They believe that Christ visited spirit prison ( 1 Peter 3: 18-20 ) and opened the gate for those who repent to cross over to Paradise.

* " Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

For thanks to Oda the legion of followers of Christ became augmented, many prisoners returned to their country, the shackled had their chains taken off, and the gates of prisons were opened for the trespassers.

The emphasis on the salvific nature of the Resurrection continued in Christian theology in the next centuries, e. g., in the 8th century Saint John of Damascus wrote that: "... When he had freed those who were bound from the beginning of time, Christ returned again from among the dead, having opened for us the way to resurrection " and Christian iconography of the ensuing years represented that concept.

In 1425, he executed the notable Crucifix for Santa Croce ; this work portrays Christ in a moment of the agony, eyes and mouth partially opened, the body contracted in an ungraceful posture.

But at the same time, in the mystery of the Church as his Body, Christ has in a sense opened his own redemptive suffering to all human suffering " ( Salvifici Doloris 19 ; 24 ). Some Protestants reject the idea of the Eucharist as a sacrifice, inclining to see it as merely a holy meal ( even if they believe in a form of the real presence of Christ in the bread and wine, as Lutherans do ).

Although the Kansas City Missouri Temple opened in May of 2012 in adjacent Clay County, the LDS Church still believes that a temple will also be built on the Independence Temple Lot ( currently owned by the Church of Christ ( Temple Lot )) at some future time.

The college was later opened by the Church of Christ as Magic Valley Christian College.

Pusey House was opened in 1884 in part as a memorial to Edward Bouverie Pusey, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University, Canon of Christ Church Cathedral and for 40 years, a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, a movement of the mid 19th century which sought to bring the Church of England to a deeper understanding of its witness as part of the universal Catholic Church.

In September 1921, the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ) ( DOC ) opened the Yakima Indian Christian Mission.

The upper register ( row ) of the opened view shows Christ the King ( but see below ) between the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist.

Booth soon realised he had found his destiny, and later in 1865 he and his wife Catherine opened ' The Christian Revival Society ' in the East End of London, where they held meetings every evening and on Sundays, to share the repentance that salvation can bring through accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to the poorest and most needy, including alcoholics, criminals and prostitutes.

Christ Church Cathedral, designed by John Horbury Hunt was opened in 1884 and is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.

In September 2006, The Watseka Times Republic reported that the Youth for Christ opened a new place called the Breakaway Center, in Iroquois Valley, IN.

Youth for Christ opened a youth center in Ocean Spring, MS, so that kids who wouldn ’ t normally go to church could go on Saturday evenings and skateboard, play pool, hang out with their friends and learn about Jesus Christ.

When the first set of wings is opened, the Annunciation, Angelic Concert ( sometimes interpreted as the Birth of Ecclesia ) Mary bathing Christ, and Resurrection are displayed.

The total was the second highest opening weekend ever for a foreign language film ; only The Passion of the Christ has opened to a better reception.

Local landowner Sir Henry Oxenden donated a piece of ground for the site of the town's first church, Christ Church, which was opened in 1834.

The play, based on Lew Wallace's book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, opened on Broadway in November, 1899 and proved to be a great success.

In contrast, the Community of Christ church opened its ministry to females in 1984, while the LDS church still bars women from all of its priesthood offices, as do most other Latter Day Saint organizations.

In contrast, the Community of Christ church opened its ministry to females in 1984, while the LDS Church does not ordain women to priesthood offices.

The chain dates to 1926, when Greek immigrant Christ Economou opened his first location in downtown Tulsa.

The emperor Leo III issued a decree in 726 against images, and ordered the destruction of a statue of Christ over one of the doors of the Chalke, an act that was fiercely resisted by the citizens.

Church seal on a set of doors to the Independence TempleThe Community of Christ states that it recognizes that " perception of truth is always qualified by human nature and experience " and it therefore has not adopted an official religious creed.

The ten-paneled bronze doors of the sacristy were made by Luca della Robbia, who has also two glazed terracotta works inside the sacristy: Angel with Candlestick and Resurrection of Christ.

Most churches were extensively frescoed ; a typical scheme had Christ in Majesty at the east ( altar ) end, a Last Judgement at the west end over the doors, and scenes from the Life of Christ facing typologically matching Old Testament scenes on the nave walls.

Many consist of a statue of Christ or a saint, on a pedestal or in an alcove, while others may be elaborate booths without ceilings, some include paintings, statuary, and architectural elements, such as walls, roofs, glass doors and ironwork fences, etc.

The letters, with a cross after each one, are said to stand either for the traditionally applied names of the Three Kings in Polish-Kacper, Melchior and Baltazar-or for a Latin inscription meaning “ Christ bless this house .” They remain above the doors all year until they are inadvertently dusted off or replaced by new markings the next year.

Three pairs of monumental bronze doors were hung along the main entrance at the basilica's northern end by famed Polish sculptor Professor Czesław Dźwigaj, well known for also casting the monument of Christ the King in Cicero in front of the church of St. Mary of Częstochowa as well as the Tolerance Monument that was recently unveiled in Jerusalem.

