The Apocalypse of Peter is an apocryphal text of the 2nd century. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of heaven and of hell in detail. The work describes a divine vision experienced by Peter through Jesus Christ. It delves into a vision of the afterlife (katabasis), and details both heavenly bliss for the righteous and infernal punishments for the damned. The punishments are graphically described and loosely correspond to "an eye for an eye": blasphemers are hung by their tongues; liars have their lips cut off; callous rich people are pierced by stones and are dressed in filthy rags; and so on. While the Apocalypse of Peter influenced other early Christian works, it eventually came to be considered inauthentic and was not included in the standard canon of the New Testament. It influenced later works in which the protagonist takes a tour of the realms of the afterlife, including the Apocalypse of Paul, and the Divine Comedy of Dante.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1773: American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation without representation. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party> 1938: Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, an order of merit for German mothers with at least four children. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother> 1997: Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_Bones_Regulations_1997> 2012: A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape_and_murder> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: liquidate: 1. (transitive) 2. (archaic, rare) Synonym of liquefy (“to make (something) into a liquid”); to liquidize. 3. (figurative) 4. To make (a sound) less harsh. 5. To use up (money or other assets) wastefully; to dissipate, to squander, to waste. 6. (informal) To kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder; also, to abolish or eliminate (something); to do away with, to put an end to. 7. (business, commercial law, finance) 8. To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem. 9. To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount; to pay off. 10. To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up. 11. (obsolete) To make (something) clear and intelligible. 12. To resolve or settle (differences, disputes, etc.). 13. (chiefly law) To ascertain (an amount of money), especially by agreement or through litigation; also, to set out (financial accounts) properly. 14. (intransitive, business, commercial law, finance) Of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation, to wind up. 15. (law, archaic or obsolete, rare) Of an amount of money: ascertained, determined, fixed. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liquidate> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool. --George Santayana <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
