I don’t particularly like the NAB either but it has a pretty wide readership. In fact if you go to the bibles section of a secular bookstore, more often than not the NAB will be the only Catholic bible on the shelf.I wouldn’t hold up the NAB as a good translation as you’ll have most of the forum members jumping up and down.
From 1 Corinthians 9:5, which I quoted above, and which was written about 55 A.D. I wasn’t trying to say Peter got married at this late date but that he was still married at the time Paul wrote 1 Corinthians.By the way, nobody said Peter was not married. What I said there is nothing in scripture to suggest he was still married when he followed Jesus and the verse from Paul you quoted certainly does not show that. I am intrigued though when you maintain he was married “much later as the leader of the Church”. Where does that come from?
Again, I believe it comes from oral tradition of early Christians.I am intrigued though when you maintain he was married “much later as the leader of the Church”. Where does that come from?
Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles.Simon settled in Capharnaum where he was living with his mother-in-law in his own house (Matthew 8:14; Luke 4;38) at the beginning of Christ’s public ministry (about A.D. 26-28). Simon was thus married, and, according to Clement of Alexandria (Stromata, III, vi, ed. Dindorf, II, 276), had children. The same writer relates the tradition that Peter’s wife suffered martyrdom (ibid., VII, xi ed. cit., III, 306). Concerning these facts, adopted by Eusebius (Church History III.31) from Clement, the ancient Christian literature which has come down to us is silent.
Thanks, Zenas! I love it when my vague recollections are validated!Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles.
Clement was born around 150AD and died around 211AD.Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles.
No.Didn’t the archeologists find a female’s bones entombed next to Peter’s under the basilica? Speculation being that it was likely his wife’s remains.
How did Peter have a mother-in-law then if he wasn’t married at that time?Clement was born around 150AD and died around 211AD.
I read the Stromata and it doesn’t actually say Peter was married at the time he followed Jesus (Clement simply alludes to 1 Cor 9:5 and interprets it that way) or that he was still married as leader of the Church after Jesus’ death.
It does say that Peter and Philip had children.
Interesting writings which I had not read before so I’m glad you gave me something new to read.
It would be good if he was not the only one who infers Peter was married at that time though. I am not aware if this was really a tradition or if Clement exclusively used that scripture verse to come to that conclusion. Are there any other early writings that would support his claim?
He could have been a widower. If your wife dies her mother is still your mother in law.How did Peter have a mother-in-law then if he wasn’t married at that time?
I see.He could have been a widower. If your wife dies her mother is still your mother in law.
I don’t know. Do you find it odd? If so, why?By the way don’t you find it odd that Peter’s wife is never mentioned in scripture either by name or that he had a wife alive at that time or if he has children. There is only mention of his mother in law.
I don’t see what your example has to do with my point. We know Mary was alive from the birth until the death of Jesus.I see.
I don’t know. Do you find it odd? If so, why?
(For example, how many times is Mary the mother of Jesus mentioned in Scripture? I remember hearing the answer to that, but I don’t remember what the answer was. I think it is “6”. That is not a lot of times for someone so important to our faith.)
I don’t see what your example has to do with my point.
Oh, sorry. I was reponding to the part I bolded above. I took it as meaning since his mil was only mentioned once that it wasn’t important.By the way don’t you find it odd that Peter’s wife is never mentioned in scripture either by name or that he had a wife alive at that time or if he has children. There is only mention of his mother in law.