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St. Peter's BasilicaChurch of St. Peter. Saint Peter[note 1](died AD 64–68),[1]also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas,[6]was one of the Twelve Apostlesof Jesus Christand one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospelsas well as the ...
Peter (given name) Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona. [1] An Old English variant is Piers .
The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology illustrates the leading role that Peter played among the Apostles, speaking up on matters that concern them all, being called by Jesus by a name linking him with the rock on which Jesus would build his church, being charged with pastoring the flock of Christ, and taking the leading role in the initial church as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
The Gospel of Peter explicitly claims to be the work of Saint Peter : And I with my companions was grieved; and being wounded in mind we hid ourselves: — Gospel of Peter, 7. But I Simon Peter and Andrew my brother took our nets and went to the sea; — Gospel of Peter, 14. According to bible scholar Craig Blomberg, the Gospel of Peter is ...
The Confession of Peter is the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, actually an octave rather than a week, and was originally known as the Octave of Christian Unity. It is an international Christian ecumenical observance that began in 1908. It spans from 18 January to 25 January (the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul ).
The Restoration of Peter (also known as the Re-commissioning of Peter) [1] is an incident described in John 21 of the New Testament in which Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection and spoke to Peter in particular. Jesus restored Peter to fellowship after Peter had previously denied him and told Peter to feed Jesus' sheep.
In one version of this, Peter did learn spoken Greek, but dictated the letters to a secretary capable of writing Greek. This still assumes a truly impressive leap in education for Peter late in his life; the epistle 1 Peter is in fluent Greek and the author well acquainted with the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament. [13]
t. e. 2 Peter, also known as the Second Epistle of Peter and abbreviated as 2 Pet., [a] is an epistle of the New Testament written in Koine Greek. It identifies the author as "Simon Peter" (in some translations, 'Simeon' or 'Shimon'), a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" ( 2 Peter 1:1 ). The epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter ...