According to Wikipedia, St. Peter is widely belived to have been crucified upside down per his request. Is this true. I have also heard that he was martyed by being stoned to death. Which version is the truth?
2007-05-21 09:24:11 · 14 answers · asked by Joseph R 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Both the cross death and the stoning death are law law.
Such churchy creeds are the product of IMPure religions.
Many, deceived by many, @ss u me John 21:18-19 refers to death of Peter; but it further clarifies it's about John, not Peter.
Many, deceived by many shall come to deceive and shall deceive many, also speak of Clement's epistle to the Corinthians, chp 5, as being about the death of Peter. Also the deuterocanonical book of the Acts speaks of Peter being held (girded) by another to get crucified upside down on a cross. But neither of these writings got canonized in the Bible.
The truth about Peter is in the Bible. He's the only man called Satan in the Bible: Mt 16:23, and also told when he got converted that he should strengthen his scatter brained brethren: Lk 22:32. Peter (of Simon->Peter) obviously got converted later by reading all the Pauline Epistles (including Hebrews and Revelation authored by Paul), which Peter notably mentions in his second general epistle: 2Pet3. To strengthen his scatter brained brethren he says "grow" (up), "grow in grace" (not in law, which stunts growth).
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2007-05-21 09:52:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
St. Peter was taken outside of Rome and crucified upside down. That is the tradition. Now just because it is a tradition does not mean it is untrue or made up (as some may write to you). The event of his crucifixion is real. That he was crucified upside down is real and has been passed on. We have Thanksgiving (a tradition), although many of the details within its origin are not known today, however, the real important parts of it are passed down and not made up. So it is with the crucifixion of St. Peter.
You may have the martyrdom of St. Stephen in mind when you heard of someone being stoned to death. St. Stephen was a contemporary of Peter and Stephen was killed in that way. May the Lord bless and keep you. May the light of His face shine upon you.
God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john
2007-05-21 09:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by som 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was indeed crucified upside down. He did not feel worthy to be crucified which is why he requested to be killed this way since they would not offer another form of death. And for all those who are saying it's a fairy tale you can also find a record of his death in the Roman archives. Just an FYI
2007-05-21 09:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by Sylvia G 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
St Peter was crucified upside down. They were just going to crucify him, but he did not deem himself worthy to be crucified the way Jesus was and requested to be crucified upside down.
2007-05-21 09:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was crucified upside down. He felt below Jesus and believed he should feel more pain that Jesus felt on the cross, so he was crucified upside-down.
That is why the Catholic Church uses an inverted cross--not because it's Satanic, but because it's called "the cross of St. Peter."
2007-05-21 09:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by Paien 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peter was crucified, he requested to be hung upside down.
He didn't think he was worthy enough to die the same way as Jesus.
18Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." 19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!" (John 21:18,19)
2007-05-21 09:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard he was crucified upside down...never heard he was stoned to death.
2007-05-21 09:28:36 · answer #7 · answered by like the ocean needs the waves 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard he was crucified upside down.
2007-05-21 09:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's true.
Concerning the manner of Peter's death, we possess a tradition — attested to by Tertullian at the end of the second century and by Origen (in Eusebius, "Hist. Eccl.", II, i) — that he suffered crucifixion. Origen says: "Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer".
2007-05-21 09:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by Misty 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally he is said to have been crucified upside down. But this probably is more tradition than fact. But, then again who knows?
2007-05-21 09:27:29 · answer #10 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