The priest takes the blessing cross and the deacon a candle, and other priests take the Gospel Book and and icon of the Resurrection, and process westward, opening the doors of the nave and the exterior doors and together with the people exit the church and go in procession three times around it while singing the hymn of the resurrection: " Thy resurrection, O Christ our Saviour, the angels sing in the heavens, and us on earth make worthy to glorify Thee with pure hearts " during which the church bells ring incessantly.

Famously, on 12 May 1894 and again on 20 February 1927, after dinner, Bullingdon members smashed almost all the glass of the lights and 468 windows in Peckwater Quad of Christ Church, along with the blinds and doors of the building.

Care Net is evangelistic in nature, and says that its " ultimate aim ... is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ in both word and deed " and that its " pregnancy centers are committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with every person who walks through their doors.

Over 30 works are on campus, including the friezes and doors of Christ Chapel.

Care Net, the largest CPC network in the United States, is explicitly evangelistic in nature, and says that its " ultimate aim ... is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ in both word and deed " and that its " pregnancy centers are committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with every person who walks through their doors.

Bob Jones III has argued that the university is not so much anti-Catholic or anti-Mormon as it is opposed to the idea that all men, regardless of religious beliefs, will eventually get to heaven: " Our shame would be in telling people a lie, and thereby letting them go to hell without Christ because we loved their goodwill more than we loved them and their souls ….

* the death, descent into hell, resurrection, and ascension of Christ

According to Christian tradition, Christ descended to hell after his death, in order to free the souls there ; this event is known as the harrowing of hell.

Nevertheless, all the distinctive Christadelphian doctrines, down to interpretations of specific verses, can be found particularly among 16th century Socinian writers ( e. g. the rejection of the doctrines of the trinity, pre-existence of Christ, immortal souls, a literal hell of fire, original sin ) Christian Thomasius ( 1704 ), Arthur Ashley Sykes ( 1737 ), Nathaniel Lardner ( 1742 ), Dr. Richard Mead ( 1755 ), Hugh Farmer ( at least in the account of Christ's temptation ; 1761 ), William Ashdowne ( 1791 ), John Simpson ( 1804 ) and John Epps ( 1842 )

" This passage, and a few others ( such as Matthew 27: 52 and Luke 23: 43 ), are the basis of the Christian belief in the descent of Christ into hell, or the harrowing of hell.

The notion that hell was below the earth is stated clearly in early Christian tradition by the belief, still recited by most Christians in the Apostolic and Athanasian creeds, that Christ " descended into hell " between his death and resurrection.

In its most simple and attractive form — invested with the authority of the reputed holy author — their account of the creation of the world and of man, the origin of sin and redemption, the history of the Cross, and the disputes between body and soul, right and wrong, heaven and hell, were embodied either in " Historiated Bibles " ( Palcyaf ) or in special dialogues held between Christ and his disciples, or between renowned Fathers of the Church who expounded these views in a simple manner adapted to the understanding of the people ( Lucidaria ).

:# Pointed profanity – by either title or lip – this includes the words " God ," " Lord ," " Jesus ," " Christ " ( unless they be used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies ), " hell ," " damn ," " Gawd ," and every other profane and vulgar expression however it may be spelled ;

They affirm that this revision de-emphasises the central Catholic doctrines that the Mass is a true sacrifice and that the bread and wine are changed through transubstantiation into the body and blood of Jesus Christ, that it has been stripped of important prayers, that it is centered on the congregation rather than on God, that it is less beautiful and spiritually edifying, and that it omits certain Bible readings that mention subjects such as hell, miracles, and sin.

The Harrowing of Hell ( Latin Descensus Christi ad Inferos " the descent of Christ into hell ") is a doctrine in Christian theology referenced in the Apostles ' Creed and the Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult ) that states that Jesus Christ " descended into Hell ".

Several passages from the New Testament have been taken to imply that Christ descended into hell or the realm of the dead before the Ascension.

He affirmed and preached the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Christ, the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection of Christ, a literal devil and hell, and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

And ye, in putting them departed souls in heaven, hell and purgatory, destroy the arguments wherewith Christ and Paul prove the resurrection ... And again, if the souls be in heaven, tell me why they be not in as good a case as the angels be?

Anderson states that the Gospel of John implies that " infants and anyone who never had the opportunity to hear about Christ are damned hell, through no fault of their own ".

Neither does universal reconciliation commit one to the position that there is no hell or damnation – hell can well be the consuming fire through which Christ refines those who turn from him.

We believe that God will judge all mankind by Jesus Christ ; that He will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell.

The IPHC believes in common evangelical beliefs, including the Trinity, the dual nature of Christ, his crucifixion for the forgiving of sins, his resurrection and ascension to heaven, the inerrancy of the Bible, a literal belief in heaven and hell, and the responsibility of every believer to carry out the Great Commission.