vol. 35, Issue #1

Online Journal Article: "HE DID DESCEND TO HELL: IN DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES' CREED" DAVID P. SCAER* JETS 35/1 (March 1992) 91-99

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/35/35-1/JETS_35-1_091-099_Scaer.pdf

"HE DID DESCEND TO HELL:
IN DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES' CREED"
DAVID P. SCAER*
JETS 35/1 (March 1992) 91-99

Excerpt:

I can respect Wayne Grudem's decision to omit "he descended into hell"
from his recitation of the Apostles' Creed within the congregation,
but I sincerely doubt that he will succeed in winning a sufficient number
of adherents to his cause to effect the change. At least this is my hope. More
importantly, there are good Biblical, historical and theological reasons for
retaining the phrase. The descent into hell is not the only creedal phrase whose
history is cloudy and whose interpretation lacks agreement. Among Protestants "the
communion of saints" is taken as an explanation of the Church, while it is
used among some Roman Catholics to demonstrate the close association of
heavenly saints with the Church on earth
--from page 1 of the article