History of Peter
by Roger Skrenes
Peter is spoken of 195 times in the New Testament, twice as many times as all the other Apostles combined. Today, when Peter is discussed, however, what is most often emphasized is the erratic or sinful side of his personality. Jesus saw something deep and profound under Peter’s brash exterior. Jesus saw the rock foundation of his Church in the breast of Peter (Matthew 16: 18-19)! Today, we readers should be assigning more attention to this deeper, more mysterious side of Peter.
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TESTIMONIALS
“A stunning, scriptural review of the life of Saint Peter as foretold in the Old Testament and portrayed in the New — not only a demonstration that Peter was divinely chosen as head of the Church that Christ built, but also proof of the validity of apostolic succession that has continued for almost two thousand years.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, Lay Dominican of the Province of Saint Albert the Great
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Roger Skrenes studied science as an undergraduate and history as a graduate. He holds a master’s degree in religion and has taught high school in Los Angeles, California, for over thirty years, including six summers in the California Youth Authority (a prison for teenage boys in Whittier, CA). He is the father of three adult children, Mary, Mark and Therese.
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