Apocryphal Books > Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Acts > Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter
Written in Greek, probably by a resident of Asia Minor, not later than AD 200. The author has read the Acts of John very carefully and modeled his language on them. One of the earliest of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, the Acts of Peter reports a contest between Simon Magus and the apostle Peter in Rome and concludes with Peter’s martyrdom. The version here is from Latin, the most expansive extant manuscript. The Acts of Peter is undoubtedly pseudepigraphal, as evidenced by the language and style of Paul (Ch. 2), unlike any of his canonical epistles or recorded words in the Acts of the Apostles. This apocryphal work also promotes a sort of sinless perfectionism disparate from the genuine Pauline teaching of sola fide.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Top Articles & Pages
-
Discover literally 1,000s of Judeo-Christian texts in the world's largest collection of its kind. With 300 complete and unabridged bo... -
The Complete Apocrypha ® , the world’s #1 bestselling apocrypha collection nearly 10 years running , is back in 2026, now fully updated an... -
There is no single universally agreed number of apocryphal books because the word “Apocrypha” is used in more than one way. In a narrow Prot...
-
The Bible contains sixty-six books: thirty-nine books in the Old Testament and twenty-seven books in the New Testament. This is the Protesta...
-
The Deuterocanon refers to books that Roman Catholic tradition receives as part of the Old Testament but that Protestants usually classify a...
