; but Le Quien, who 'lákwbov, Epistola ad Fratrem Domini Jacobum),
had in his possession the Greek text of these sy- of which there were two copies, one as from
nodical letters, complains of the great discrepancy the Apostle Peter, stating that he had himself
between the Greek text and the Latin version.
had in his possession the Greek text of these sy- of which there were two copies, one as from
nodical letters, complains of the great discrepancy the Apostle Peter, stating that he had himself
between the Greek text and the Latin version.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
col.
286, ed.
Labbe, vol.
i.
col.
his wanderings and shared his dangers.
Athanasius
1399, vol. ii. col. 241, ed. Hardouin. ) 4. Nepl this before his death had nominated Peter as his suc-
ésid mulas TOÙ Xplotou, Homilia de Adventu ressor, and after his decease his appointment was
Salvatoris . . Christi. A short citation from this carried into effect with the great applause of the
occurs in the Latin version of the work of Leontius orthodox part of the Alexandrian populace and with
of Byzantium (Leontius, literary, No. 5), Contra the approval of the neighbouring bishops, a. D. 373.
Ncstorianos et Eutychianos, lib. i. (apud Galland. But the Arians, then in the ascendant under the
Biblioth. Patrum, vol. xii. p. 669). A fragment emperor Valens, though they had, from reverence
in the original is given in a part of the Greek text or fear, conceded the quiet possession of the see to
of Leontius published by Mai in bis Scriptorum the age and authority of Athanasius (ATHANA-
Vet. Nova Collectio, vol. vii. p. 134, 4to. Romae, sius), were by no means disposed to acquiesce in
1833. 5, 6. Two fragments, one described, én the appointment of an orthodox successor ; and
TOÙ Fputov nóyou Tepl Toù undè pourápxey Peter was at once deposed, and, according to
την ψυχήν, μηδε αμαρτήσασαν τούτο εις το | Socrates and Sozomen, imprisoned by the officers
owua Bandîvai, Ex primo Sermone, de eo quod nec of the emperor. Tillemont and Galland, however,
praceastitit Anima, nec cum peccasset propterea doubt if he was imprisoned. At any rate he soon
in Corpus missa est, the other as, ék tñs uvo made his escape, and, getting on board ship, fied to
ταγωγίας ής εποιήσατο προς την εκκλησίαν, Rome, where he was kindly received by the pope
μέλλων τον του μαρτυρίου στέφανον αναδέχεσθαι, | Damasus I. , leaving his Arian competitor Lucius
1x Mystagogia quam fecit ad Ecclesiam cum (Lucius, No. 2) in possession of the churches of
Martyrii Coronam suscepturus esset, are cited by Alexandria. On the departure of Valens from
the emperor Justinian, in his Epistola (s. Tractatus) Antioch (A. D. 378) to his fatal war with the Goths,
ail Mennam CPolitanum adversus Origenem, given Peter, who had returned from Rome with letters
in the Acta Concilia CPolitani 11. 8. Oecumenici v. from Damasus, confirming his title to the see, re-
(Concilia, vol. v. col. 652, ed. Labbe, vol. iii. col. covered possession of the churches by favour of the
256, 257, ed. Hardouin. ) Another fragment of populace, who expelled Lucius, and compelled him
the same discourse is contained in the compilation to flee to Constantinople. Peter, however, survived
Leontü et Joannis Rerum Sacrarum Lib. II. pub- his restoration only for a short time, dving A. D.
lished by Mai in the above cited Collectio, vol. vii. 38), and being succeeded in his bishoprie by his
p. 85. 7. Epistola S. Petri Episcopi ad Ecclesiam own brother Timotheus or Timothy. Valesius
Alexandrinam, noticing some irregular proceedings (Not. ad Sozomen. II. E. vii. 9) describes Peter as
of the schismatic Meletius. This letter, which is the abettor of Maximus the Cynic [MAXIMUS
very short, was published in a Latin rersion by ALEXANDRINE's) in his usurpation of the see of
Scipio Maffei, in the third volume of his Obser- Constantinople, but Theodoret (H. E. v. 8) ascribes
duzione Letterarie (6 vols. 12mo. Veronae 1737— the transaction to Timotheus. (Socrates, H. E.
