Saint Peter

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Noun1.Saint Peter - disciple of Jesus and leader of the ApostlesSaint Peter - disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
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These included the Apostle Peter, who was crucified in Rome under Nero just months after the fire that swept through the Circus and destroyed much of the city.
It is lesser known by pilgrims and tourists compared to the imposing pile within the Vatican City which claims Apostle Peter's remains are buried under its altar.Easter is the most important and holiest day in the Christian calendar.
Today, the Church founded by Apostle Peter upon the will of Jesus Christ is 2019 years old.
This gives us all the more reason to excel in charity because the apostle Peter says: charity covers a multitude of sins,' he urged the faithful.
When Dorcas died, she was so mourned by her beneficiaries that the Apostle Peter came to where her body was laid out for burial and raised her from the dead.
Pankratios, a disciple of the Apostle Peter sent to evangelize Taormina in Sicily as its first bishop, and purports to be the work of his successor, Euagrios.
The apostle Peter probably wrote his first letter around AD 60 to Gentile and Jewish believers scattered because of opposition to their faith in Jesus.
At bottom, the former CJ faces the same question that was apocryphally thrown by the apostle Peter to Jesus: Quo vadis, Meilou?
Even his very trusted apostle Peter denied knowing Him to save himself.
Peter in Early Christianity is an anthology of studious essays by a variety of learned authors about the apostle Peter, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and a leader of the early Christian Church.
Holy communion at St George's Church was celebrated by the Rev Liam Beadle, who spoke about the apostle Peter. Rosalind Watt read the lesson and was the server.