#12153 Where Does the Bible Say Jesus Descended Into Hell? - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Apostles’ Creed says Jesus “descended into hell,” but where is that in Scripture? We explore the biblical foundation for this teaching and also cover Marian dogmas, priestly celibacy, and how to explain Catholic beliefs to Protestant friends.

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Questions Covered:

11:11 – My protestant friend is going through OCIA and has been struggling with the concept of praying to the dead. How can I help?
17:44 – Where in the bible does it say that Jesus descended into hell?
22:25 – I have an issue with Marian dogmas and the idea of her co-redemptrix.
29:21 – I would like to get a better understanding of Mary’s place. Perpetual virginity and the assumption.
40:36 – Why did Jesus say that nothing can be revealed to Peter in Matthew 16 but Nathaniel does know who Jesus is Jn 1:49?
46:10 – What’s the teaching on priestly celibacy?
51:37 – Can you clarify Vatican 2’s statement that the Old Testament is not defunct. What does that mean?

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0:49.6	I was told this morning that Orthodox and Catholic are synced up this year.
0:54.0	So our Good Friday,
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1:02.8	reasons to be joyful. I mean, there's always a lot of reasons to be joyful this week. But
1:10.2	we commemorate the death of the Lord.
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