1740). 8. Aldaoralía, Doctrina. A fragment of iv. 20—22, 37 ; Sozomen, H. E. vi. 19, 39;
this work is cited by Leontius and Joannes, and Theodoret, H. E. iv. 20-22. )
was published by Mai (ibid. p. 96). We have Peter was held in the highest esteem by his con
no certain information of any other works of temporaries. Gregory Nazianzen unites him in the
Peter. A fragment of one of his works, of same eulogy with St. Athanasius ; and the emperor
which the title is not given, is cited by the Theodosius the Great, in one of his laws, refers to
emperor Justinian in his Tractatus contra Alono the faith preached by him as the standard of ortho-
physitas, published by Mai in the Collectio already doxy. (Tillemont, Mém. vol. vi. p. 580, &c. ) Two
cited, vol. vii. pp. 306, 307. The Epistola de Lapsis productions of Peter have been preserved in part:-
Tempore Persecutionis, in the Bodleian library i. 'ETITO17) s. Ipáuuata, Epistolu, a letter sent
(Codd. Baroccian. No. clviii. ; see Catalog. MStorum by him, after his escape from Alexandria, to all the
Angliae et Hibern. ), is probably the same as the churches, giving an account of the persecutions and
Canones ; and a fragment from an Epistola ad other atrocities perpetrated by Lucius and the
Epictetum, extant in a MS. in the library of St. Arian party. Theodoret has given a large extract,
Mark at Venice, is probably not from Peter but probably ihe chief part of this, in the original
from Athanasius. Some passages (quaedam loca) Greek (H. E. iv. 22). 2. Epistola ad Episcopos
from the writings of Peter are given in the lavdex- Ft Presbyteros atque Diuconos pro vera Fide in ex-
ons Twv épurverw twv Delwv evrov Toù Kvpiou, silio constitutos, s. uul Episcopos, Presbyteros, atque
Pundectu de Interpretatione Mundatorum Divinorum, Diaconos qui sul Vulcnte Imperutore Diocuesureuun
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furrant coules missi. Facundus has preserved two by Pope Gelasius (Decretum de Libris Apocryphis).
pissages of this in a Latin version in his Pro De- This Evangelium Petri must not be confounded
fensivi Trium Capitulorum, lib. iv. c. 2, lib. xi. c. with the Erangelium Infuntiae, which an Oriental
2. These fragments of the works of Peter are tradition ascribes to Peter; and still less with the
given from Theodoret and Facundus, in the seventh canonical Gospel of Mark, which has sometimes
volume of the Bibliotheca Patrum of Galland. been named after Peter, because supposed to have
(Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. 37), vol. i. p. 254 ; been written under his direction. The apocryphal
Fabric. Biblioth. Graec. vol. ix. p. 318 ; Galland. | Gospel of Peter is not extant. Serapion of An-
Bibliotheca Patrum, proleg. ad vol. vii. c. 6. ) tioch, a Christian writer near the close of the second
3. Of ALEXANDRIA (3). (No. 22. ]
century, wrote a refutation of the fables con-
4. Of ANTIOCH (1). (No. 17. )
tained in it, by which some Christians at Rhossig
5. OF ANTIOCH (2). Contemporary with Michael in Syria had been led into heresy. Eusebius (17. E.
Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople (Michari, vi. 12) quotes a passage of this work of Serapion.
No. 6), and Leo of Achridia (Leo, No. 2), and (Fabric. Cud. Apocryph. p. 137. ) 2. Πράξεις
united with them in bostility to the Latin Church, né pov, Actus s. Acta Petri. This work is men-
was Petrus or Peter, the third patriarch of Antioch tioned by Eusebius (IJ. E. ii. 3), by Jeroine (l. c. ),
of that name in the current tables of the occupants by Isidore of Pelusium (Epistol. ii. 99), and ap-
of that see, which commence with the Apostle parently by Ploilastrius ( Dc Haeres. Ixxxvii. ), who
Peter. Peter obtained the patriarchate in the speaks of an apocryphal work of Peter as received
year 1053, and in the same year he sent synodical by the Manichaeans. It is not unlikely that these
letters to the patriarchs of Alexandria, Jerusalem, Acta Petri were substantially identical with or
and Constantinople, and to the pope, Leo IX. , incorporated in the Recognitioncs Clementinae (Cle-
signifying his accession. Cave states that he sent MENS ROMANUS) ; for Photius (Biblioth. codd. 112,
to the pope
a profession of his faith," but it is 113) states that many copies of the Recognitiones
probable that he has applied this term to the were preceded by an introductory letter to James,
synodical letter, of which a Latin version appears the Lord's brother ('ETIOTO1. 5) pos tòv åben póleov
among the letters of Leo IX.
