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Westminster 1647

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Article 3. Of the going down of Christ into Hell

Struck through: what the Assembly removed or changed. Underlined: what it added or put in its place.

Church of England (1638 edition)

AS Christ died for us, and was buried: so also is it to be beleeved, that he went down into hell.

The Assembly’s revision (1647)

As Christ died for us, and was buried; so it is to be believed, that he continued in the state of the dead, and under the power and dominion of deatha, from the time of his death and burial, until his resurrectionb: which hath been otherwise expressed thus, He went down into Hell.

Scripture proofs of the 1647 print

  • a. Psalms 16:10; Acts 2:24,25,26,27,31.
  • b. Romans 6:9; Matthew 12:40.