Saint Peter

Introduction

They sometimes cal St Peter 'prince of the apostles'. Prince comes from 'princeps', latin for chief. Why is he called so? Well, in the New testament there are couple of lists of the apostles. The order of the names, and even some of the names are different in every list. But every time, Peter is on the first place. Also, in the ancient songs of the first Christians, the name of Peter is called most.

St Peter in brief

Before Jesus called him, Peter's name was Simeon, and he was a fisherman. He was married, cause in the same old songs, there is mentioned Jesus healed his mother-in-law. At Caeserea Philippi, Jesus gave him a new name. He said: "You are Peter, and you are the rock on which I will build my church." Peter comes from the Greek used in the New Testament and simply means 'Rock'.

Peter was quite a rash person, and he lacked courage on several moments. An example: before Whitsun, he didn't dare to come out of the building he and the other disciples where hiding themselves. He also betrayed Jesus by denying three times he knew him. Despite this act, Jesus forgive him, cause Peter regretted.