We have now spoken about this article in the simplest manner so that we may cling to the words and remain with this chief point: that, for us, hell has been torn apart through Christ, and the devil’s realm and power have been entirely destroyed. For this purpose He died, was buried, and descended, so that they would no longer harm or conquer us, as He Himself says in Matthew 16 [:18]. Although hell remains hell in and of itself and imprisons unbelievers—as do death, sin, and all misfortune as well,