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Gospel of Peter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gospel of Peter may have been a prominent passion narrative in the early history of Christianity, but over time it passed out of common usage. Only fragments survive. The surviving text is n...
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We have seen that the Gospel of Peter is quoted by writers of the latter end of the second century. It has been contended that Justin Martyr also used it soon after the middle of that century, but the evidence is not demonstrative.
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The Gospel of Peter is part of a small book that was discovered in the Egyptian desert by French archaeologists in 1886 or 1887; the book was written at the end of the sixth century, but the text itself dates back to the second century.
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Gospel of Peter (Syria, 100-130 CE) ... Down to 1886 scholars were aware of a Gospel of Peter, but not so much as a single quotation from it was known. ... In the winter of 1886-7 a large fragment of the Greek text of the Gospel of Peter was discovered in a tomb of a monk at Akhmîm in Upper Egypt. It is a manuscript from the...
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Featuring the Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia, Summa Theologica and more. ... But I Simon Peter and Andrew my brother took our nets and went to the sea; and there was with us Levi the son of Alphæus, whom the Lord.. ... Home > Fathers of the Church > The Gospel According to Peter...
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Introduction by Geoff Trowbridge. ... The Gospel Of Peter ... The only surviving portion of the Gospel of Peter is within a codex discovered in the grave of a monk at Akhmîm, Egypt in 1884, though it has been argued that Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 2949 may contain an earlier redaction.
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In Christianity, apocryphal gospel dating back to the first half of the 2nd century CE, most likely originating in Syria. The actual text used for translations was found in 1886 ... Authorship; With central parts of the text missing, it is not clear what exact role Peter plays in order to have this text attributed to him.
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