It's my understanding that in the writings of some of the early church fathers and such, there are accounts of Peter being in Rome.
For example, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria ... here's a quick Google link which offers a few of their quotes:
Was Peter in Rome? | Catholic Answers
The post you're referencing however brings up points concerning the WB, Rome as Babylon, etc. Is it okay to include discussion on those topics as well, or would you view that as a derail ?
If it's cool and not a derail ... I'll go ahead and toss out there something I found interesting, and this is concerning the Babylon=Jerusalem=WB angle. It occurred to me while reading this site here:
The harlot of Babylon
The idea is that when Jesus speaks this in Matt 5:31:
"It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
... that Jesus is being prophetic concerning Jerusalem and Israel. In Jeremiah, where God describes Israel as a bride and He the husband, and He is giving her a bill of divorce for her adulteries (and the reference to Jerusalem/Israel as a harlot abounds in Ezekiel), etc ... the idea I'm wondering about is that if Jerusalem and Israel are the "harlot", and the divorced entity due to adulteries ... whoever marries her is also committing adultery, yes ? And we see this resound in Revelations, with Mystery Babylon.
What does this mean about the relationship between those who "marry" Jerusalem/Israel ? Are those who seek to place themselves into "Israel" via non-Christ ways, guilty of adultery ? This kind of goes along with the CC is WB, but from an angle I hadn't considered before.
To me, Jerusalem is symbolic but God did not divorce her. To me the WB is seen in straying from the Lords commands (the wife submits to the husband) and its seen specifically in covetousness and other worldly ways. Paul preaches against it often, exhorting us to flee from it. We are not suppose to worry about material thing but instead put our affections (as a faithful wife would) on the husband i.e, the kingdom of Heaven. Trusting Christ in this way (to supply our needs and not worry) isn't always easy but faith isn't supposed to be easy or it wouldn't be faith, just as hope that is seen isn't hope. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. But if we put our trust in man/politicians and love the world and set our affections on the earth then we are like an unfaithful wife who doesn't hope or have faith. Covetousness is idolatry and spiritual adultery. This world is not our home, if we love it or the things in it then we become unfaithful to Christ. See what Hebrews says about faith and faithfulness to Christ.
Hebrews 11:11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a
good testimony.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them,[
c] embraced
them and
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
The homeland= Kindom of heaven
14
For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind that
country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly
country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Faith is faithfulness to Christ
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son, 18 of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,”[
d] 19 concluding that God
was able to raise
him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped,
leaning on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw
he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in[
e] Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry
land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
By Faith They Overcame
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also
of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted,[
f] were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains,
in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
Covetousness is spiritual adultery that defiles the marriage bed
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
5
Let your conduct
be without covetousness;
be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”[
a] 6 So we may boldly say:
“The Lord
is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”[
b]