What does "Peter in Chains" mean???
2006-09-25 17:03:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's one such church in Cincinnatti. Refers to a time when St. Peter was in jail. Thus in chains.
2006-09-25 17:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Peter, the first pope, was imprisoned on 2 separate occasions during his 25 year reign as the Vicar of Christ.
The pious Eudocia, wife of Emperor Teodosio II, journeyed to Jerusalem and found the chain that had bound Peter during his second imprisonment. According to the Acts of the Apostles (12:6), an angel caused the chains to fall from Peter's hands and led him past slumbering guards to freedom.
The chain was eventually given as a gift to Pope St. Leo the Great (440-461). In Rome there was already a chain that was greatly prized which had bound the saint during his nine month imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison near the Forum. When the pope compared the two chains, they miraculously fused together into one unbreakable series of links. Because of this miracle, Empress Eudocia built the Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains, and dedicated it to the apostle in the year 442. The relic is now kept in a golden urn beneath the high altar, close to the famous statue of Michelangelo's Moses.
2006-09-25 17:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by Beauty_Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter in Chains is where according to the Bible Peter was like chained up in jail and then an angel rescued him in the middle of teh_night
2006-09-25 17:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that at one point Peter was improsoned by the Romans and Angels st him free
2006-09-25 17:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by Marisa & Laurence D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like it hurts, or maybe you should go help Peter.
2006-09-25 17:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by hugabug72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree Druid, sounds like an S&M Church to me, but I'd say that's not what it is.
2006-09-25 17:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alice's brother. Must be in Seattle.
2006-09-25 17:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by anyone 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing it's an allusion to asceticism.
2006-09-25 17:06:08 · answer #8 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means how god resuced peter when he was in jail for preaching about him.... that's what i think it means....
2006-09-25 17:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by crazy4music? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>The christians have discovered S&M?<
2006-09-25 17:05:44 · answer #10 · answered by Druid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