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Apocalypse of Paul 42

Visio Pauli

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And I looked to the south in the west and I saw there a restless worm and in that place there was gnashing of teeth: moreover the worms were one cubit long, and had two heads, and there I saw men and women in cold and gnashing of teeth.

2And I asked and said, Sir, who are these in this place?

3And he said to me: These are they who say that Christ did not rise from the dead and that this flesh will not rise again.

4And I asked and said: Sir, is there no fire nor heat in this place?

5And he said to me: In this place there is nothing else but cold and snow: and again he said to me: Even if the sun should rise upon them, they do not become warm on account of the superabundant cold of that place and the snow.

6But hearing these things I stretched out my hands and wept, and sighing again, I said: It were better for us if we had not been born, all of us who are sinners.

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A guided tour of paradise and of the punishments, with a day of rest granted to the condemned. It directly influenced the Divine Comedy. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, The Vision of Paul (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), Andrew Rutherfurd, 1896 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.

Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, The Vision of Paul (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), Andrew Rutherfurd (1896) · public domain