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The Catholic Encyclopedia states: "St. Paul's account of the incident leaves no doubt that St. Peter saw the justice of the rebuke." [31] In contrast, L. Michael White's From Jesus to Christianity states: "The blowup with Peter was a total failure of political bravado, and Paul soon left Antioch as persona non grata, never again to return." [32]
Because of the importance of Sts Peter and Paul to the Catholic Church, many Catholic-majority countries observe their feast day as a public holiday. The feast is observed in Rome because St. Paul and St. Peter are patron saints of the Eternal City. [14]
A letter to the Romans attributed to Ignatius of Antioch might imply that Peter and Paul had special authority over the Roman church, [34] telling the Roman Christians: "I do not command you, as Peter and Paul did" (ch. 4), although Zwierlein says he could be simply referring to the Epistles of the Apostles, or their mission work in the city ...
James D. G. Dunn proposes that Peter was a "bridge-man" between the opposing views of Paul and James the Just. For Peter was probably in fact and effect the bridge-man (pontifex maximus!) who did more than any other to hold together the diversity of first-century Christianity.
Icon of St. Peter (15th century, Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg). The Eastern Orthodox Church regards the Apostle Peter, together with the Apostle Paul, as "preeminent apostles". Paul and Peter are both termed Coryphaeus, which could be translated as "Choir-director," or lead singer. [51]
Saint Peter, imprisoned there before being crucified. Performed baptisms in a spring at the bottom of the pit. [21] Paul the Apostle is believed to have been imprisoned there during his final imprisonment in Rome. [22] Saints Martinian and Processus, guards from the same prison. After being baptized by St. Peter, both were imprisoned awaiting ...
However there is evidence that Peter was not the first bishop, and that the church in Rome was founded (or organized) [133] by Peter and Paul together. [134] "The blessed apostles having founded and established the church, entrusted the office of the episcopate to Linus. Paul speaks of this Linus in his Epistles to Timothy. [135]
Saint Peter and Saint Paul may refer to: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, a group of islets and rocks in the central Atlantic Ocean; Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a Christian liturgical feast day observed in June; Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul, a Roman Catholic liturgical feast day observed in November