THERE ALSO IS NO HISTORICAL PROOF PETER WAS CRUCIFIED UPSIDE BY NERO, EUSEBIUS WRITINGS A CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND SEEING THE LIARS THEY ARE, IT IS NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TO BE BELIEVED, THE LORD ME IT IS TO COVER FOR THEIR OCCULT PRACTICE. THEY CLAIM THE USE THE UPSIDE CROSS TO HONOR PETER THE FIRST POPE, WHICH HE WAS NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT, LIED WHEN THEY CLAIMED HE IS BURIED THERE, ARE STILL LYING ABOUT IT, SO DISREGARD IT, IT IS FALSE, NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE PETERS EXACT WAY OF DEATH...........> In the Bible which apostle was crucified upsidedown??????????????????????The Bible nowhere records the upside down crucifixion of an apostle.History affirms that the apostle Peter was crucified in Rome under the deathof the emperor Nero, but the exact nature of that crucifixion (i.e., upsidedown) is less certain In John 21:18-19 the Lord signified to Peter that he would die a martyrs death by crucifixion. Here is a reference I found on the internet which provides some interesting information on this matter (a link to the page is also provided): ----- new-life.net/faq800.htm (This link is no longer valid) Was Peter crucified upside-down? Q: I had a question that has come up in A MAILING LIST discussion (for one of my classes) regarding upside down crosses. Someone brought up the fact that Peter was crucified upside-down. Ive heard about this too but I dont remember reading it in the Bible. What is the documentation for that? Someone has challenged the fact that Peter was ever crucified. I wish I knew my history better but they dont exactly teach you biblical history in public schools! A: It seems absolutely certain that Peter was executed in Rome sometime during the persecutions under Nero (AD 64). Whether he was crucified upside-down is a little less certain. Here is the evidence and documentation: The earliest mention that we have of Peters death is in a letter from Clement, bishop of Rome (AD 88-97), to the Corinthians. He mentions the suffering and martyrdom of Peter and Paul in Rome. Dionysius, bishop of Corinth, bears the following testimony (about AD 180) referring to Peter and Paul: Both of these having planted the church at Corinth, likewise instructed us; and having in like manner taught in Italy, they suffered martyrdom about the same time. About AD 200, Tertullian, a Christian teacher, mentions the deaths of Peter and Paul as occurring in Rome under Nero. Peters death is also found in Caius, an ecclesiastical writer (3rd century), who says that Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom about the same time. Eusebius in his book entitled Ecclesiastical History (written AD 325) says: Thus Nero publicly announcing himself as the chief enemy of God, was led on in his fury to slaughter the apostles. Paul is therefore said to have been beheaded at Rome, and Peter to have been crucified under him. And this account is confirmed by the fact, that the names of Peter and Paul still remain in the cemeteries of that city even to this day (Ecclesiastical History 2:25). This tradition of Peters death was not localized in Rome alone, but was apparently widespread throughout the Church. There are also a large number of written stories about Peter. These stories are highly questionable as history, but they all agree when speaking of Peters death: he was crucified in Rome during the time of Nero. Some of these stories are quite early -- for example The Acts of Peter (2nd century AD). It is from The Acts of Peter that we get the story of Peter being crucified upside-down. Supposedly Peter requested that he be crucified upside-down because he was unworthy to die in the same manner as my Lord. Eusebius also records this story, but says his source is from a church theologian named Origen (who wrote about AD 230): Peter appears to have preached through Pontus, Galatia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, and Asia, to the Jews that were scattered abroad; who also, finally coming to Rome, was crucified with his head downward, having requested of himself to suffer in this way (Ecclesiastical History 3:1). ----- Again, thank you for your inquiry. May the Lord bless you as you study and obey the gospel of Jesus Christ
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