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Petrine

Petrine

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About Saint Peter and his teachings in Christian tradition
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɛtraɪn/
  • Specialized
: petrino
  • While it is certainly true that subsequent popes extended the authority of Rome beyond anything Gregory endorsed, the movement toward primacy was a long process, and by reinforcing the appeal to Petrine authority, Gregory played a role in that process.
  • Petrine authority

Examples

  • Thus, it was in his bid to defend the traditional rights of Rome that Gregory maximized Petrine authority by investing Alexandria and Antioch with the same apostolic capital.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Besides the papal citation of the Pauline Privilege, there is the less ancient claim to the Petrine Privilege or dissolution of marriage by the papal power of the keys.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For these spaces, which, significantly, are shaped like the spaces usually devoted to altarpieces, a cycle of Petrine images was created.

    Academic text (2000)
  • A month later, Gregory offered the most pronounced assertion of Petrine authority in his entire corpus.

    Academic text (2009)
  • For now, it is useful to remember the teaching that any nonconsummated marriage, even a valid sacramental marriage, can be dissolved by an exercise of the Petrine ministry.

    Academic text (2004)
  • It is also apparent that at the times when Gregory felt Roman jurisdiction to be in the greatest danger, he was most willing to assert Petrine authority.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Damasus I was also the first among popes to instill the concept that the papacy was a supreme office of God, using the Petrine text in the Holy Book of Matthew to support his claims.

    Blog text (18)
  • In sum, Gregory's correspondence throughout the controversy denied the universalist claims of any bishop, including the bishop of Rome; but it also promoted a greater sense of Petrine authority than many contemporary Orthodox would be willing to accept.

    Academic text (2009)
  • While nothing in his correspondence suggests that he would endorse subsequent claims to universal Roman privilege, Eastern intransigence pushed the pontiff to embrace the rhetorical claims of Petrine privilege.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The teachings of the church emphasize the importance of the Petrine ministry in guiding the faithful.

Surface Forms

Petrine positive

Morphology

Petrine = Peter (transparent) = Peter + ine

Derived by adding the adjectival suffix '-ine' to the name 'Peter' to mean 'relating to Saint Peter or his teachings', which is a direct relational formation.

Etymology

Petrine comes from the name Peter, which itself comes from the Greek Petros meaning 'rock'. In Christian use, Petrine means 'of Peter' and points to Saint Peter's authority and teachings, and you can see the same root in petrify which means 'turn to stone', linking the idea of 'rock' to firmness and leadership.