Apocalypse of Peter (Gnostic)

The Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter is a Sethian Gnostic text that presents a vision of the crucifixion from a docetic perspective.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex VII.|||Composed in the 3rd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian Gnostic in orientation.|||Presents a docetic Christology — the real Christ is not the one who suffers. Important for understanding Gnostic Christology and the diversity of early Christian views on the crucifixion.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Desjardins, M., & Brashler, J. " The Apocalypse of Peter." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Pearson, B. A. " The Apocalypse of Peter." In Nag Hammadi Codex VII. Brill, 1996.|||Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/apopet.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — Apocalypse of Peter|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/apocalypsepeter.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" And I saw him seemingly being seized by them, and I said: What is this? And the Savior said to me: He whom you see being crucified is the physical image, but the living Jesus is the true Christ." — Apocalypse of Peter (paraphrase)