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Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter (Vercelli Acts 1-29, Martyrdom 30-41, Coptic Act of Peter) — Bernhard Pick 1909 English translation
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Acts of Peter 2:1
And they brought bread and water as a sacrifice to Paul that he might offer prayer (over it) and distribute it among them. Among those present was also a woman, named Rufina, who also wished to receive the eucharist from the hands of Paul. And when she came forward, Paul, filled by the Spirit of God, said to her: “Rufina, not as a worthy one dost thou approach the altar of God, since thou dost rise from the side not of a husband, but of a fornicator and thou dost endeavor to receive God’s eucharist. Behold, Satan will trample down thy heart and expose thee before the eyes of all who believe in the Lord, that they may see and believe and know, that they have believed on the living God, the searcher of hearts. But if thou wilt repent of thy deed, he is faithful to forgive thy sins and can free thee from this sin. But if thou repentest not while thou art still in the body, the devouring fire and the outer darkness will receive thee for ever.”
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Acts of Peter 2:2
And directly Rufina collapsed, being paralyzed on the left side from head to foot. Nor could she speak any more, for her tongue was tied. When the old believers and neophytes saw this, they beat their breasts, remembering their former sins, lamented and said, “We know not whether God forgives us the former sins, which we have committed.”
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Acts of Peter 2:3
And Paul asked for silence, and said: “Men and brethren, you who have now commenced to believe on Christ, if you continue not in your former works committed according to the tradition of your fathers, and abstain from every deceit and wrath, from all cruelty and fornication and pollution and pride and jealousy and insolence and enmity, Jesus the living God will forgive you what you have done ignorantly. Wherefore, ye servants of God, let every one of you put on peace, serenity, mildness, faith, charity, knowledge, wisdom, love for the brotherhood, hospitality, mercy, moderation, chastity, goodness, righteousness. Then you will have in eternity for your guide the first-born of every creature and the power in peace with our Lord.” When Paul had spoken thus, they asked him to pray for them. And Paul lifted up his voice and said, “Eternal God, God of heavens, God of unspeakable essence, who has established all by thy word, and hast added to thy grace a bond connected with the whole world, Father of thy holy Son Jesus Christ, we jointly beseech thee through thy Son Jesus Christ to strengthen the souls which were once unbelieving, but now believe. Once I was a blasphemer, but now I am blasphemed; once I was a persecutor, now I suffer persecution from others; once I was an enemy of Christ, now I ask to be permitted to be a friend. For I trust in his mercy and promise; (for) I believe that I am a believer and have received remission of my former sins. Therefore, I also exhort you, brethren, to believe in God the Father Almighty and put all your trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, his Son. If you believe on him, no man will be able to pluck you out of his promise. In like manner bend your knees and commend me to the Lord, who am about to go to another nation, that his grace may go before me and my journey be prosperous, that it (the grace) may receive his holy vessels and the believers, and thanking me, who proclaimed unto them the word of the Lord, they become firmly established (in the faith).” And the brethren wept for a long time, and with Paul they besought God and said, “O Lord Jesus Christ, be thou with Paul, and bring him safely back to us, for we know our weakness, which is still in us.”
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Recorded completeness: Vercelli Acts chapters 1-29 (chapter 7 not staged), Martyrdom chapters (Pick numbering 1-12 = Lipsius 30-41), and the Coptic "Deed of Peter" fragment.. Available reading sections are listed below.
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