CCC 633

Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.⁴⁷⁹ Cf. Phil 2:10; Acts 2:24; Rev 1:18; Eph 4:9; Pss 6:6; 88:11-13. Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man Lazarus who was received into "Abraham's bosom":⁴⁸⁰ Cf. Ps 89:49; I Sam 28:19; Ezek 32:17-32; Lk 16:22-26. "It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Saviour in Abraham's bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into hell."⁴⁸¹ Roman Catechism 1, 6, 3. Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before him.⁴⁸² Cf. Council of Rome (745): DS 587DS — Denzinger–Schönmetzer (Enchiridion Symbolorum); Benedict XII, Cum dudum (1341): DS 1011DS — Denzinger–Schönmetzer (Enchiridion Symbolorum); Clement VI, Super quibusdam (1351): DS 1077DS — Denzinger–Schönmetzer (Enchiridion Symbolorum); Council of Toledo IV (625): DS 485DS — Denzinger–Schönmetzer (Enchiridion Symbolorum); Mt 27:52-53.