I n the prayer of the Creed, there is a phrase that causes many some discomfort, and that is when it says: "Christ descended into hell..." Did Jesus go down to the place of punishment? Was he subdued by the evil one? What does this phrase refer to? The explanation is found in numbers 632-635 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Although we understand the word hell as the place where the devil dwells, the place of eternal punishment for evil men, it also refers to the pl