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A Greek fragment of the Apocalypse of Peter
A Greek fragment of the Apocalypse of Peter

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 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. Still, it influenced later works wherein the protagonist takes a tour of the realms of the afterlife, including the Apocalypse of Paul and the Divine Comedy of Dante. (Full article...)

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Caroline Hill

Caroline Hill was an English actress. She began acting as a child in the company of Samuel Phelps and soon joined the company of J. B. Buckstone at the Haymarket Theatre. There she created roles in several new plays, including some by W. S. Gilbert, in whose plays she continued to act later in her career. She played at various London and provincial theatres in the 1870s. Hill married actor Herbert Kelcey in 1883, with whom she had begun to appear on stage. The couple played mostly in New York City in the 1880s, and, mostly in England, Hill continued to act through the 1890s. This 1870 photograph shows Hill as Mirza in a production of W.S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth.

Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Should the Victory Day link be to Victory Day (Bangladesh) instead? Perhaps there's a guideline I'm missing here, but it seems like it would be helpful. McMillin24 contribstalk 01:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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howcheng {chat} 10:57, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The section has national day in Bahrain covered, but vitory day in Bangladesh is also notable and should be included there I think. Could anyone do something about it? Thanks. — T. 07:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Both Victory Day (Bangladesh) and Vijay Diwas (India) are both stubs and per the rules, are not eligible to appear. howcheng {chat} 19:31, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Victory Day (Bangladesh)

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Liberation and victory day of Bangladesh (anniversary) missing on the top of section!! — 2A0A:A547:6A7:0:89CC:46B0:2790:459E (talk) 19:40, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]