St. Peter (died ca. 65) is traditionally considered to be the head of Jesus' 12 Apostles and the first bishop of Rome. Peter's original name was Simon, Peter being a name given him by Jesus. At the time of Jesus' public life, Peter was a grown man....

PETER THE APOSTLE (d. 64? CE) was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to Roman Catholic tradition, the first pope. The earliest sources of information about Peter are such that it is not possible to draw an altogether clear distinction...

The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, Shimon "Keipha" Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha—original name Shimon or Simeon (Hebrew: שמעון‎) ( (Acts 15:14)—was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose as his original...

Jesus once rebuked him as Satan, yet entrusted him with the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. What kind of man could elicit such responses? Protestant and Catholic scholars generally concur that the apostle Peter enjoyed a special closeness to Jesus and that...

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A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somalian Muslim youngsters has exposed _ yet again _ the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.Over the past six years, as many as 3,500...

A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somali Muslim youngsters has exposed _ yet again _ the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.Over the past six years, as many as 3,500...