; but Le Quien, who 'lákwbov, Epistola ad Fratrem Domini Jacobum),
had in his possession the Greek text of these sy- of which there were two copies, one as from
nodical letters, complains of the great discrepancy the Apostle Peter, stating that he had himself
between the Greek text and the Latin version. written his lpábeis, Acta, and sent them to
Two letters of Peter appear in Greek with a Latin James, who had requested to have them ; the
version, in the Monumenta Ecclesiae Graecae, of other, as from Clement, stating that he had written
Cotelerius, vol. ii. pp. 112, 145. The first is en- the Acta at the command of Peter. Photius con-
titled Epistola ad Dominicum Gradensem, and is an jectured, with apparent reason, that there were two
answer to Dominicus Gradensis 4. Venetus, pa editions copies of the Acta Petri, of which the
triarch of Venice or Aquileia, whose letter, in the one written as by himself had been lost, while the
collection of Cotelerius, precedes that of Peter ; the other, which was either the same with the Recoy
second is addressed to Michael Cerularins, Epistola nitiones, or was incorporated in them, had been
ad Michaelem Cerularium, and is preceded by a generally diffused. There is some room, however, to
letter of Michael to Peter, to which it is the doubt the identity of the lust edition with the
A considerable part of this letter had work mentioned by Eusebius and the other ancient
previously been published by Leo Allatius, in his writers. (Comp. Grabe, Spicilegium, vol. i. p. 78. )
De Consensu Ecclesiarum Orient. et Occulent. lib. 3. Epistola ad Fratrem Domini Jacobum, just
iii. c. 12. $ 4. According to Cave, Peter bitterly mentioned. Turrianus, in his pologia pro Epis-
inveighed against the lives and doctrines of the tolis Pontificum, published (lib. iv. c. ), and lib. v.
Latin clergy, and especially against the addition of c. 23) a letter of Peter to James, which Cotelerius.
the words * filioque to the creed ; while, accord- in his Patres Apostolici, prefixed to the Clementinu
ing to Le Quien, he preserved a more impartial s. Homiliae Clementinae, a work which Cave appears
tone, and showed every where "a disposition justly to characterize as only another edition or
averse to schism. " There is extant in MS. at form of the Recognitiones. We consider the 'E 10.
Vienna, another letter of Peter, Petri Epistola ad T017) Apds 'lákubov, Epistola ad Jacobum, published
Joannem Tranensem in Apulia Episcopum, relating by Turrianus and Cotelerius, to be the one men-
to the matters in dispute between the Eastern and tioned by Photius ; though Fabricius, who has
Western Churches. (Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. reprinted it in his Codex Ipocryphus N. T. vol. ii.
1040, vol. ii. p. 132 ; Oudin, Comment. de Scrip- p. 997, &c. regards it as a different one. 4. Sét pou
torib. et Scriptis Eccles. vol. ii. col. 605; Lambec. dtokádubis, Petri Apocalypsis s. Revelatio. This
Comment. de Biblioth. Caesaraea, lib. v. cod. ccxlvii. work is mentioned by Eusebius (11. E. iii. 3),
Nos. 19, 20, 22, col. 261–265, ed. Kollar ; Le Jerome (l. c. ), Sozomen (H. E. vii. 19), and in
Quien, Oriens Christian, vol. ii. col. 754. )
