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To: jagusafr
You're thinking of the Apostle's Creed, which was the baptismal creed of the Roman church. Different, and much shorter, creed.

The line "he descended into hell" in Latin says "he descended ad infernum," which translates as "to the nether regions". It's a reference to the "preaching to the spirits in prison" (the righteous who died before the resurrection, in other words) mentioned in 1 Pt 3:19.

15 posted on 11/03/2018 6:12:32 AM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: Campion

Interesting - thanks for the clarification. I had to memorize the Nicene Creed for a guitar mass when I was attending the Episcopal church in Caracas and I still get them mixed up.


17 posted on 11/03/2018 4:06:05 PM PDT by jagusafr
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