The Apostle Peter's Position In The Catholic Church

The stories of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection in the gospels Mark and Peter differ greatly. Each author has his own plot, descriptive language, audience and characterization of Jesus. What we know about Jesus and how he is portrayed changes between the gospels. For example, the Gospel of Mark uses many Jewish references and makes parallels to the Old Testament which was most likely for the benefit of a Jewish audience. Also, the Jesus in Mark’s gospel is characterized to be more divine, befitting the expectations of the Jewish community. However, The Gospel of Peter seems to entertain both a pagan and Jewish audience, using language that either group could relate to. The Jesus of Peter is oddly portrayed and is more akin to what we

Yet only in Matthew does Peter have a role in the story. Upon seeing Jesus on the water, he calls out, "'Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water'"(Mt. 14.28). He almost succeeds, yet he suddenly gives in to fear and begins sinking. Jesus scolds him by saying, " 'You of little faith, why do you doubt?'"(14.31). This draws a strange picture of Peter. He no longer simply listens to Jesus, but tries to become actively involved in his teacher's lessons. This idea is again shown in Matthew 15.15. After the parable of the blind leading the blind, Peter asks, " "Explain this parable to us." Jesus replies with a rather impatient remark, but dives a little further into the meaning. He often comes to Jesus with questions throughout Matthew and these questions always ask for clear definitions of stories or truths about some spiritual detail. Many times Jesus snaps a little at him, but Peter obviously is not swayed by any impatience his teacher bestows. This seems to paint a closer relationship between the two men, where Peter is not afraid of Jesus and Jesus is not simply polite to Peter, as teachers tend to be. Jesus' obvious favoritism of Peter, shown in the transfiguration and throughout the gospel, leads one to believe that the two are indeed close friends with trust and mutual respect, which allows them to be freer with their words to one another. Friends tend to be less polite and more open with

Peter was highly fulfilled with his great accomplishments, he had the ability to use his understanding from different ideas of people to come up with a solution. He didn't only see the importance in himself to look good, as he was leading he also saw the importance of his country years past him, as in he saw how great his country truly is, and didn't just aspire to make it good within the time of his rain. He aspired to make an environment where young minds and pupils can come and grow his friendly demeanor and strong willed attitude was a vital reason why we have many things we still

The literary genre of 2 Peter is an epistle written to the main personalities, an implied group of believers in Asia Minor and other places around that region. The author is the Apostle Peter a dedicated servant and disciple of Jesus. The date that the letter was written has some controversy, however, in his correspondence Peter mentions that his life is coming to an end, and Peter was martyred for his faith in Rome about A.D. 64-67. Therefore, establishing the date of Peter 's second letter within that time frame. Peter wrote out of love to defend and protect the immutable word of God. The letters main purpose was to warn fellow devotees about false teachers that would try to enter their churches and mislead them in their faith. Peter goes on to explain the false teachers can be recognized by their prideful behavior, their love of money, and disrespect to God. (Life Application Study Bible 1507,1918) Peter uses instances from the past, such as Sodom and Gomorrah and the great flood to stress the judgment and punishment that will come to unbelievers who reject God. The apostle also warns that there will be those that will mock God and dismiss the second coming of Christ. He advises the believers to have confidence in the promises, prophecies, and principles given through God’s inspired word. (Hindson, Towns) Peter cautions God will return without warning and find individuals unwary. However, Peter reasons that God is patient and delays His return for unbelievers, “not

Eusebius writes as a Christian perspective; he introduces us to another Christian Dorotheus. Dorotheus was a much known person highly recommended by the imperialists. When the edict of Nicodemia was established in public, he tore it up happy, cheerfully, confidently and accepted the violent punishment for his actions; however, this led to the following of believers who admired this nobility and courage. He continues in Nicodemia speaking on the execution of Peter for his religious conviction. He was demanded to be stripped, held up naked, and his whole entire body was torn with whips till he gave up and gave in and carried out there command. Peter did not agree to surrender to the gods and was bleed to death. He tells the persecution spreading

