Light in Darkness: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Catholic Doctrine of Christ's Descent into Hell. By Alyssa Lyra Pitstick

Balthasar's theology of Holy Saturday, denying that Christ's sojourn among the dead was a triumphal and glorious liberation of the Old Testament's righteous, and positing instead a passive, suffering descent into the very depths of Gehenna, has long caused disquiet within certain Cath...

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Main Author: Bullivant, Stephen 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: 2008
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 424-426
Review of:Light in darkness (Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2007) (Bullivant, Stephen)
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