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1 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | 42115 | |||
Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | ||||||
2 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Searcher56 | 42116 | ||
The Bible doesn't say if Peter ever went to Rome. | ||||||
3 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Emmaus | 42305 | ||
cmgindi, part 1 of 2 Here is just a brief sampling of the writings of some of the earliers post apostolic Church Fathers, all dated while the Church was still under the persecution of Rome. In his first epistle, Peter tells his readers that he is writing from "Babylon" (1 Pet. 5:13), which was a first-century code word for the city of pagan Rome. Further, the Fathers are unanimous in declaring that he went to Rome and was martyred there under the pagan emperor Nero. Ignatius of Antioch "Not as Peter and Paul did, do I command you [Romans]. They were apostles, and I am a convict" (Letter to the Romans 4:3 [A.D. 110]). Dionysius of Corinth "You [Pope Soter] have also, by your very admonition, brought together the planting that was made by Peter and Paul at Rome and at Corinth; for both of them alike planted in our Corinth and taught us; and both alike, teaching similarly in Italy, suffered martyrdom at the same time" (Letter to Pope Soter [A.D. 170], in Eusebius, History of the Church 2:25:8). Irenaeus "Matthew also issued among the Hebrews a written Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were evangelizing in Rome and laying the foundation of the Church" (Against Heresies, 3, 1:1 [A.D. 189]). "But since it would be too long to enumerate in such a volume as this the succession of all the churches, we shall confound all those who, in whatever manner, whether through self-satisfaction or vainglory, or through blindness and wicked opinion, assemble other than where it is proper, by pointing out here the succession of the bishops of the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul, that church which has the tradition and the faith which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles. With that church [of Rome], because of its superior origin, all the churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world, and it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition" (ibid., 3, 3, 2). "The blessed apostles [Peter and Paul], having founded and built up the church [of Rome], they handed over the office of the episcopate to Linus. Paul makes mention of this Linus in the letter to Timothy [2 Tim. 4:21]. To him succeeded Anacletus, and after him, in the third place from the apostles, Clement was chosen for the episcopate. He had seen the blessed apostles and was acquainted with them. It might be said that he still heard the echoes of the preaching of the apostles and had their traditions before his eyes. And not only he, for there were many still remaining who had been instructed by the apostles. In the time of Clement, no small dissension having arisen among the brethren in Corinth, the church in Rome sent a very strong letter to the Corinthians, exhorting them to peace and renewing their faith. . . . To this Clement, Evaristus succeeded . . . and now, in the twelfth place after the apostles, the lot of the episcopate [of Rome] has fallen to Eleutherius. In this order, and by the teaching of the apostles handed down in the Church, the preaching of the truth has come down to us" (ibid., 3, 3, 3). Gaius "It is recorded that Paul was beheaded in Rome itself, and Peter, likewise, was crucified, during the reign [of the Emperor Nero]. The account is confirmed by the names of Peter and Paul over the cemeteries there, which remain to the present time. And it is confirmed also by a stalwart man of the Church, Gaius by name, who lived in the time of Zephyrinus, bishop of Rome. This Gaius, in a written disputation with Proclus, the leader of the sect of Cataphrygians, says this of the places in which the remains of the aforementioned apostles were deposited: ‘I can point out the trophies of the apostles. For if you are willing to go to the Vatican or to the Ostian Way, you will find the trophies of those who founded this Church’" (Disputation with Proclus [A.D. 198] in Eusebius, Church History 2:25:5). Clement of Alexandria "The circumstances which occasioned . . . [the writing] of Mark were these: When Peter preached the Word publicly at Rome and declared the gospel by the Spirit, many who were present requested that Mark, who had been a long time his follower and who remembered his sayings, should write down what had been proclaimed" (Sketches [A.D. 200], in a fragment from Eusebius, History of the Church, 6, 14:1). Emmaus |
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4 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Searcher56 | 42317 | ||
But, the Bible does not say he went to Rome ... only extra-Biblical text. | ||||||
5 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Emmaus | 42326 | ||
Searcher, That the Bible does not explicitly say Peter went to Rome does not exclude rest of the historical record from shedding light on the historical question which was posed. I don't think the Bible explicity says Paul was there either, although he says he is imprisioned in several epistles. The same extra-Biblical sources attest to Paul's presence in Rome. Strange that the question of Paul was ever in Rome is never raised. The writings of the early Fathers are also useful for learning how the early Church and those men who were instructed by the Apostles interpreted the scriptures and the Gospel handed down to them. Emmaus |
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6 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Searcher56 | 42379 | ||
Scripture ... Acts 28:16 ... Paul did go to Rome, according to the Bible. I am not denying Peter went. It would appear he wasn't there when Paul was in Rome, while Luke was recording Paul being there. |
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7 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Emmaus | 42395 | ||
Thanks, I thought I might be missing it. |
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8 | Was Peter ever in the city of rome? | Acts 15:7 | Searcher56 | 42443 | ||
You are welcome | ||||||