Apostles Creed:
He descended into hell, on the third day is rose again from the grave.
Some Catholics now say “descended to the dead”.
On the cross, Christ said to the good thief, “Today you will be with me in paradise.” Because Christ was the first one into heaven, Catholics know that he descended to those waiting to enter heaven — one of the Gospels even talks about the dead rising from their graves and roaming throughout Jerusalem. They an the dead waiting in paradise (Purgatory) in Catholic language) just had to wait for Christ to enter heaven first.
Read your Bible - it will tell you the day that the dead will be raised to receive immortality, glory, power and a spiritual body just as Christ Jesus received at His resurrection!
Read your Bible - it will tell you that your understanding of "Hell" is not the "hades/sheol" of the Bible, which actually is the grave. BTW, this is also told to you in your "Catholic Encyclopedia" - read it.
Read your Bible - you don't have a "soul", you are a "soul/being/person/creature/life". God breathed into the body the breath of life and it became a living 'soul/being/creature/person/life." BTW, your "Catholic Encyclopedia" also tells you that!
If you don't know these things, then, IMHO, you haven't really read the Bible to "grow in the knowledge of Christ."
Again, thank's for the laugh. I needed that today.
Have you ever read the original "Apostles Creed"? It didn't have the expression "descended into hell". That was added at a latter date because of an argument among certain partisan groups.
Maybe, if I find the time, I'll post it for you :-)
BTW, I'm still in a laughing mood :-)