Saint Peter

Pseudepigrapha

There are also a number of apocryphal writings that have been either attributed or written about Peter. They were from antiquity regarded as pseudepigrapha. These include:

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• Gospel of Peter, a Docetic narrative that has survived in part
• Acts of Peter
• A Letter of Peter to Philip, which was preserved in the Nag Hammadi library
• Apocalypse of Peter, which was considered as genuine by many Christians as late as the fourth century
• The Epistula Petri, the introductory letter ascribed to Peter that appears at the beginning of at least one version of the Clementine literature