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Continued from Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Icon of Saints Peter and Paul (the happy meeting) "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days" (Gal 1:18). "But when Cephas came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned" (Gal 2:11). The great apostles Peter and Paul stand face to face in these two moments, one congenial, one painful — fixed points in a sea of questions surrounding Paul's narrative in the first two chapters of Galatians. In between Paul mentions one other meeting...

NOTE: Expanded/revised since originally posted. See updated material in blue below. Continued from Part 1 | Part 2 Teaching of the Twelve icon "First Simon, who is called Peter." With these words St. Matthew begins his enumeration of the Twelve, emphasizing the primacy of Simon Peter among the Twelve (Matt 10:2ff). A similar prominence is given to Peter in every enumeration of the Twelve, where Peter is always listed first, followed by the next most prominent disciples, John and James, with Judas Iscariot always in the last position (cf. Mark 3:16ff, Luke 6:14ff, Acts 1:13ff). The word "first," protos, is...

Saint Peter, 5th or 6th century icon from St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai. In my home library (overflowing, alas, the eight-foot bookshelves lining my home-office walls into double rows on the shelves and spills out into stacks covering the floor) are a couple dozen or so books by Eastern Orthodox writers, at least two of which are dedicated to the exploring the meaning of Peter's primacy and the primacy of the Bishop of Rome. Some Protestants are surprised to discover this, because they have the idea that the Eastern Orthodox "deny the primacy" of Peter and/or of Rome; but this...

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Peter Tork, former member of the wildly popular 60's group The Monkees, was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and will undergo extensive surgery today in New York. The cancer is uncommon and generally grows slowly on a person's head and neck. It's most frequently found in the salivary glands but in Tork's case was discovered on the lower region of his tongue. Doctors say preliminary findings from a biopsy show the cancer has not spread beyond the initial site and the 67-year old Tork says his prognosis is good. His surgery will be...

US Chamber of Commerce just put this out. As far as I can tell, it's the hardest they've come down on Obama thus far. Better late than never. ----------------------------------------- Obama Budget Wrong Prescription for Economic Recovery, Says U.S. Chamber Josten: You Don’t Build a House by Blowing Up Its Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Bruce Josten today issued the following statement on the Obama administration’s proposed budget: “While we have not seen all the details, the president’s disappointing budget proposal appears to move in exactly the wrong direction. More taxes, heavy-handed regulations, and...

MURRIETA, Calif. – A self-proclaimed polygamist was sentenced Friday to seven consecutive life prison terms for torturing seven of his 19 children, abusing four others and imprisoning two of his three wives. Mansa Musa Muhummed, 55, also was sentenced to additional terms totaling 16 years and eight months by Riverside County Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson III, who said Muhummed's treatment of his family amounted to "a reign of terror over defenseless children." "If his appeals are exhausted and he does not prevail, he will die in prison," said Peter Morreale, Muhummed's attorney. Muhummed was convicted in June of...

"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just, ... Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets. ... You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from...

Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. Luke 22:60-62 Jesus had warned Peter hours earlier that Peter would deny Jesus, not once, but three times. Peter’s response? "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." We smile at this because we know the ending. You just know...

Once there was a Pope named Peter? One day Jesus asked two questions to his disciples. The first: Who do men say that the Son of Man is? (Matthew 16:13). The second more personal "But you, who do you say that I am?" Do you believe what the people’s opinion are of him or do you have one of your own. In v.16 Peter spoke up and answered “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus now turned to Peter and made a series of statements. One is where the revelation came from. Jesus tells him that...

The New Testament contains five different metaphors for the foundation of the Church (Matt. 16:18, 1 Cor. 3:11, Eph. 2:20, 1 Pet. 2:5–6, Rev. 21:14). One metaphor that has been disputed is Jesus Christ’s calling the apostle Peter "rock": "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). Some have tried to argue that Jesus did not mean that his Church would be built on Peter but on something else. Some argue that in this passage there is a minor difference between the Greek term...

