Protestant Poll: Peter in Rome?

chapmaned24 said:

Based on what I see concerning the poll, it was closed back in April of 2006.

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LittleLambofJesus said:

Ahhhh......bummer

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Panevino said:

Re 1pet5:13 and "Babylon"
Some say Babylon may be used to refer to the city of Rome /empire in the following
Rev 17:9 (seven hills, see old roman coin dated ~70ad shows a woman sitting on seven hills (Welcome to Flickr!)
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And in apocrypha
2/4esdras3:1
2baruch11:1,67:7

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Catholic Dude said:

There is a verse at the end of St Peter's first letter which says:

13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.-1Pt5
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During those times Babylon was a code name for Rome because it was the romans who were hostile to Christians just as the Babylonians had done to the jews in centuries past. They knew that the original Babylon was in ruins so they didnt worry about people confusing it when it was mentioned later in early Christian writings as a code name for Rome.

Now many protestants would also claim that the CC is the "harlot of Babylon" mentioned in the book of Revelation, but for some reason wont accept that the "Babylon" in St Peter's letteris also Rome.

This thread is about deciding one or the other, either Peter was in Rome and the CC is the WB or he wasnt in Rome and the CC is not the WB.

Please vote.

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