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Comment on I have been told ever since I was a little shit that when you die you go to heaven first wait in line for St Peter to judge you at the pearly gates? Is this in the Bible? I thought god did judging

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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Neither of these mention St Peter at the pearly gates, though. The biggest addition the Apocrypha makes is a record of someone praying for the dead. Protestants generally still do recognise the Apocrypha, but just as historical records and not authoritative, hence not a part of the Bible.

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FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
In Matthew 16 Jesus gives Peter the “keys to the kingdom” and in Revelation the new Jerusalem has pearls for gates. That’s where it comes from.

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- Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The pearly gates are biblical. I think the keys are taken a bit literally. But that’s interesting to think about, actually
  
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