Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
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Peter, teacher, Jesus Christ
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Article
Abstract
Over a century ago, biblical scholar Phillip Shaff wrote, “Generally speaking, the character of Peter is described with essential harmony in all the Gospels. He appears as an admirable type of the Galilean: well-meaning, confiding, freedom-loving, and courageous, yet changeable, capricious, and eager for novelty.” Indeed, as Markus Bockmuehl points out, “Peter is, after Jesus, the most frequently mentioned individual both in the Gospels and in the New Testament as a whole.” Peter’s enthusiasm and forward nature can be seen throughout the four Gospels in the manner in which he speaks for the disciples and at times acts impetuously (for example, Matthew 17:24–25). Elder Jeffrey R. Holland praised Peter, saying that after Christ’s ascension, Peter “would preside over the Church of Jesus Christ with dignity and great power, not in spite of his need for divine assistance, but clearly and admittedly because of it. Heavenly guidance and spiritual manifestation would be the marks of his administration.”
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Hilton, John III "Peter as a Learner and Teacher." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 20, no. 2 (2019): 85-103. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol20/iss2/7