1. At this moment in the Church's life, the question of the primacy of Peter and of his Successors has exceptional importance as well as ecumenical significance. John Paul II has frequently spoken of this, particularly in the Encyclical Ut unum sint, in which he extended an invitation especially to pastors and theologians to "find a way of exercising the primacy which, while in no way renouncing what is essential to its mission, is nonetheless open to a new situation".1In answer to the Holy Father's invitation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to study the matter...

The organizer of the Million Mom March scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., this Sunday, Mother's Day, is the sister-in-law of first lady Hillary Clinton's closest friend and political advisor and has served as publicist for CBS News anchor Dan Rather. As reported by columnist Tony Blankley in yesterday's Washington Times, virtually all major media coverage of march organizer Donna Dees-Thomasas has failed to disclose that she is the sister-in-law of Susan Thomasas, Mrs. Clinton's chief political advisor and close friend."To deny the readers (and viewers) such necessary -- and available -- information is to breach ... the moral...

'Smoking Gun' Clinton Tape Released to Public By Fred Lucas CNSNews.com Staff Writer June 22, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The video described in a civil suit as "smoking gun" evidence that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) committed felonies became available on the Internet Friday. On the tape the former first lady and leading Democratic presidential contender is heard speaking in 2000 with Hollywood mogul Peter Paul, comic book icon Stan Lee, and director Aaron Tonkin about a massive fundraising event for her 2000 Senate race. Paul spent about $2 million of his own money to produce the event but later had a...

1 Peter 4 ends with a prepositional phrase, “in doing what is right.” The “therefore” in 5:1 connects that prepositional phrase to final instructions (5:1-10). A doxology (5:11) precedes the conclusion (5:12-14) of the letter. 1. Leaders of the Church: Do What Is Right. In verses 1-5, Greek adjectives, translated “elder” or “fellow elder,” occur three times. In the Early Church, according to the New Testament, “elder” was a title of authority (e.g., Acts 14:23; 1 Tim. 5:17; Jas. 5:14). The Apostle Paul twice used “elder” and “overseer” — another title — interchangeably. For example, he had charged the elders...

Sunday, April 15 “Prepare for Suffering” 1 Peter 3:13-4:6 By Ivan Parke In the study course Empowered Parenting, Robert J. Morgan titled chapter 12 “Painful Parenting: When Children Break Your Heart.” Similar wording would depict accurately this life, “When — NOT If — You Suffer.” Jesus repeatedly warned His followers to expect persecution: “You will be hated by all on account of My name” (Mt. 10:22a). He also encouraged them, “Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Rejoice, and be glad, for...

DUNFERMLINE Building Society has appointed Peter Weanie to its board as corporate and social housing director...

The Early Church Fathers understood from the beginning that Peter and his successors held a place of primacy in the Church. Clement of RomeAccept our counsel and you will have nothing to regret. . . . If anyone disobeys the things which have been said by him [Jesus] through us, let them know that they will involve themselves in no small danger. We, however, shall be innocent of this sin and will pray with entreaty and supplication that the Creator of all may keep unharmed the number of his elect (Letter to the Corinthians 58:2, 59:1[A.D. 95]).Ignatius of AntiochYou [the...

The premise to uphold or debunk: (a) That the name of “Rock” was specially announced as a name for God in the Torah (Deut 32:1-4) and that (b) the name has been erased and/or lost in certain translations and thus (c) has had an effect on how Christians understand certain passages in Scripture. Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the...

I have been in a discussion with a woman believing that there were two Gospels (Peter’s and Paul’s). She holds that these two Gospels present two separate laws after the death of Christ. The fact that only Paul had the mystery revealed unto him. Peter’s Gospel is to the Jews and is based on works. Paul’s is to the Gentiles and is based on faith alone. We are going to study the faith that after Calvary there was and still is only one Gospel – Justification that Paul and Peter did not present two different messages – We are not...