PEDRO: UMA FIGURA DE PODER ENTRE OS CRISTÃOS PRIMITIVOS. ANÁLISE DOS ATOS DE PEDRO NA TRADIÇÃO CANÔNICA E DOS APÓCRIFOS

• Autor(a) principal: ROCHA, FERNANDO FERREIRA
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da METODISTA
• Texto Completo: http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/2056
• topic: Pedro; Poder; Cristianismo Primitivo; Magia; Milagre; Atos Apócrifos de Pedro; Peter; Powe;, Primitive Christianity; Magic; Miracle; Apocryphal Acts of Peter; CIENCIAS HUMANAS

The present research has as its object the construction of the figure of Pedro by the groups of the primitive Christianity, like the great leader of that Christianity. This construction will be analyzed from the study of the signs, wonders and miracles performed by the Apostle, both in canonical literature and also in Apocryphal Acts of Peter. The construction of this powerful image points to a work of legitimizing the apostle as leader of the primitive Christian communities. These signs, wonders and miracles are part of the popular imagination of Greco-Roman society at the time. To study the construction of the image in dialogue with the popular imagination, we will initially approach the world of magic and the figure of the magician, defining what magic is and its relationship with the powerful manifestations described in the canonical writings and Peter's Apocryphal Acts. In the second part of the research, we will analyze in the canonical and apocryphal texts the wonderful acts of Peter that legitimize his authority and apostolicity in Christianity. In the third part, we will highlight the presence of Peter in the gospels, in the Acts of the apostles, we will identify some references about Peter made by church fathers, who portray the way they understood and considered Peter in the apostolic circle. Finally, still in this stage of the research, we will work the narratives that involve Jesus promoting the importance and relevance of the apostle Peter among his disciples, namely Mt 16 and John 21.