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1513:. The letter indicates that the disciples had heard Jesus's message when he was alive, and that this message was valid, but some had misinterpreted it, hence needing to hear it again after the Resurrection, with the additional tweaks to make clear various points of doctrine were supported by both Christ and Peter. In other words, the letter's version of Christianity was the correct one, and always had been. The text mentions those who do not recognize Jesus's true nature: probably a reference to lower cosmic forces aligned with "the arrogant one", but perhaps also simultaneously a denunciation of Christians with the "wrong" theology who misunderstand Jesus. While the work seeks to mediate differences and emphasizes the unity of the apostolic collective, it could also be seen as attempting to "correct" invalid theology. 46: 722: 1276: 1502:, are both docetic and portray Peter as invincible, while the Letter of Peter to Philip accepts Christian traditions of Peter suffering. However, it also writes that Jesus is a "stranger" to suffering, but that he suffered anyway to be "like" us - perhaps a compromise position that could allow both a docetic and non-docetic reading, depending on whether the suffering was interpreted as genuine or only a likeness. 1459:, teach salvation in Jesus' name, and heal people. Peter speaks to his students and tells them that Jesus is the author of their life, and they should not listen to the lawless ones. He asks Jesus to give them a spirit of understanding and power to perform great deeds. The messengers are filled with the 1505:
While the early Church was interested in Petrine writings, the framing device of the work being a letter was rare, as Peter was generally reputed more as a preacher and church leader than a letter writer in early Christianity. Most of the work is a dialogue, which was a more common way of relaying
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in the body for the sake of those who have fallen away, and that he spoke to one of his followers who recognized him and was given authority to enter the inheritance of his fatherhood. Jesus explains that those who are detained are his, and that they will become
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once they strip themselves of what is corruptible. He also explains that the powers fight against the inner person and that they must be fought against by teaching salvation in the world, arming oneself with his father's power, and expressing
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that apparently influenced some groups of Gnostics but not others. For the author, Peter legitimized and promoted Gnostic views. The letter does stand in contrast to some other Gnostic works which portray Peter less positively, such as the
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Reaves, Pamela (2017). "Pseudo-Peter and Persecution: (Counter-) Evaluations of Suffering in the Coptic Apocalypse of Peter (NHC VII,3) and the Letter of Peter to Philip (NHC VIII,2)". In Burke, Tony (ed.).
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over it and confining it within the mortal realms. The arrogant one grew proud because of the praise of the powers and created mortal bodies from a misrepresentation of the appearance.
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Although Peter's status in the writing may lead scholars to consider it a Petrine document, Michael Kaler argues that it is instead Pauline, since it draws on the account of
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Pamela Reaves argues that there are subtle references to inter-Christian discord addressed by the letter, similar to the overt denunciation of other Christians in the
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Frey, Jörg (2024). "Petrine Traditions and Petrine Authorship Constructions in Early Christianity". In Maier, Daniel C.; Frey, Jörg; Kraus, Thomas J. (eds.).
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Os, Bas van. "The Role of the Apostles in the Letter of Peter to Philip." Annali di storia dell’esegesi 29.2 (2012): 155-60. ATLA Religion. Web. 15 Oct 2015.
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The work's stance on suffering, where Peter writes that a revelatory voice told him it was necessary for him to suffer, might suggest a non-
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Kaler, Michael (2009). "The Letter of Peter to Philip and Its Message of Gnostic Revelation and Christian Unity".
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original, likely written in c. 200 AD. An additional copy of the text, also written in Coptic, was later found in
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theology. It is difficult to know for sure, but some other works in the Nag Hammadi library, such as the
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Novensen, Matthew V. (2015). "Why Are There Some Petrine Epistles Rather Than None?". In
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The work considers Peter the primary authority on doctrine, a stance common in
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value of preaching the message of Jesus. In practice it is more of an
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The messengers ask Jesus about the deficiency of the realms and their
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is a Gnostic writing. It was initially discovered as the second
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followed her, took a portion, and sowed it, placing powers and
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for them, and they must also suffer. The messengers go to
1440:. Lightning and thunder appear, and Jesus is taken up to 1368:. The central message of the writing is to emphasize the 1917:, overview and bibliography by Pamela Reaves. NASSCAL: 1786:(1980). "The Gnostic Apostle: The Petrine Tradition". 1752:. Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha 21. Peeters. 1545:. Claremont Graduate University. School of Religion 1411:occurred when the disobedience and foolishness of 1646:"The Letter of Peter to Philip and the NT (1978)" 1384:Peter writes to Philip regarding orders from the 2380: 1575:. San Francisco: Harper & Row. p. 394. 1415:led to the establishment of eternal realms. The 1946: 1847: 1845: 1298: 682: 1447:The messengers thank the Lord and return to 1953: 1939: 1842: 1811: 1809: 1305: 1291: 689: 675: 1890:. William B. 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Index

a series
Gnosticism

Adam kasia
Adam pagria
Aeon
Anima mundi
Archon
Barbelo
Demiurge
Five Seals
Gnosis
Kenoma
Luminary
Manda
Monad
Ogdoad
Pleroma
Sophia
Uthra
World of Light
World of Darkness
Yaldabaoth
Gnostic sects
List of Gnostic sects
Proto-Gnosticism
Maghāriya
Thomasines
Adam
Mandaeism

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