Apocalypse of Paul
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The Apocalypse of Paul is an early Christian apocryphal text that vividly narrates the apostle Paul’s visionary journey through heaven and hell, elaborating on themes of judgment and the afterlife.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apocalypse
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early Christian apocryphal text ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New Testament apocrypha ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | pseudepigraphal ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | non-canonical ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
Arabic
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Coptic ⓘ Ethiopic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Slavonic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| contains |
vivid descriptions of heavenly rewards
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vivid descriptions of infernal punishments ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 4th century ⓘ |
| describes |
afterlife
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heaven ⓘ hell ⓘ judgment ⓘ |
| eschatologicalPerspective | Christian afterlife doctrine ⓘ |
| genre | apocryphal apocalypse ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western depictions of heaven and hell
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medieval visionary literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
2 Corinthians 12:2–4
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Apocalypse of Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | first-person visionary account ⓘ |
| moralFunction | to encourage repentance ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Paul’s visionary journey through heaven and hell ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Nag Hammadi Library (Coptic version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to warn about judgment and the afterlife ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Apocalypse of Peter
NERFINISHED
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Vision of Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting |
places of punishment in the underworld
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various levels of heaven ⓘ |
| statusInChurch | excluded from biblical canon ⓘ |
| theme |
divine judgment
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moral exhortation ⓘ punishments of the wicked ⓘ rewards of the righteous ⓘ |
| transmission | widely copied in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
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