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The Apocalypse of Peter, [note 1] also called the Revelation of Peter, is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and a work of apocalyptic literature. It is the earliest-written extant work depicting a Christian account of heaven and hell in detail.
THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER. 1 . . . . many of them will be false prophets, and will teach divers ways and doctrines of perdition: but these will become sons of perdition. 3. And then God will come unto my faithful ones who hunger and thirst and are afflicted and purify their souls in this life; and he will judge the sons of lawlessness. 4.
In an old Latin homily on the Ten Virgins found and published by Dom Wilmart (Bulletin d'anc. litt. et d'arche'ol. chre't.) is this sentence: The closed door is the river of fire by which the ungodly shall be kept out of the kingdom of God, as is written in Daniel and in Peter, in his Apocalypse....
The Apocalypse of Peter. Three different apocalypses surviving from ancient Christianity claim to have been written by Peter.
The Apocalypse of Peter, also known as the Revelation of Peter, is a piece of literature believed to have been written around the middle of the second century A.D. The Apocalypse of Peter should not be confused with the Gnostic Gospel of Peter, a completely different work.
Apocalypse of Peter, pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) Christian writing dating from the first half of the 2nd century ad. The unknown author, who claimed to be Peter the Apostle, relied on the canonical Gospels and on Revelation to John to construct a conversation between himself and
Information on Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim) C. Detlef G. Müller writes (New Testament Apocrypha, vol. 2, p. 622): Period of origin and circulation: we do not know the original text of the Apocalypse of Peter.
PETER, APOCALYPSE OF. The Apocalypse of Peter is one of the few apoc. that enjoyed a measure of temporary or local canonicity. It is mentioned in the Muratorian Canon, with the comment that some did not want it read in church; there were thus reservations even at this early stage.
The Apocalypse of Peter. Translated by James Brashler and Roger A. Dullard. As the Savior was sitting in the temple in the three hundredth year of the covenant and the agreement of the tenth pillar, and being satisfied with the number of the living, incorruptibleMajesty, he said to me , " Peter, blessed are those above belonging to the Father ...
The Apocalypse of Peter (or Revelation of Peter) is an early Christian text of the 2nd century and an example of apocalyptic literature with Hellenistic overtones.