Peter, Epistles of St.

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Peter, Epistles of St. Two NT Epistles are ascribed to St Peter. The First Epistle was written to Christian communities in Asia Minor to encourage them under persecution. Its Petrine authorship has been questioned on the grounds that its literary style is not that of a Galilean fisherman; that passages in it reflect Pauline teaching; and that persecution of the Church of Asia Minor is not otherwise attested before c.112 (in Pliny). What is envisaged, however, may not be official persecution by the State. The arguments are inconclusive.

The main message of the Second Epistle is a warning against false and ungodly teachers. Though it professes to be written by Peter, there are various indications that it is of later date, and it was received into the canon with considerable hesitation. It is probably to be dated c.150.

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