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The Acts of Peter
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The Acts of Peter is an apocryphal narrative from the later second century, a primary text rather than a scholarly account. Its strength is that it is the earliest surviving source for the tradition of Peter's inverted crucifixion, and no earlier text reports it. Its limit is that being the earliest source for a claim is not the same as that claim being historically verified, and the text's own apocryphal, devotional character should be weighed alongside its age.
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The Acts of Peter, a later second century apocryphal narrative, the middle tier reflecting that it is the earliest surviving source for the tradition of Peter's inverted crucifixion, weighed against its own apocryphal, devotional character, which is not the same as the claim being historically verified. NotesApocryphal narrative of the later second century and the earliest source for the inverted crucifixion. No earlier text reports it.
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Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Figures, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.
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