'Harrowing of Hades' in Lewis & Tolkien
Exploring Christ's Descent Into Sheol in Scripture, the Fathers, Narnia, & Middle Earth
Dear Friends,
Have a blessed Holy Week! I wanted to share with you all of my past articles and videos on the theme of ‘Harrowing of Hades’ when Christ descended to the realm of the dead, smashed its bronze gates, terrified the demons with His glorious light, and liberated the captives.
Thank you for all of the support and prayers! I’ll see you on Monday when I go ‘live’ (on Youtube, 1pm) to talk about the evidence for the Church of Resurrection as Christ’s tomb.
May Christ have your sole focus over the next few holy days as we travel with Him.
In XC,
Cassian (Kyle) King
The following articles or videos are organized around 6 themes.
Scripture & the Fathers (Article 1 “Did Jesus descend…?)
C.S. Lewis on the Harrowing of Hell (Article 2)
J.R.R. Tolkien on the Harrowing of Hell (Article 3)
Tolkien’s Tom Bombadil & the Harrowing of Hell (Video)
St. John Chrysostom’s Pascha (Easter) Homily
Liturgical Texts w/ more of the Fathers (Video: A Funeral for Jesus)
Did Jesus descend to Hell between His Death & Resurrection?
Did you know that the first Easter sermon was actually preached in Hell?! And did you know that this proclamation was given by none other than Christ Himself? Because Jesus experienced a true death, his soul actually separated from his body and descended into the realm of the dead (also called
The Harrowing of Hell in Middle Earth
In our last post, we explored how 🦁 C.S. Lewis depicted the harrowing of Hell in The Chronicles of Narnia. Today, we are going to explore how 🧙♂️ J.R.R. Tolkien depicted this doctrine in The Lord of the Rings. You can also explore my most recent 🎥
The Greatest Easter Sermon Ever!
St. John Chrysostom is considered one of the best preachers in the ancient world. Many of his homilies and Biblical commentaries are still read by many today. His Easter Sermon remains his most well-known and is still read aloud during Matins of Pascha (Easter) in the Eastern Christian/Byzantine tradition.
The supplantion of this reality with scholastic hyperfixations on satisfaction, merit and penal ideas is the greatest tragedy in the history of Christianity.
The cross was Christ going on a behind enemy lines mission to destroy death.