{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/203/2030877.htm","path":"chr/ecf/203/2030877.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/203/2030877.htm","text":"28. That He descended into hell is also evidently foretold in the Psalms, where it is said, \u201cThou hast brought Me also into the dust of the death.\u201d 3350 And again, \u201cWhat profit is there in my blood, when I shall have descended into corruption?\u201d 3351 p. 554 And again, \u201cI descended into the deep mire, where there is no bottom.\u201d 3352 Moreover, John says, \u201cArt Thou He that shall come (into hell, without doubt), or do we look for another?\u201d 3353 Whence also Peter says that \u201cChrist being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in the Spirit which dwells in Him, descended to the spirits who were shut up in prison, who in the days of Noah believed not, to preach unto them;\u201d 3354 where also what He did in hell is declared. Moreover, the Lord says by the Prophet, as though speaking of the future, \u201cThou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.\u201d 3355 Which again, in prophetic language he speaks of as actually fulfilled, \u201cO Lord, Thou hast brought my soul out of hell: Thou hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.\u201d 3356 There follows next,\u2014","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. III: Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus.: Section 28","type":"page"}