Hades.
It will be eliminated along with death.
(REVELATION 20:14) And death and Ha′des were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire.

The lake of fire is simple destruction.
Also called Gehenna.
So Hell is NOT a permanent place of further punishment.
Jesus DID descenf into Hell.
He was in his grave...for three days.
then he was resurrected back to human life for a further forty days., even eating and drinking with his disciples.
It was ONLY after the forty days that he was TAKEN by his Father, Jehovah God, back to heaven, to be AT HIS RIGHT HAND.
this remark alone is enough to prove that Almighty God and Jesus are two separate beings...Father and Son.

Answer 9

many people have stated that hell is "the grave", it fairly is erroneous. although we do say "he descended into hell" with the aid of fact the interpretation, the situation the Jesus descended into is Sheol, the Hebrew place for the lifeless. some people do translate this as "the grave", even even though it rather is a place and is traditionally primary as "the pit". The lifeless have been concept to steer a unsleeping shadowy existence there, they weren't in torment, yet had neither wish nor satisfaction. They have been purely there and arranged till the Messiah got here. it rather is the place Jesus descended to and preached for those there to hearken to the Gospel and enter into Heaven. people, on celebration, have been concept to be waiting to bypass away Sheol, like Hades, yet in no way hell. with the aid of similarities it rather is trouble-free to be sure how the assumption of hell progressed from Sheol although. the two are concept to be below the earth, gloomy and the place the depraved went. yet Sheol is extra like an middleman resting place the place the two the depraved and the solid waited for the Messiah, yet there grow to be a branch. Sheol looked as though it could have stages in accordance to Sacred Scripture because it talks concerning to the bowels of Sheol. yet Sheol isn't Hell, even even though it rather is now and back translated as such with the aid of fact that's the least complicated translation for we haven't any word for it.

Answer 10

At mass ive never heard Jesus went to hell?