Some medieval literature attributes the Harrowing of Hell to Christ's freeing of this place of just souls between his death and resurrection.
Thomas Aquinas described it as a state of eternal and natural joy, free from any sense of loss of how much more joy could be obtained. Some medieval literature attributes the Harrowing of Hell to Christ's freeing of this place of just souls between his death and resurrection. In Dante's Divine Comedy, it represents the first circle of Hell, and its residents reside in a brightly lit castle reminiscent of Elysium. FTP, identify this place in the Catholic afterlife reserved for noble pagans and un-baptized babies.
Thomas Aquinas described it as a state of eternal and natural joy, free from any sense of loss of how much more joy could be obtained.
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