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Alter ad superna erigit, alter deprimit ad inferna.
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But there is also closely connected with the _ascensus in coelum_, the notion of a _descensus ad inferna_, which commended itself on the ground of Old Testament prediction.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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Ducunt in bonis dies suos, & in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
The Dance of Death Hans Holbein 1520
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It suggests that no place is beyond God's reach, that Christ even travels ad inferna so that no one loses the opportunity for redemption.
Scribere Orare Est 2008
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In the ancient Apostles 'creed, we also affirm that Christ descended into hell (descendit ad inferna), an act that is usually associated with Holy Saturday.
Scribere Orare Est 2008
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Si hoc vcrura sit, turn pneter inferna ilia, ab antiquis temporfbus credila et fbrmidata, locus fctnm est etiam bspc terra nostra, ubi sic dccipimur; ubi per trunites perplexos jter, et ad quodris divoiliculum crebri laquei et insidise locantur,, atque post iafinitiun moKraen spei perpctua firustratio: ** qui cruciatus!
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Radtx Jragm* Pondere m hydromehte fota, per inferna trahit.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex Dioscórides , Dioscorides Pedanius , Joannes Ruellius 1550
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Eventually, as the doctrine of Jesus 'descent to the place of the dead (ad inferna) or to the dead ones (ad infernos) the "descendit" took on a life of its own and the the "sepultus
Heidelblog 2009
biocon commented on the word inferna
Latin in`ferna = (A): 1. the lower parts (regions) of the body; 2. abdomen; (B): the infernal regions (hell). See infernum.
August 7, 2011