Protestant Poll: Peter in Rome?

[LittleLambofJesus]

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

Ahhhh......bummer

 

[chapmaned24]

Ahhhh......bummer

Ya, that's a problem when a thread is almost 30 pages long. How time flies!!

 

[Panevino]

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 (http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/antiquitiesproject/5906496802/)
http://m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=5906496802

And in apocrypha
2/4esdras3:1
2baruch11:1,67:7
2 Baruch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

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!)
Welcome to Flickr!

And in apocrypha
2/4esdras3:1
2baruch11:1,67:7

Aren't they mountains? Or is there a difference?

Blue Letter Bible - Search Results for YLT
"mountains"
occurs 143 times in 136 verses in the YLT


Young) Revelation 17:9 `Here [is] the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains/orh <3735>, upon which the woman doth sit,

Textus Rec.) Revelation 17:9 wde o nouV o ecwn sofian ai epta kefalai orh eisin epta opou h gunh kaqhtai ep autwn

 

[JacktheCatholic]

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.

Since historically speaking, all evidence shows that Peter started the Church in Rome and was with Paul where both were martyred, Peter on a cross and upside down and Paul was beheaded because he was a Roman citizen. I have never seen or heard any evidence contrary. So, this seems like a question that can only be answered one way.

 

[suzybeezy]

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This thread is from 2006 and was resurrected a few times. We've decided to close this one. You are free to restart a new thread.

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