MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01712cam a22002418a 4500
001 2009035366
003 DLC
005 20091008141512.0
008 090825s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009035366
020 $a9780881410617
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBT470$b.I425 2009
082 00 $a232.96/7$222
100 0 $aIlarion,$cHieromonk.
245 10 $aChrist the conqueror of hell :$bthe descent into Hades from an Orthodox perspective /$cArchbishop Hilarion Alfeyev.
260 $aCrestwood, N.Y. :$bSt. Vladimir's Seminary Press,$c2009.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The descent into Hades in Scripture and patristic tradition -- The New Testament, Apocryphal literature and early Christian poetry -- The patristic tradition -- Eastern Fathers of the second and third centuries -- Eastern Fathers of the fourth century -- Eastern Fathers of the fifth to eighth centuries -- Western church writers -- The descent into Hades in liturgical texts -- Eastern Christian liturgical poetry of the fourth through sixth centuries : from Ephrem the Syrian to Romanos the Melodist -- The hymns of Ephrem the Syrian -- The Kontakia of St. Romanos the Melodist -- Liturgical texts of the Orthodox Church -- The Oktoechos -- The Lenten triodion -- The Pentecostarion -- The theological significance of Christ's descent into Hades -- General church doctrine and personal opinion -- The descent into Hades and the theodicy -- The soteriological implications of the doctrine of the descent into Hades.
600 00 $aJesus Christ$xDescent into hell$xHistory of doctrines.
610 20 $aOrthodox Eastern Church$xDoctrines.