The Apocalypse of Peter
quotes from the Apocalypse of Peter→
The Apocalypse of Peter (or Revelation of Peter) is an early Christian text dated circa 100 A.D. It is not included in the canon of the New Testament, but was considered a part of the Antilegomena, or disputed books, that some early Christians considered inspired, but whose authorship was questioned by others. It is mentioned in the Muratorian fragment (the oldest surviving list of New Testament books), which states that some church authorities would not have it read in church. The text is extant in two incomplete versions of a lost Greek original. The Greek manuscript was unknown until it was discovered during excavations initiated by Gaston Maspéro during 1886 in Upper Egypt. The fragment consisted of parchment leaves of the Greek version that was claimed to be deposited in the grave of a Christian monk of the 8th or 9th century. Before that, the work had been known only through copious quotations in early Christian writings.
For the complete extant work of The Apocalypse of Peter as found in the Akhmim Fragment, and translated by Andrew Rutherfurd as presented in Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 9 (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.) see below:
Quotes & Excerpts:
“…many of them will be false prophets, and will teach divers ways and doctrines of perdition: but these will become sons of perdition. ” –Apocalypse of Peter 1, translated by Andrew Rutherfurd, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 9. Edited by Allan Menzies. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.)
On Sanctification / Purification:
“And then God will come unto my faithful ones who hunger and thirst and are afflicted and purify their souls in this life; and he will judge the sons of lawlessness.” –Apocalypse of Peter 3, translated by Andrew Rutherfurd, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 9. Edited by Allan Menzies. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.)
“And near that place I saw another strait place into which the gore and the filth of those who were being punished ran down and became there as it were a lake: and there sat women having the gore up to their necks, and over against them sat many children who were born to them out of due time, crying; and there came forth from them sparks of fire and smote the women in the eyes: and these were the accursed who conceived and caused abortion.” –Apocalypse of Peter 25, translated by Andrew Rutherfurd, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 9. Edited by Allan Menzies. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896.)