He Descended Into Hell
If he had not died and been buried, who would believe that he is very Man? And for the same reason the apostolic Fathers added to the Creed the words, ‘He descended into hell.’ They used this expression periphrastically, to signify the reality of his death.
Ulrich Zwingli, An Exposition of the Faith, in Zwingli and Bullinger, trans. G. W. Bromiley, The Library of Christian Classics (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1953), 252., quoted in Hyde, Daniel. In Defense of the Descent: A Response to Contemporary Critics . Reformation Heritage Books. Kindle Edition.