Jesus went down to hell: this told mystical blessed Catalina Emmerick

In the creed of the apostles, the Catholics profess that Jesus after death, “descended to hell.” What happened at that time? A great mystical blessed had a vision and this was what “it was revealed.”

It should be noted that what Beata Ana Catalina Emmerick (1774-1824) told about this fact is not dogma of faith.

On the Santos website corazones.orgadministered by the Servants of the Hearts transferred from Jesus and Mary, there are some extracts of the visions. Beata Emmerick points out that when Jesus died on the cross, he saw that the soul of the Lord, luminous, entered the earth. He was accompanied by Archangel Gabriel and many other angels.

In a special place, which describes like three worlds, were the patriarchs who preceded Abraham and, on the other hand, those who lived from Abraham to San Juan Bautista. Jesus was taken triumphant by Los Angeles and headed to where Adam and Eva were. According to the vision, Christ talked with “the first parents” and they worshiped him happy.

According to Blessed’s story, the Lord was later seeing the patriarchs before Abraham, who had little knowledge of the Messiah. The angels sent to open the doors and evil spirits that tormented some of them were chained. Christ became known to the souls of this place and praised him.

Then they all left with Jesus to the place of Abraham. There he showed himself to the Saints of Israel, including the patriarchs, judges, kings, prophets and Moses. Also, Christ saw his relatives: Joaquín, Ana, José, Zacarías, Isabel and Juan. Happiness became indescribable.

Then, the Blessed seer indicates, all that great crowd went with Christ to the area of ​​the “pious pagans”, who had “a feeling of truth and desired.” They were next to evil spirits who had cheated them with idols. Then, those souls worshiped the Lord.

Subsequently, the story continues, Jesus put a severe face and went to the abyss of hell, where anger reigns, despair, injury, suffering, disgust and terror. Whole armies of demons were thrown in this place. In addition, all enemies had to worship Christ with a lot of torture. Lucifer ended up chained in the center of hell.

Blessed Emmerick concludes this story pointing out that he saw many souls leave purgatory and go to heaven. He also says that Christ went to various places, such as releasing all creation, while demons fled and went to the abyss.

In addition, he says that Jesus went to Adam’s grave, which would be under the Gólgota, where the cross rose. He also observed that Christ with affection for the fulfillment of the law to the souls of many prophets and King David.

What the Catechism teaches

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, among its numerals 631 and 637 He explains what he means that Jesus went down to hell and that he keeps a certain relationship with what was told by Blessed Emmerick.

In summary, the Catechism points out that “Christ dead, in his soul united to his divine person, descended to the abode of the dead. He opened the doors of heaven to the righteous that had preceded him.”

This article was published on April 6, 2023. It has been updated for republication.