Peter’s Paradoxical Cross

This article examines two ways in which the cross on which Peter hangs in various apocryphal accounts of his death is actually paradoxical. First, the earliest account, the second-century Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter (the final section of the Acts of Peter), recounts that Peter returns to fac...

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Main Author: Eastman, David L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In: Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 61-78
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCD Hagiography; saints
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Pseudo-Linus
B cult of the saints
B Acts of Peter
B Pseudo-Abdias
B martyrdom of Peter
B crucifixion of Jesus
B Apostle Peter
B Relics
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