DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
Hanged by their tongues over fire. In the Apocalypse of Peter, written about 120 to 140 AD, blasphemers hang by their tongues over fire that never goes out. Each punishment in the book is made to fit the crime.
Why it’s interesting
As far as we know, it is the first Christian writing to describe a journey through hell and heaven. Many later tours followed it, down to Dante's Divine Comedy.
Scholarly consensus
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