Christus descendit ad inferos. This article of the Christian Faith, most often translated into English as “He descended into hell,” is increasingly an object of interest in contemporary theology, and even more so since the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar last century. The article is very brief in many formulations of the Faith, including the Apostles’ Creed, while it appears only implicitly in others, such as in the Nicene Creed. Yet this mystery of faith is by no means