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The phrase baptism by fire, baptism of fire or baptism with fire is a Christian theological concept originating from the words of John the Baptist in Matthew 3:11. [ 1 ] It also has related meanings in military history and popular culture.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, panics caused by false shouts of "fire" in crowded theaters and other venues were not uncommon. [4] Most notably, the Canonsburg Opera House disaster of 1911 led to 26 deaths, and the 1913 Italian Hall disaster saw 73 people die in the crush that ensued from a false alarm in a crowded banquet hall.
Bisha'a or Bisha (Arabic: بِشْعَة; ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced by some Muslim Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev and Sinai deserts for the purpose of lie detection. It is also practiced, and is said to have originated among, some Bedouin tribes of Saudi Arabia.
‘Trial by fire’: How this 19-year-old went from Olathe East to Broadway to Tony Awards. Eric Adler. June 9, 2023 at 6:30 AM. By now, 18 months into “Kimberly Akimbo, ...
The trial by fire is originally a medieval ordeal meant to test the innocence of a defendant in undecided court cases. There were several types of trials by fire: walking barefoot over hot coals, holding a hot piece of iron in one's hands, or wearing a shirt dipped in hot wax. Whoever managed to survive such an ordeal was considered innocent.
Two years after finally being identified, the "Boy in the Box" case continues to haunt Philadelphia. The slain body of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, 4, was discovered in February 1957 in Philadelphia's ...
Trial by Fire (Journey album), or the title song, 1996; Trial by Fire (Yelawolf album), or the title song, 2017; Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad, by Yngwie J. Malmsteen, 1989; Trial by Fire, by the Brandos, unreleased (1990) Trial by Fire: Greatest and Latest, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 1996
Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused (called a "proband" [1]) was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.