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Making Sense of the Atonement | Prof. Ross McCullough

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The Origins of the Harrowing of Hell

The harrowing of hell is not mentioned in the gospels at all. The tradition from very early on takes it as this kind of important and imaginative element that they can develop. And so there's strong early traditions around the importance of it, which is why it ends up becoming a big thing. It developed primarily in line with the Victor Victor theory so that it's early.

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