some copies of the Stichometria subjoined to the
6. APOSTOLUS, the APOSTLE. Various apocry. Chronographia of Nicephorus of Constantinople.
phal writings were, in the earlier periods of the It was cited by the heretic Theodotus, as appears
Church, circulated under the name of the Apostle from a pissage in the 'TTOTUT WOES, Hypotyposes
Peter. 1. Kard nétpov Evangélov, Evangelium of Clemens of Alexandria, noticed by Eusebius
Petri 6. Erangelium secundum Petrum. This is (11. E. vi. 14). Sozomen (l. c. ) states that the
mentioned by Origen (Commentar, in Matthaeum, work was, in his time, read once a year in some of
tom. xi. ), bý Eusebius (H. E. ii. 3, 25, vi. 12), the churches in Palestine. A passage in Latin,
by Jerome (De l'iris Ilustrib. c. 1), by Theodoret cited by Jacobus de Vitriaco in the thirteenth cen-
(llaeret. Fairl. Compend. ii. 2), who confounds tury, as from the Apoculypsis Petri (apud Grabe,
it with the Evangelium Nazaracorum, or Gospel Spicilegium, vol. i. p. 76), must be from a much
used by the Nazarenes ; and, according to two later work than that noticed by Clement, Eusebius,
MSS. , but not according to the printed editions, and Jerome, for it bears internal evidence of having
answer.
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PETRUS.
Leen written after the rise of Mohammedanism. I never been printed (Fabric. Bild. Graec. rol. x.
6. Néopou kúprywa, Petri Praedicatio, mentioned p. 214, vol. xi. p. 336 ; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. ii.
by Clement of Alexandria (Stromat. libb. i. vi. ), | Dissert. i. p. 15). The other, who is termed
Eusebius (11. E. iii. 3), and Jerome (2. c. ). A few Petrus Siculus or Peter the Sicilian, and acquired
fragments of this work have been collected by his bishopric after A. D. 790, wrote a life of St.
Grabe (Spicileg. vol. i. p. 62, &c. ), from Clement Athanasius, bishop of Methone in the Pelopon-
of Alexandria, Origen, Lactantius, Gregory Na- nesus; and is probably the same person as the
zianzen, and others. Dodwell supposed that the Petrus Siculus who was sent by the emperor Basil
Epistola ad Jacobum (No. 3) was the introduction the Macedonian (Basilius I. MACEDO) to Tab-
to the Praedicatio, but his opinion is rejected by rica in the district or on the frontier of Melitene
Grabe (ibid. p. 59). The work entitled Aidaorania near the Euphrates, to negotiate an exchange of
Hétpou, Doctrina Petri, quoted by Origen (Praef. prisoners, apparently with the chiefs of the Pauli-
ad Libros, repl dpxwv, vers. Rufini) and Damas- cians ; a purpose which, after a residence of nine
cenus (Parallel. ii. 16), is probably only another months, he effected. He wrote an account of the
name for the Pruedlicutio (Grabe, ibid. pp. 56, 57). Paulicians, or as he designated them, Manichaeans,
The Katrix nois Dépou, Cutechesis Petri, formerly Both these works have been published in a Latin
in the Coislin library at Paris, is also apparently version: 1. The life of St. Athanasius is given in
the same work. 6. Petri Judicium s. Duae l'iae. the Latin version of the jesuit Franciscus Bianditius
This work is mentioned by Rufinus (Erposit. Sym- in the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, Januar.
boli) and Jerome (l. c. ). Grabe suspects that no vol. ii. p. 11:25, &c. It is entitled Petri Siculi,
such work ever existed; but that the supposition of humillimi Aryivorum Episcopi, Funebris Oratio in
its existence arose from Rufinus mistaking Kpua, the B. Athanusium, Methones Episcopum. 2. The
abbreviation of kúpuyua, for kplua, and that Jeroine account of the Paulicians was translated into
was misled by the error of Rufinus. The work is Latin, and published by Matthaeus Raderus, 4to.
certainly not mentioned by Eusebius. 7. A work | Ingolstadt, 1604, and has been reprinted in various
entitled 'H Jela deitoupyia Toù dyiou & OOTÓNOU editions of the Bibliotheca Patrum. It is entitled
TIétpou, Missa Apostolica s. Divinum Sacrificium Petri Siculi Historia de vana et stolida Maxi-
S. Apostoli Petri, was published in Greek, with a chacorum Haercsi tanquam Archicpiscopo Bulga-
Latin version by Fed. Morel. Paris, 1595, and has rorum nuncupata. It is in the sixteenth volume
been reprinted (sometimes in Latin only) in various of the Lyon edition of the Bibliotheca, fol. 1677.
editions of the Bibliotheca Patrum. The létpov It is to be observed that Le Quien considers the
Trepíodou, or Circuitus s. Peregrinationes s. Itinerarium Elogium SS. Cosmae et Damiani to be by Petrus
Petri
, mentioned repeatedly by the ancients, appear Siculus, and not by another Peter. ( Miraeus,
to be only so many titles for the Recognitiones of Auctarium de Scriptor.
