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The First Epistle of Peter [a] is a book of the New Testament. The author presents himself as Peter the Apostle . The ending of the letter includes a statement that implies that it was written from “ Babylon ”, which may be a reference to Rome .
Eusebius also states that several works had been attributed to Peter: the First Epistle of Peter, the Second Epistle of Peter, the Acts of Peter, the Gospel of Peter, the Preaching of Peter and the Apocalypse of Peter. He accepts the First Epistle of Peter as genuine, the Second Epistle as useful but not canonical, while he describes the others ...
The author of the First Epistle of Peter identifies himself in the opening verse as "Peter, an apostle of Jesus", and the view that the epistle was written by St. Peter is attested to by a number of Church Fathers: Irenaeus (140–203), Tertullian (150–222), Clement of Alexandria (155–215) and Origen of Alexandria (185–253).
The author of the First Epistle of Peter identifies himself in the opening verse as "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ", and the view that the epistle was written by St. Peter is attested to by a number of Church Fathers: Irenaeus (140–203), Tertullian (150–222), Clement of Alexandria (155–215) and Origen of Alexandria (185–253).
Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians [88] contains a list of resurrection appearances of Jesus, the first of which is an appearance to Peter. [89] Here, Paul apparently follows an early tradition that Peter was the first to see the risen Christ, [34] which, however, did not seem to have survived to the time when the gospels were written. [90]
The epistle mentions that Enoch received testimony from God before his translation,(Hebrews 11:5) which may be a reference to 1 Enoch. It has also been alleged that the First Epistle of Peter (1 Peter 3:19–20) and the Second Epistle of Peter (2 Peter 2:4–5) make reference to some Enochian material. [28]
Papyrus 72 is the designation used by textual critics of the New Testament to describe portions of the so-called Bodmer Miscellaneous codex (Papyrus Bodmer VII-VIII), namely the letters of Jude, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter. These three books are collectively designated as 𝔓 72 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. These books ...
Another rebuttal of the Catholic position is that if Peter really means the Rock which makes him the chief of Apostles, it would contradict the Bible's teaching in Ephesians 2:20, [76] which says that the church's foundation is the apostles and prophets, not Peter alone. They posit that the meaning of Matthew 16:18 [83] is that Jesus uses a ...