"In another way a thing is said to be in a place through its essence: and in this way Christ's soul descended only into that part of hell wherein the just were detained. so that He visited them "in place," according to His soul, whom He visited "interiorly by grace," according to His Godhead. Accordingly, while remaining in one part of hell, He wrought this effect in a measure in every part of hell, just as while suffering in one part of the earth He delivered the whole world by His Passion."
~St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae, III, q. 52, a. 2.
Resurrection of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell,
by unknown Russian icon painter.
Egg tempera on wood, 1500-10; Ikonen-Museum, Recklinghausen.
by unknown Russian icon painter.
Egg tempera on wood, 1500-10; Ikonen-Museum, Recklinghausen.