1399, vol. ii. col. 241, ed. Hardouin. ) 4. Nepl this before his death had nominated Peter as his suc-
ésid mulas TOÙ Xplotou, Homilia de Adventu ressor, and after his decease his appointment was
Salvatoris . . Christi. A short citation from this carried into effect with the great applause of the
occurs in the Latin version of the work of Leontius orthodox part of the Alexandrian populace and with
of Byzantium (Leontius, literary, No. 5), Contra the approval of the neighbouring bishops, a. D. 373.
Ncstorianos et Eutychianos, lib. i. (apud Galland. But the Arians, then in the ascendant under the
Biblioth. Patrum, vol. xii. p. 669). A fragment emperor Valens, though they had, from reverence
in the original is given in a part of the Greek text or fear, conceded the quiet possession of the see to
of Leontius published by Mai in bis Scriptorum the age and authority of Athanasius (ATHANA-
Vet. Nova Collectio, vol. vii. p. 134, 4to. Romae, sius), were by no means disposed to acquiesce in
1833. 5, 6. Two fragments, one described, én the appointment of an orthodox successor ; and
TOÙ Fputov nóyou Tepl Toù undè pourápxey Peter was at once deposed, and, according to
την ψυχήν, μηδε αμαρτήσασαν τούτο εις το | Socrates and Sozomen, imprisoned by the officers
owua Bandîvai, Ex primo Sermone, de eo quod nec of the emperor. Tillemont and Galland, however,
praceastitit Anima, nec cum peccasset propterea doubt if he was imprisoned. At any rate he soon
in Corpus missa est, the other as, ék tñs uvo made his escape, and, getting on board ship, fied to
ταγωγίας ής εποιήσατο προς την εκκλησίαν, Rome, where he was kindly received by the pope
μέλλων τον του μαρτυρίου στέφανον αναδέχεσθαι, | Damasus I. , leaving his Arian competitor Lucius
1x Mystagogia quam fecit ad Ecclesiam cum (Lucius, No. 2) in possession of the churches of
Martyrii Coronam suscepturus esset, are cited by Alexandria. On the departure of Valens from
the emperor Justinian, in his Epistola (s. Tractatus) Antioch (A. D. 378) to his fatal war with the Goths,
ail Mennam CPolitanum adversus Origenem, given Peter, who had returned from Rome with letters
in the Acta Concilia CPolitani 11. 8. Oecumenici v. from Damasus, confirming his title to the see, re-
(Concilia, vol. v. col. 652, ed. Labbe, vol. iii. col. covered possession of the churches by favour of the
256, 257, ed. Hardouin. ) Another fragment of populace, who expelled Lucius, and compelled him
the same discourse is contained in the compilation to flee to Constantinople. Peter, however, survived
Leontü et Joannis Rerum Sacrarum Lib. II. pub- his restoration only for a short time, dving A. D.
lished by Mai in the above cited Collectio, vol. vii. 38), and being succeeded in his bishoprie by his
p. 85. 7. Epistola S. Petri Episcopi ad Ecclesiam own brother Timotheus or Timothy. Valesius
Alexandrinam, noticing some irregular proceedings (Not. ad Sozomen. II. E. vii. 9) describes Peter as
of the schismatic Meletius. This letter, which is the abettor of Maximus the Cynic [MAXIMUS
very short, was published in a Latin rersion by ALEXANDRINE's) in his usurpation of the see of
Scipio Maffei, in the third volume of his Obser- Constantinople, but Theodoret (H. E. v. 8) ascribes
duzione Letterarie (6 vols. 12mo. Veronae 1737— the transaction to Timotheus. (Socrates, H. E.
