Descent to the dead: Holy One remembers those who slept
In Jeremiah one finds the prediction of Jesus’ death and of his descent to the dead: ‘And the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, remembered his dead, those who were already sleeping in the bosom of the earth, and he went down to them to announce his salvation and to deliver them.’ (1 Pet 3:18-19; 1 Pet 4:6; Eph 4:9)
The cause of his death is indicated: his descent to the dead was the salvation of those who had passed away.
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Irenaeus’s short handbook of the apostolic preaching (Epideixis), preserved in Armenian. English here is a densified reading translation for study. Prior English exists (Robinson / Wilson) — this is not an Original English Translation.
English follows the Armenian of Patrologia Orientalis XII.5. Barthoulot’s French was used as a sense-check only. Robinson (1920) and Wilson’s prior English exist and were checked for independence — this page is densified English, not Original English Translation / no-previous-English.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PO XII.5 Epideixis (Armenian, Matenadaran M3710) (Armenian · §§1–10)
- Checked print Barthoulot French (PD) (French · §§1–10)
- Prior English Check Robinson 1920 / Wilson English (English · full work (prior complete English exists))
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.