-
Saint Peter was
executed by
crucifixion is
found in
Adversus Gnosticos Scorpiace, a
treatise composed by
Tertullian in the
first decade of the 3rd century...
- that
Peter also died in Rome
since Paul also died there. In his work
Scorpiace 15, he also
speaks of Peter's crucifixion: "The
budding faith Nero first...
-
frequently quoted by
Pliny and
other writers (e.g.,
Tertullian in De
Scorpiace, I, 1).
Theriaca (Of
Venomous Animals)
Alexipharmaca Epigrams Cimmerii...
- Marcionem, Adv. Praxeam, Adv. Hermogenem, De
praescriptione hereticorum, and
Scorpiace were
written to
counteract Gnosticism and
other religious or philosophical...
-
Tertullian quotes the
letter authoritatively in the
eighth chapter of
Scorpiace. The
Synod of
Laodicea (4th century)
wrote that Jeremiah, and Baruch,...
-
contents Ad nationes, I and II De
praescriptione haereticorum (incomplete)
Scorpiace De
testimonio animae De
corona De
spectaculis De
idololatria (incomplete)...
-
accept Nero's ****cution of
Christians Tertullian,
Adversus Gnosticos Scorpiace, Book 15,
Chapters 2-5 Lactantius, De
mortibus ****cutorum, Book 2, Chapters...
- III, Revelation,
Cambridge 2003, p177 Tertullian,
Adversus Gnosticos Scorpiace, Book 15,
Chapters 2-5 Lactantius, De
mortibus ****cutorum, Book 2, Chapters...
- and
manner of
death are also
mentioned by
Tertullian (c. 160-220) in
Scorpiace,
where the
death is said to take
place during the
Christian ****cutions...
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around the age of
forty and
worked tirelessly to
defend the faith. In his
Scorpiace of 208 AD,
Tertullian wrote, "No
delay or
inquest will meet Christians...
