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English
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The "Harrowing of Hell" :
postmortem salvation for the dead in early Christianity -
Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University - Dept. of Philosphy
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Honors Thesis (B.A)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Philosophy, 2010.
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The purpose of this paper is to (1) pursue the early Christian idea of postmortem salvation, known as the Harrowing of Hell, since its formulated in the Apostles' Creed; (2) set forth the rejection of the doctrine first by St. Augustine and later by the Reformers, and their reasons for rejecting it; (3) outline contemporary solutions to the soteriological problem, both compatible and contrasting with the doctrine of the harrowing; and (4) compare the doctrine of the harrowing with that of the redemption of the dead as taught by Mormon religious leaders such as Joseph Smith and Joseph F. Smith as well as (5) discuss the common misunderstandings as to the implications of postmortem salvation in the Latter-day Saint tradition.