### 44. Q. Why does the creed add, “He descended into hell”?

**A**. To assure me during attacks of deepest dread and temptation that Christ my Lord, by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and terror of soul, on the cross but also earlier, has delivered me from hellish anguish and torment.1

<sup>1</sup> [Isa. 53](/get-passage/Isaiah+53); [Matt. 26:36-46](/get-passage/Matthew+26:36-46); [27:45-46](/get-passage/Matthew+27:45-46); [Luke 22:44](/get-passage/Luke+22:44); [Heb. 5:7-10](/get-passage/Hebrews+5:7-10)