1740). 8. Aldaoralía, Doctrina. A fragment of iv. 20—22, 37 ; Sozomen, H. E. vi. 19, 39;
this work is cited by Leontius and Joannes, and Theodoret, H. E. iv. 20-22. )
was published by Mai (ibid. p. 96). We have Peter was held in the highest esteem by his con
no certain information of any other works of temporaries. Gregory Nazianzen unites him in the
Peter. A fragment of one of his works, of same eulogy with St. Athanasius ; and the emperor
which the title is not given, is cited by the Theodosius the Great, in one of his laws, refers to
emperor Justinian in his Tractatus contra Alono the faith preached by him as the standard of ortho-
physitas, published by Mai in the Collectio already doxy. (Tillemont, Mém. vol. vi. p. 580, &c. ) Two
cited, vol. vii. pp. 306, 307. The Epistola de Lapsis productions of Peter have been preserved in part:-
Tempore Persecutionis, in the Bodleian library i. 'ETITO17) s. Ipáuuata, Epistolu, a letter sent
(Codd. Baroccian. No. clviii. ; see Catalog. MStorum by him, after his escape from Alexandria, to all the
Angliae et Hibern. ), is probably the same as the churches, giving an account of the persecutions and
Canones ; and a fragment from an Epistola ad other atrocities perpetrated by Lucius and the
Epictetum, extant in a MS. in the library of St. Arian party. Theodoret has given a large extract,
Mark at Venice, is probably not from Peter but probably ihe chief part of this, in the original
from Athanasius. Some passages (quaedam loca) Greek (H. E. iv. 22). 2. Epistola ad Episcopos
from the writings of Peter are given in the lavdex- Ft Presbyteros atque Diuconos pro vera Fide in ex-
ons Twv épurverw twv Delwv evrov Toù Kvpiou, silio constitutos, s. uul Episcopos, Presbyteros, atque
Pundectu de Interpretatione Mundatorum Divinorum, Diaconos qui sul Vulcnte Imperutore Diocuesureuun
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furrant coules missi. Facundus has preserved two by Pope Gelasius (Decretum de Libris Apocryphis).
pissages of this in a Latin version in his Pro De- This Evangelium Petri must not be confounded
fensivi Trium Capitulorum, lib. iv. c. 2, lib. xi. c. with the Erangelium Infuntiae, which an Oriental
2. These fragments of the works of Peter are tradition ascribes to Peter; and still less with the
given from Theodoret and Facundus, in the seventh canonical Gospel of Mark, which has sometimes
volume of the Bibliotheca Patrum of Galland. been named after Peter, because supposed to have
(Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. 37), vol. i. p. 254 ; been written under his direction. The apocryphal
Fabric. Biblioth. Graec. vol. ix. p. 318 ; Galland. | Gospel of Peter is not extant. Serapion of An-
Bibliotheca Patrum, proleg. ad vol. vii. c. 6. ) tioch, a Christian writer near the close of the second
3. Of ALEXANDRIA (3). (No. 22. ]
century, wrote a refutation of the fables con-
4. Of ANTIOCH (1). (No. 17. )
tained in it, by which some Christians at Rhossig
5. OF ANTIOCH (2). Contemporary with Michael in Syria had been led into heresy. Eusebius (17. E.
Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople (Michari, vi. 12) quotes a passage of this work of Serapion.
No. 6), and Leo of Achridia (Leo, No. 2), and (Fabric. Cud. Apocryph. p. 137. ) 2. Πράξεις
united with them in bostility to the Latin Church, né pov, Actus s. Acta Petri. This work is men-
was Petrus or Peter, the third patriarch of Antioch tioned by Eusebius (IJ. E. ii. 3), by Jeroine (l. c. ),
of that name in the current tables of the occupants by Isidore of Pelusium (Epistol. ii. 99), and ap-
of that see, which commence with the Apostle parently by Ploilastrius ( Dc Haeres. Ixxxvii. ), who
Peter. Peter obtained the patriarchate in the speaks of an apocryphal work of Peter as received
year 1053, and in the same year he sent synodical by the Manichaeans. It is not unlikely that these
letters to the patriarchs of Alexandria, Jerusalem, Acta Petri were substantially identical with or
and Constantinople, and to the pope, Leo IX. , incorporated in the Recognitioncs Clementinae (Cle-
signifying his accession. Cave states that he sent MENS ROMANUS) ; for Photius (Biblioth. codd. 112,
to the pope
a profession of his faith," but it is 113) states that many copies of the Recognitiones
probable that he has applied this term to the were preceded by an introductory letter to James,
synodical letter, of which a Latin version appears the Lord's brother ('ETIOTO1. 5) pos tòv åben póleov
among the letters of Leo IX.
