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The beginning of the Greek fragment of the Apocalypse of Peter found in Akhmim, Egypt. The Apocalypse of Peter, [note 1] also called the Revelation of Peter, is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and a work of apocalyptic literature. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of heaven and hell in detail.
The Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter, also known as the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter and Revelation of Peter, is the third tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library.The work is associated with Gnosticism, a sect of early Christianity, and is considered part of the New Testament apocrypha and a work of apocalyptic literature.
The text is an apocalypse revealing secrets of the future, purportedly delivered by Jesus to the apostle Peter, who then transmitted them to Clement of Rome.The Miaphysite community of Christians (concentrated in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt) had suffered persecution for centuries; first from Chalcedonian Christianity, the official branch of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire (also known ...
Saint Peter [note 1] (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), [1] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [6] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the Acts of ...
The Epistle of the Apostles (Latin: Epistula Apostolorum) is a work of New Testament apocrypha.Despite its name, it is more a gospel or an apocalypse than an epistle.The work takes the form of an open letter purportedly from the remaining eleven apostles describing key events of the life of Jesus, followed by a dialogue between the resurrected Jesus and the apostles where Jesus reveals ...
The Gospel of Peter (Ancient Greek: τὸ κατὰ Πέτρον εὐαγγέλιον, romanized: tò katà Pétron euangélion), or the Gospel according to Peter, is a pseudographic text concerning Jesus Christ, only partially known today.
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve [1] [2] or the Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles [3] [4] is a Christian text from about the 4th century. [5] It is the first treatise in Codex VI of the Nag Hammadi library texts, [6] [7] taking up pages 1–12 of the codex's 78 pages. [6] The writing extends the Parable of the Pearl from Matthew 13:45–46.
The Letter of Peter to Philip is a Gnostic writing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was initially discovered as the second tractate in Codex VIII of the Nag Hammadi library . [ 1 ] The tractate is a Coptic translation of a Greek original, [ 1 ] likely written in c. 200 AD. [ 2 ]