Petrine

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Pe·trine

(pē′trīn′)

adj.

Of or relating to Saint Peter.

[Late Latin Petrus, Saint Peter + -ine.]

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Petrine

(ˈpiːtraɪn)

adj

1. (Bible) New Testament of or relating to St Peter, his position of leadership, or the epistles, etc, attributed to him

2. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church of or relating to the supremacy in the Church that the pope is regarded as having inherited from St Peter: the Petrine claims.

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Pe•trine

(ˈpi traɪn, -trɪn)

adj.

of or pertaining to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.

[1840–50; < Late Latin Petr(us) Peter¹ + -ine¹]

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Among their topics are Ivan the Terrible and Muscovite political culture: cutting the Gordian knot, unresolved evidentiary issues concerning Rus' heretics of the late 15th to early 16th centuries, words and things: contemporary translation of the Russian institutional vocabulary of the 16th-17th centuries, calculating the casualties of forced labor: Azov as a harbinger of Petrine policies, and princes and Cossacks: putting Ukraine on the map of Europe.

Seeing Muscovy Anew: Politics - Institutions - Culture: Essays in Honor of Nancy Shields Kollmann

We get the message: The Johannine community accepts Petrine authority, but their own local disciple (possibly John) is still first in their hearts.

The inner circle: Those who encounter Jesus tend to stay close

Group of Farfa Sabina, Communion of Churches and Petrine Ministry.

Group of Farfa Sabina, Communion of Churches and Petrine Ministry. Lutheran-Catholic Convergences

Chapter titles are decidedly academic: For example, the Peter the Great era is titled "The Petrine Revolution (1685-1725)."

Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin. Russia in World History

But scholarship on Russian law in the last three decades has pointed toward Kollmann's conclusions, which she fully supports with thorough and meticulous research into the actual practice and application of criminal law in the 17th century and Petrine period.

Criminal law in Muscovy

Mutual appreciation of Petrine ministry, for example, does not require accepting its every historical manifestation.

No Turning Back: The Future of Ecumenism

Communion of Churches and Petrine Ministry: Lutheran-Catholic Convergences.

Book notes

"There is absolutely no doubt regarding the validity of my resignation from the Petrine ministry," Benedict, 86, who now has the title "pope emeritus," said in a letter to the Italian website Vatican Insider published on Wednesday.

Ex pope Benedict denies he was forced to resign

President is Edwin Thornley, assisted by Vice President, Petrine Moongela, Secretary, Ritta Khiba, Treasurer, Mr Hennie Fourie, and Publicity & Information member, Mr Browny Mutrifa.

Town planners reorganise

He had announced during resigning that his strengths, due to an advanced age, were no longer suitable for an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.

Ex-pope Benedict says 'God told him' to resign in 'mystic moment'

The Petrine ministry, lived with total dedication, found in him a wise and humble exponent, his gaze always firmly on Christ, the risen Christ, present and alive in the Eucharist.

An address of Holy Father Pope Francis

For Catholics, the Petrine ministry is vital to the life of the church, but fundamental changes are necessary.