; but Le Quien, who 'lákwbov, Epistola ad Fratrem Domini Jacobum),
had in his possession the Greek text of these sy- of which there were two copies, one as from
nodical letters, complains of the great discrepancy the Apostle Peter, stating that he had himself
between the Greek text and the Latin version. written his lpábeis, Acta, and sent them to
Two letters of Peter appear in Greek with a Latin James, who had requested to have them ; the
version, in the Monumenta Ecclesiae Graecae, of other, as from Clement, stating that he had written
Cotelerius, vol. ii. pp. 112, 145. The first is en- the Acta at the command of Peter. Photius con-
titled Epistola ad Dominicum Gradensem, and is an jectured, with apparent reason, that there were two
answer to Dominicus Gradensis 4. Venetus, pa editions copies of the Acta Petri, of which the
triarch of Venice or Aquileia, whose letter, in the one written as by himself had been lost, while the
collection of Cotelerius, precedes that of Peter ; the other, which was either the same with the Recoy
second is addressed to Michael Cerularins, Epistola nitiones, or was incorporated in them, had been
ad Michaelem Cerularium, and is preceded by a generally diffused. There is some room, however, to
letter of Michael to Peter, to which it is the doubt the identity of the lust edition with the
A considerable part of this letter had work mentioned by Eusebius and the other ancient
previously been published by Leo Allatius, in his writers. (Comp. Grabe, Spicilegium, vol. i. p. 78. )
De Consensu Ecclesiarum Orient. et Occulent. lib. 3. Epistola ad Fratrem Domini Jacobum, just
iii. c. 12. $ 4. According to Cave, Peter bitterly mentioned. Turrianus, in his pologia pro Epis-
inveighed against the lives and doctrines of the tolis Pontificum, published (lib. iv. c. ), and lib. v.
Latin clergy, and especially against the addition of c. 23) a letter of Peter to James, which Cotelerius.
the words * filioque to the creed ; while, accord- in his Patres Apostolici, prefixed to the Clementinu
ing to Le Quien, he preserved a more impartial s. Homiliae Clementinae, a work which Cave appears
tone, and showed every where "a disposition justly to characterize as only another edition or
averse to schism. " There is extant in MS. at form of the Recognitiones. We consider the 'E 10.
Vienna, another letter of Peter, Petri Epistola ad T017) Apds 'lákubov, Epistola ad Jacobum, published
Joannem Tranensem in Apulia Episcopum, relating by Turrianus and Cotelerius, to be the one men-
to the matters in dispute between the Eastern and tioned by Photius ; though Fabricius, who has
Western Churches. (Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. reprinted it in his Codex Ipocryphus N. T. vol. ii.
1040, vol. ii. p. 132 ; Oudin, Comment. de Scrip- p. 997, &c. regards it as a different one. 4. Sét pou
torib. et Scriptis Eccles. vol. ii. col. 605; Lambec. dtokádubis, Petri Apocalypsis s. Revelatio. This
Comment. de Biblioth. Caesaraea, lib. v. cod. ccxlvii. work is mentioned by Eusebius (11. E. iii. 3),
Nos. 19, 20, 22, col. 261–265, ed. Kollar ; Le Jerome (l. c. ), Sozomen (H. E. vii. 19), and in
Quien, Oriens Christian, vol. ii. col. 754. )
some copies of the Stichometria subjoined to the
6. APOSTOLUS, the APOSTLE. Various apocry. Chronographia of Nicephorus of Constantinople.
phal writings were, in the earlier periods of the It was cited by the heretic Theodotus, as appears
Church, circulated under the name of the Apostle from a pissage in the 'TTOTUT WOES, Hypotyposes
Peter. 1. Kard nétpov Evangélov, Evangelium of Clemens of Alexandria, noticed by Eusebius
Petri 6. Erangelium secundum Petrum. This is (11. E. vi. 14). Sozomen (l. c. ) states that the
mentioned by Origen (Commentar, in Matthaeum, work was, in his time, read once a year in some of
tom. xi. ), bý Eusebius (H. E. ii. 3, 25, vi. 12), the churches in Palestine. A passage in Latin,
by Jerome (De l'iris Ilustrib. c. 1), by Theodoret cited by Jacobus de Vitriaco in the thirteenth cen-
(llaeret. Fairl. Compend. ii. 2), who confounds tury, as from the Apoculypsis Petri (apud Grabe,
it with the Evangelium Nazaracorum, or Gospel Spicilegium, vol. i. p. 76), must be from a much
used by the Nazarenes ; and, according to two later work than that noticed by Clement, Eusebius,
MSS. , but not according to the printed editions, and Jerome, for it bears internal evidence of having
answer.
