This is quite true (the action that Paul’s writings seem to call for are “turn to Christ; be nice to each other; don’t be afraid if people try to torture and murder you for joining our cult, because our founder resurrected and promised he’d bring us back if we die before he’s done with his work in Heaven”. While Paul comes across as way more antideathist than modern Christians, it is abundantly clear he meant it differently from the Peverelles. (Did canon give a time period for the Peverelles? I got the impression they predate the founders of Hogwarts, but I don’t recall anything more specific. Presumably, they would have been familiar with Christian memes in any case, so somewhere down the line, verses that would fit their mission without setting off Muggle heracy detectors became the family’s choice for epitaphs.)
Did canon give a time period for the Peverells [sp]?
The HP Wikia makes them 13th century, citing a gravestone from the film (although I cannot read the dates in the film still on their site). Since they cite the film instead of the book, the book probably doesn’t say (although it might have just said something less precise than the full dates that Wikia gives).
Hogwarts was founded about 1000 years before the events of the series, so apparently a few centuries before the Peverells.
This is quite true (the action that Paul’s writings seem to call for are “turn to Christ; be nice to each other; don’t be afraid if people try to torture and murder you for joining our cult, because our founder resurrected and promised he’d bring us back if we die before he’s done with his work in Heaven”. While Paul comes across as way more antideathist than modern Christians, it is abundantly clear he meant it differently from the Peverelles. (Did canon give a time period for the Peverelles? I got the impression they predate the founders of Hogwarts, but I don’t recall anything more specific. Presumably, they would have been familiar with Christian memes in any case, so somewhere down the line, verses that would fit their mission without setting off Muggle heracy detectors became the family’s choice for epitaphs.)
The HP Wikia makes them 13th century, citing a gravestone from the film (although I cannot read the dates in the film still on their site). Since they cite the film instead of the book, the book probably doesn’t say (although it might have just said something less precise than the full dates that Wikia gives).
Hogwarts was founded about 1000 years before the events of the series, so apparently a few centuries before the Peverells.