The Acts of Peter was the first text to claim that Peter was crucified upside down. It features a “miracle contest” between Peter and Simon Magus—the magician Peter encounters in Acts 8. It’s believed to have been written by a man named Leucius in the late second century. (Leucius ...
According to Catholic tradition, Saint Peter was persecuted by Nero in Rome, when he was fighting against Christians. He died crucified upside down (John 21:18) and his tomb was buried on the Vatican Hill, where Emperor Constantine built the Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the 4th...
I like peter because he confesses his sins and showed agape love on jesus christ so he crucified as upside down how wonder it is . I like the death of peter. If occurs/happen to me how joy it would be! Reply Jennifer says March 26, 2012 at 11:30 am Jeremy, I really enjoyed you...
That capital punishment deprives those so punished of the “possibility of redemption” — as though Dismas, “the good thief” who was crucified next to our Lord, was deprived of the salvation he was promised by Jesus because he was put to death. That there is no circumstance in which th...