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PETRUS
PETRUS.
Leen written after the rise of Mohammedanism. I never been printed (Fabric. Bild. Graec. rol. x.
6. Néopou kúprywa, Petri Praedicatio, mentioned p. 214, vol. xi. p. 336 ; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. ii.
by Clement of Alexandria (Stromat. libb. i. vi. ), | Dissert. i. p. 15). The other, who is termed
Eusebius (11. E. iii. 3), and Jerome (2. c. ). A few Petrus Siculus or Peter the Sicilian, and acquired
fragments of this work have been collected by his bishopric after A. D. 790, wrote a life of St.
Grabe (Spicileg. vol. i. p. 62, &c. ), from Clement Athanasius, bishop of Methone in the Pelopon-
of Alexandria, Origen, Lactantius, Gregory Na- nesus; and is probably the same person as the
zianzen, and others. Dodwell supposed that the Petrus Siculus who was sent by the emperor Basil
Epistola ad Jacobum (No. 3) was the introduction the Macedonian (Basilius I. MACEDO) to Tab-
to the Praedicatio, but his opinion is rejected by rica in the district or on the frontier of Melitene
Grabe (ibid. p. 59). The work entitled Aidaorania near the Euphrates, to negotiate an exchange of
Hétpou, Doctrina Petri, quoted by Origen (Praef. prisoners, apparently with the chiefs of the Pauli-
ad Libros, repl dpxwv, vers. Rufini) and Damas- cians ; a purpose which, after a residence of nine
cenus (Parallel. ii. 16), is probably only another months, he effected. He wrote an account of the
name for the Pruedlicutio (Grabe, ibid. pp. 56, 57). Paulicians, or as he designated them, Manichaeans,
The Katrix nois Dépou, Cutechesis Petri, formerly Both these works have been published in a Latin
in the Coislin library at Paris, is also apparently version: 1. The life of St. Athanasius is given in
the same work. 6. Petri Judicium s. Duae l'iae. the Latin version of the jesuit Franciscus Bianditius
This work is mentioned by Rufinus (Erposit. Sym- in the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, Januar.
boli) and Jerome (l. c. ). Grabe suspects that no vol. ii. p. 11:25, &c. It is entitled Petri Siculi,
such work ever existed; but that the supposition of humillimi Aryivorum Episcopi, Funebris Oratio in
its existence arose from Rufinus mistaking Kpua, the B. Athanusium, Methones Episcopum. 2. The
abbreviation of kúpuyua, for kplua, and that Jeroine account of the Paulicians was translated into
was misled by the error of Rufinus. The work is Latin, and published by Matthaeus Raderus, 4to.
certainly not mentioned by Eusebius. 7. A work | Ingolstadt, 1604, and has been reprinted in various
entitled 'H Jela deitoupyia Toù dyiou & OOTÓNOU editions of the Bibliotheca Patrum. It is entitled
TIétpou, Missa Apostolica s. Divinum Sacrificium Petri Siculi Historia de vana et stolida Maxi-
S. Apostoli Petri, was published in Greek, with a chacorum Haercsi tanquam Archicpiscopo Bulga-
Latin version by Fed. Morel. Paris, 1595, and has rorum nuncupata. It is in the sixteenth volume
been reprinted (sometimes in Latin only) in various of the Lyon edition of the Bibliotheca, fol. 1677.
editions of the Bibliotheca Patrum. The létpov It is to be observed that Le Quien considers the
Trepíodou, or Circuitus s. Peregrinationes s. Itinerarium Elogium SS. Cosmae et Damiani to be by Petrus
Petri
, mentioned repeatedly by the ancients, appear Siculus, and not by another Peter. ( Miraeus,
to be only so many titles for the Recognitiones of Auctarium de Scriptor.
