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Peter crucified upside down.
Peter and Paul (winner of two emmy awards) This distinguished production captures the vitality, intensity, and humanity of two who were entrusted by Christ with history's greatest stewardship - the carrying of the Gospel to all the world.
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he foremost of Jesus' disciples. He was a
fisherman, in partnership with his brother Andrew, when Jesus called him
as a disciple, changing his name "Simon" into "Cephas"
or "Peter" (a rock), perhaps to denote him as the first member,
the foundation stone of the new community. He was married, and his house
at Capernaum was the abode of Jesus during the Galilean ministry.
Throughout the gospel history he appears as the most prominent and devoted
of the disciples. He was the first to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah,
and was rewarded, according to Matthew 16:17-19, by a promise of supreme
authority in the church. This famous passage, however, is beset with critical
difficulties.
In spite of a moment of wavering on the eve of the crucifixion, Peter
was the first to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead (1 Corinthians
15:5), and it was his faith and enthusiasm tha saved the new movement
after its seeming ruin. He reconsistuted the scattered company of believers
at Jerusalem, and was henceforth the recognized leader of the church.
Though favorable to the Gentile mission he was unwilling to break entirely
with the Jewish law, and on this point came into conflict with Paul at
Antioch.
Of Peter's later life nothing is certainly known, but the tradition that
he was martyred at Rome in the Neronian persecution (64) is supported
by good evidence.
Resources:
Adapted from the Dictionary of Religion and Ethics,
1921 edition. E. F. Scott |
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