In an apocryphal story known as the “Harrowing of Hell” tells that time in between his crucifixion and resurrection, Christ descended to Hell or Hades to bring salvation to the souls in captivity there. This story, a forth-century addition to the Gospel of Nichodemus, sounds like a syncretistic concession or a convenient embellishment to make Christian teachings more palatable to non-believers. Such a story could help convince a reluctant convert that their own ancestors (who could have never heard the Gospels) might also reach heaven through some mystery of Christs grace. But apparently some missionaries didn’t realize the utility of this. Such was the case with Wulfram, who was sent to convert the Frisians in the late seventh and early eighth centuries. According to the Vita Wulframi, the last Heathen King, Radbod, was about to go through baptismal conversion when he asked whether his ancestors were in heaven or hell, with all the other unbelievers . Radbod broke off the ceremony, stating he would rather be damned to live in hell with the honorable ancestors than ascend to heaven with a “parcel of beggers.”