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The Apocalypse of Peter

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Section 15

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15. And the Lord showed me a very great country outside of

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this

world

,

exceeding

bright

with

light

,

and

the

air

there

lighted

with

the

rays

of

the

sun

,

and

the

earth

itself

blooming

with

unfading

flowers

and

full

of

spices

and

plants

,

fair

-

flowering

and

incorruptible

and

bearing

blessed

fruit

.

16

.

And

so

great

was

the

perfume

that

it

was

borne

thence

even

unto

us

.

17

.

And

the

dwellers

in

that

place

were

clad

in

the

raiment

of

shining

angels

and

their

raiment

was

like

unto

their

country

;

and

angels

hovered

about

them

there

.

18

.

And

the

glory

of

the

dwellers

there

was

equal

,

and

with

one

voice

they

sang

praises

alternately

to

the

Lord

God

,

rejoicing

in

that

place

.

19

.

The

Lord

saith

to

us

:

This

is

the

place

of

your

high

-

priests

,

the

righteous

men

.

Notes

10
Apparently all the disciples are supposed to have had the vision of heaven, but Peter alone that of hell. Unfading. Cf. 1 Peter i. 4.
11
Odour. Cf. Ep. of Lyons and Vienne, l. c., and Passion of S. Perpetua, ch. xiii.
12
High priests. Cf. Didache 13, 3.