Peter’s life as a disciple of Jesus could be characterized best by his own personal story of coming to Jesus on the Sea of Galilee. At times he would say and do things that had him “walking on water” or “sinking in the waves”. By this I mean that Peter would one minute be doing something that required profound faith and the next minute forget everything and sink in the waves of everyday life. We can look no further than the very instance of when Peter walked on water in Matthew 16:30 to see this contrast of the summation that is Peter’s life. In Matthew 16:30 we see

In Rome, Peter was crucified under the rule of Emperor Nero Augustus Caesar. By tradition, it is believed that at his own request, he was crucified upside down, since he saw himself being undeserving to be crucified in the same way as Jesus Christ. He was crucified at the site of the Clementine

Peter’s imperative, emotional, and impulsive character makes him an interesting Biblical figure in the New Testament. Peter dominates the Gospels, the Epistles of Peter (1st and 2nd Peter), and the first eleven chapters of the book of Acts (Apostle Peter Biography 1). As depicted in John 1:43, 12:21, Peter was a humble fisherman from the City of Bethsaida (Apostle Peter Biography 1). Originally, Peter was known as Simon Peter, before Christ converted his name to Peter (the rock) in the book of Matthew 16: 18. Peter’s achievements and inadequacies formed an essential part of his life as a biblical

He had a special insight on Jesus’ identity, for example he was the first to call Jesus the Son of the Living God. (Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20, Matt. 16:16). Peter was one of Jesus’ favorites and his life with Jesus is remarkable. He is one of my favorite bible characters because he goes through so much, and yet Jesus never gave up on him, even if he said some of the foolish things. Becoming a Disciple

means “universal”. The Roman Catholic Church believes that the Pope is the Successor of Peter, who they believe was the first Pope, Bishop of Rome. The Roman Catholic Church as proof of this claim points to Matthews 16:17-19 where Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona… upon this rock I will build my Church...”

When Jesus first called him to be his disciple, he dropped all his fishing gear and followed Jesus, without a doubt. What makes Saint Peter stand out is the fact that he crucified himself of shame and regret because he denied Jesus three times, just as Jesus had predicted. Peter is considered by the Roman Catholic church to be the first of the unbroken chain of popes. He is also known as the leader of the twelve disciples.

Of the three important Christian figures we read about in this section, Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene each had their own ways of working towards spreading the idea and religion of Christianity, through the word of Jesus. Each are important figures in their own right and their own way to the successful spread of Christianity. According to the book, these three figures could be seen as the key players in the foundation and establishment of the Christian church. Whilst also being three of the most important followers of Jesus Christ. Peter we learn was the "right hand man" of Jesus during his public ministry, Paul was the greatest missionary of the Christian church after the death of Jesus and Mary was the closest woman follower of Jesus she was the first to realize that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead and the book also tells us it can be argued that Mary was the first Christian. Throughout the reading of the book I found Peter to be the most important leader for the spread of Christianity, though each played large roles in the spread in their own ways. Peter took a similar approach to what we saw Paul take earlier in the class, by essentially opening up the religion to all people instead of how it was perceived previously as just a religion for Jewish people. We saw Paul trying to convey this message to the Gentiles, and trying to convince people that one need not to be Jewish in order to be following the word of God and the teachings of Jesus. According to

Matthew 16: 13- 23 is the confession of Peter of Jesus true identity and the Prophecy of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Peter baptized the Roman pagan Cornelius and at the council of Jerusalem he gave his support to preaching to gentiles. He was imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa and escaped with the help of an angel. Peter died in Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero. It is said that Peter was crucified on the Vatican Hill upside down because her declared himself

Matthew 16: 13-19 is where Jesus explains to the disciples for the first time that he is really the Messiah, which they had not known before, while Matthew had made his readers aware of the fact in the first chapter. Peter receives this knowledge as a revelation from God, which is why Jesus blesses him and commissions him as the new high priest or chief rabbi, to use the terminology as Matthew would have understood it: