Acts of Peter

Acts of Peter 12:1

And Simon being inside, spoke thus to the dog: “Tell Peter that I am not in.” But the dog said to him in the presence of Marcellus, “Thou most wicked and impudent, worst enemy of all who live and believe in Christ Jesus. A dumb animal, which received a human voice, has been sent to thee to convince thee and to prove that thou art a juggler and deceiver. It required so many hours for thee to say, Say I am not here! Thou hast not been ashamed to lift up thy weak and useless voice against Peter, the servant and apostle of Christ, as if thou couldst be hidden from him who told me to speak to thy face. And this, not on thy account, but on account of those whom thou didst deceive and bring into perdition. Thou shalt therefore be accursed, thou enemy and destroyer of the way of Christ’s truth, who shall punish thy iniquities which thou didst do with the imperishable fire, and thou shalt be in outer darkness.” Having thus spoken these words, the dog ran away. And the multitude followed, so that Simon remained alone. And the dog came to Peter, who was with the crowd (which had come), to see the face of Peter; and the dog reported of his affair with Simon. To the messenger and apostle of the true God the dog said as follows: “Peter, thou shalt have a hard fight with Simon, the enemy of Christ, and with his adherents; but many whom he deceived thou wilt convert to the faith. For this thou shalt receive a reward for thy work from God.” Having thus spoken, the dog fell at the feet of Peter and expired. When the multitude with great astonishment saw the talking dog, many fell down at the feet of Peter, but others said: “Show us another miracle that we may believe thee as a servant of the living God; for Simon too did many wonders in our presence, and on that account we followed him.”