Peter the Apostle
Apostle and first Pope. Two epistles of Peter are listed in the Tridentine canon.
Preliminaries
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DECREES OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT (SESSION IV).
— Two epistles of Peter listed in the canon
"two of Peter the Apostle"
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Paul went to Jerusalem to see Peter and remained with him fifteen days
"went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and remained with him fifteen days"
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— The Pharisees marvel at Peter and John, how they know the law without having learned letters; Jerome asks whether Peter should be called a rustic
"they marvel at Peter and John, how they know the law when they have not learned letters"
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Named among the authors of the Catholic Epistles
"James, Peter, John, and Jude published seven Epistles"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Peter the fisherman, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, descends from the upper room and addresses the multitude
"Soon Peter, the fisherman, all illuminated by the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, descends to the gates of the upper room and addresses the multitude"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Peter will weep for Christ
"Peter will weep for him, Judas will betray him, all will flee"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter I: On the Excellence, Necessity, and Fruit of Sacred Scripture
— Quoted: "We have the more sure prophetic word, to which you do well to attend as to a lamp shining in a dark place" (1 Peter 1:19)
"says Blessed Peter, First Epistle, chapter 1, verse 19"
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Mentions Paul's epistles contain "certain things difficult to understand" which the unlearned distort (2 Peter 3)
"St. Peter, having mentioned the epistles of St. Paul"
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Moses and Christ: Nineteen Parallels
— Christ elevated Peter to supreme pontificate after himself (parallel 18 of Moses/Christ)
"Christ elevated Peter to the supreme pontificate after himself."
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— After being called Cephas by the Lord, he is still called Simon
"Thus Simon, after he was called Cephas by the Lord, is not infrequently still called Simon afterwards."
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Christ slew Peter the idolater and raised up Peter the worshipper of God
"he slew Peter the idolater, the drunkard, the adulterer, and raised up the same man and made him Peter the worshipper of God"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited as the source for Clement's opinion on the empyrean heaven
"the opinion of Blessed Clement, received from the lips of Saint Peter"
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited alongside Clement for the creation narrative
"This is the opinion of Saint Peter and Clement"