Popular theology depicts St. Peter as the gatekeeper of Heaven. Peter is depicted as a hippie-like zealot in the 1970s musical play and movie Jesus Christ Superstar. Literary commentAs the vast majority of Harry Turtledove timelines place the Point of Divergence well after Peter's death, he has the same cultural significance in those works as in OTL. Frequently someone who has just died is said by another character to be "now meeting with St. Peter" or similar words. St. Peter in "Under St. Peter's"
St. Peter in "Shock and Awe"
The Rock was the right-hand man of the "Son of God", a Jewish chieftain who led a rebellion against the Roman Empire. While they successfully conducted raids on poorly defended outposts, the band was no match for a Roman Legion. The Rock and his leader were captured. When the Son of God was identified by a traitor in the group, the Rock thrice denied knowing his leader's identity in a vain attempt to save him. Both were brought before the Roman general Pontius Pilate, and ordered crucified. The Son was crucified right-side up, the Rock upside down. A pragmatist, the Rock had suggested that the tribesmen stop fighting and vanish back into the hills when the Romans first arrived. However, the Son of God's will carried the day.
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