We all will, Jay, because we are not being asked for input.

But that doesn't absolve us from thinking, from pondering the meaning of the "approved translation."

So I ask you, what do you think the word "hell" actually means to those who stand around us and recite the Creed with us? I seriously invite you to ask that question of your friends and co-celebrants next Sunday. Assuming your parish is the same as mine, you will learn that almost everyone understands hell as the place/state of eternal damnation, eternal punishment, where those who don't get to heaven end up.

If that is so, then tell me whether proclaiming that "Jesus descended into hell" between his death on the cross and his resurrection is orthodoxy or herterodoxy? If you are uncertain, look it up in the CCC, or ask me, as you prefer.

How we came to profess herterdoxy every Sunday is a very interesting tale. If you care, let me know and I'll explain it to you. It really is a complex story of the meaning of words.