The Problem of Evil

Lazarus, Connolly: I was interested in your thoughts on the idea that Christ emptied hell. In Byzantine tradition, Gregory of Nissa and the Orazio-Catecateca doesn't have a separate concept of death and some place of eternal torment. LZ: That's not what the references to the Gahana are about. They really are straightforward borrowings from Isaiah and Jeremiah. But it was the case that you're right.