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Line 5: {{Gnosticism}} {{New Testament Apocrypha}} The '''Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter''', also known as the '''Coptic Apocalypse of Peter''' and '''Revelation of Peter''', is the third [[Masekhet\|tractate]] in [[Codex]] VII of the [[Nag Hammadi library]]. The work is ~~part~~associated ofwith [[Gnosticism]], a sect of [[early Christianity]], and is considered part of the [[New Testament apocrypha]] and a work of [[apocalyptic literature]]. It was likely originally written in the [[Koine Greek]] language and composed around 200 CE. The surviving manuscript from Nag Hammadi is a poor-quality translation of the Greek into [[Coptic language\|Coptic]], and likely dates from the [[4th century]]. The work's author is unknown, although it is purportedly written by the disciple [[Saint Peter\|Peter]] ([[pseudepigrapha]]) describing revelations given to him during [[Holy Week]] by the Savior Christ. Jesus tells Peter "through you I have begun a work for the [[Remnant (Bible)\|remnant]] whom I called to knowledge (''[[gnosis]]'')"<ref name="meyer71">Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter 71.19-21. Translation is Marvin Meyer's; see {{harvnb\|Meyer\|2007\|pp=488, 491–492}}.</ref> and reveals secrets of the future. The work criticizes other Christian groups, comparing them to the blind and deaf. Jesus says that false Christians (presumably the [[Proto-orthodox Christianity\|proto-orthodox]] movement) will hold power for a time, and that they will be haughty, oppose the truth, set up [[bishop]]s and [[deacon]]s to rule, mislead their followers, and so on. In contrast, certain blessed ones (presumably Gnostics) have immortal souls, and Jesus reassures Peter that they will eventually reign over the others. Peter has a vision of the coming crucifixion, and Christ explains its true meaning in conversation. The text then propounds [[docetism]]: that the divine Christ was invulnerable and never suffered the pains of the mortal world, and certainly did not die during the [[Death of Jesus\|apparent crucifixion]]. Rather, only Jesus-the-man suffered in a variant of the [[substitution hypothesis]].

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