What is Saint Peter famous for?
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Saint Peter is also known as Simon (his original name, meaning hearkening and listening), or as Cephas (the rock).  He was born in Bethsaida or in a closely neighboring area, and his birth date remains unknown.  He died by crucifixion, and although The Liturgy of the Hours records June 29, AD 69 as his date of death, some scholars believe it to be on October 13, AD 64.  Roman rumor and tradition has it that he was crucified upside-down by his own request, as he did not wish to equate with Jesus.  \nBefore his conversion, Saint Peter known as Simon resided in Bethsaida, near Lake Tiberias.  He was the son of John, and worked as a fisherman on Lake Genesareth like his brother Saint Andrew.  After Andrew’s introduction of Peter to Jesus, Jesus summoned Peter to follow him and to become a disciple.  Upon Peter’s becoming of a disciple of Jesus, Peter acknowledged Jesus as "... the Messiah, the son of the living God”. Christ responded by saying: "... you are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church....” He added: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”. During the majority of his life in which he dedicated to the Catholic Church, Peter was generally always listed as the first of the Apostles in all of the New Testament accounts.  Peter was a member of the inner circle of Jesus, alongside James and John.  He was at Jesus’ side at the Transfiguration, the raising of Jairus’ daughter, as well as the Agony of the Garden of Gethsemane. Peter assisted in the organization of The Last Supper.   After Jesus was crucified and was resurrected, the first appearance of the Risen Christ was before Peter, ahead of the other disciples, and when the Lord came before the disciples at Tiberias, he gave to Peter the famous command to “Feed my lambs.... Tend my sheep.... Feed my sheep”.  Peter remained loyal to Jesus along with the Catholic Church until the day of his death, in which he was crucified upside-down upon the Vatican Hill.  He was then buried there, and excavations under St. Peter’s Basilica have unearthed his probable tomb, and his relics are now enshrined under the high altar of St. Peter’s.\nWhat brought about his conversion was the occasion upon which he was fishing in the Lake of Genesareth, Simon (Peter) was called by Jesus to be his follower, along with his brother Andrew. Seeing them cast a net for fish, Jesus is said to have told them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."  Following this, Jesus led them to the house in which Peter's mother-in-law was suffering from a severe fever.  Jesus healed her right then and there, and that truly inspired Peter.  \nPeter performed the first miracle of healing.  A beggar was asking Peter for money, he told him he had none and bade the beggar to rise and walk.  The beggar did as he was told, and by Jesus’ power, Peter was able to cure him of his lameness.  \nThe fact that Saint Peter was a stout believer, and trusted Jesus so quickly is what I like best about this saint.  His large role in the development, spreading and structure of the religion inspires me.  He was an important part of the religions, and although he was a sinner, he still persevered to achieve many great things.
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He has a long list of accomplishments both before and after election to the papacy.\n\nHe has a long list of documents, books, plays and articles written by him.  If he were an professor, he would have been considered very accomplished.\n\nHe was an accomplished actor and athlete.  He was an avid downhill skiier and I have heard he represented Poland in Rugby.  I don't know if the last part is true or not.\n\nHe spoke fluently at least 12 languages and tried to learn the languages of every country he visited, he made 104 overseas trips.\n\n\nHe visited more countries than any other pope including Peter.\n\nHe has an extensive list of apologies for past wrongs committed by Christians.\n\nHe went a great distance in healing the rift with the other patriarchs, split since the Great Schism in Christianity.\n\nHe did a lot to bring down Communism both before and after election.\n\nEven his funeral brought about accomplishments.  The President of Iran and the Prime Minister of Israel were accidently seated near one another.  Iran has vowed the death of Israel.  The President got up, walked over to the Prime Minister and wished him well and spoke about how they grew up only sixty miles apart.  Prime Minister Sharon has since had a stroke, but you never know what can happen when avowed enemies spend even a moment together as people.
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Try going to his web-site.  It has contact info:\n\nhttp://peterpaige.net/guestbook.htm
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The Popes are the successors of Peter. Peter was the first Christian leader of all the christians after the resurrection. He went to Rome and was the leader there for many years until he was crucified by the emperor Nero around 64 AD. All the bishops of Rome (the pope) take their authority from Jesus who  gave Peter the Authorithy to rule. Matthew 16:18-20 and John 21: 15-18
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It varies, depending on what is happening in my life, as to which is my favourite and most inspiring, but most of the time I would have to say Peter because he is just so human and failable, and yet he just keeps on getting up, acknowledging his weakness and sin, and getting on with doing God's work.  He is so humble, he experiences all the negative emotions that humans experience (anger, fear etc) and even denies Christ, and yet he goes on to apologise and not to give up but to go on to spread the word of Jesus.  The man is a hero.    I'd like to be that brave to face up to my own weakness and put it behind me for God like he does.
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Well, that depends on who you ask and what qualifies as "start." :)\n\nJesus told Peter he was to be "the rock" on which he (Jesus) would build his church. Catholics take that to refer to Peter as the head of the church - then they see Peter as the Bishop of the Church in Rome, which would make him the first Pope. They see each successive Bishop of Rome as being Pope, as well, in a line of succession from Peter. \n\nSo, you could point to Pentecost (when the Holy Spirit comes down on the Apostles in Acts), as the start of the church itself. Or, you could see it, in a way, as being when Jesus named Peter.\n\nAs to the history, we know Bishops of Rome were pretty powerful at least as early as the 2nd century, but we really don't have evidence of them being considered the universal head of the church (ie-the Pope) until the 3rd or 4th century.
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Actually some popes are canonized.  John Paul is undergoing the process now whereby you have to perform 2 miracles.  I believe that he cured a nun of Parkinson's disease for one.\n\nIt's specifically the Catholics that do that.  One must have also led an exemplary life as well.
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If Nesmas Kol CHa is the book I think you're reffereing to it was not written by Saint Peter but is a book written by Agnostic writes, who would often use the name of various Chrsitian saints to try and create a set of canon for thier relgion is place of the Christian Gospels. the gospel of St. Judas and St. Thomas are similar cases.
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The German original text you can find on internet for example at http://www.internet-maerchen.de/maerchen/peter.htm\n\nJust with an English version I can not help you.
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You mean Peter, Cephas [the Rock], right? Yup. He was married and his wife prepared them a meal, I think.\n\nPeace be with you.\n\n[I'll research it now and get back to you...]
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the legend of the holy who?\nshows how much i know about my religion
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Peter (hence the name St. Peter's Basillica)
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Peter mean rock... but that's the only one I know.  Go online and look up name meanings.  Like there are baby naming websites that have the meanings of names.  So just go there and look up the names of the Apostles.
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st . peter. jesus appointed him
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Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:17-19)\n\nThe Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.\n\nThe current Pope, Benedict XVI, is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.\n\nPope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger in 1927. Here is his official Vatican biography: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/biography/documents/hf_ben-xvi_bio_20050419_short-biography_en.html\n\nWith love in Christ.
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peter was upside down on the cross. and it was in rome.\nthe word babylon is your past.and it doesn't say who was killed first peter or paul.
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Here's a good link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Christians