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What do we mean when we say in the Apostles' Creed that Christ descended into hell? When we say that Christ descended into hell we mean that, after He died, the soul of Christ descended into a place or state of rest, called limbo, where the souls of the just were waiting for Him.
Put to death indeed in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit, in which also he went and preached to those spirits that were in prison. (I Peter 3:18-19)
Why did Christ go to limbo? Christ went to limbo to announce to the souls waiting there the joyful news that He had reopened heaven to mankind.
Where was Christ's body while His soul was In limbo? While His soul was in limbo, Christ's body was in the holy sepulchre.
And, taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid. (Luke 23:53)
Note: The Modern Catechism no longer uses the term "limbo" to refer to this "prison" for the dead ...worth a read -> CCC 632-635
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