Preaching of Peter

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The Preaching of Peter is a lost early Christian text, traditionally attributed to the apostle Peter, that is thought to have influenced the formation of one or more New Testament Gospels.

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Preaching of Peter canonical 2
Kerygma Petri 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apocryphal Christian writing
lost early Christian text
pseudepigraphal work
associatedWith early Gospel traditions
attributedTo Apostle Peter
audience early Christian communities
authorshipStatus pseudonymous
category New Testament apocrypha
Petrine literature
christology presents Jesus as Christ
presents Jesus as Son of God
contentStatus reconstructable only hypothetically from citations
dateOfComposition 2nd century
evaluatedBy Eusebius as disputed or not generally accepted
genre kerygmatic proclamation
preaching discourse
historicalContext early post-apostolic church
influenced formation of one or more New Testament Gospels
influenceType possible source of early Gospel kerygma formulations
knownFrom Clement of Alexandria
Eusebius of Caesarea
other patristic references
language Greek
mentionedBy Ecclesiastical History
surface form: Eusebius in Ecclesiastical History
modernName Preaching of Peter self-link
originalTitleStatus uncertain
preservation not included in major manuscript collections
relatedWork Gospel of Peter
Preaching of Peter self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kerygma Petri
religiousTradition Christianity
scholarlyDebate extent of its influence on canonical Gospels
relationship to other Petrine apocrypha
scholarlyField New Testament scholarship
surface form: New Testament studies

apocryphal literature studies
patristics
statusInCanon excluded from New Testament canon
non-canonical
survivesAs fragments and quotations in later authors
textualStatus lost
theology affirms prophetic fulfillment in Christ
emphasizes monotheism
rejects idolatry
topic call to repentance and faith
death and resurrection of Jesus
life and teaching of Jesus

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John Mark sourceForGospel Preaching of Peter
Preaching of Peter relatedWork Preaching of Peter self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kerygma Petri
Preaching of Peter modernName Preaching of Peter self-link