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Petrinity
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English
Etymology
en :bor la:Petrīnitās :af<surf> Petrine -ity 1 1
Noun
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en Christianity rare The quality of being comparable to or originating from Saint Peter.
en 1926 The New American Church Monthly 19 228 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=twrOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Acts+certainly+follows+the+fortunes+of+Paul%22 Acts certainly follows the fortunes of Paul after Peter's release and departure; and the later New Testament shows no marked Petrinity.
en 1980 Jeffrey Richards Consul of God: The Life and Times of Gregory the Great 65 978-0710003461 He says that Peter honoured (decoravit) Alexandria by sending his disciple Mark to be bishop there; he strengthened (firmavit) Antioch by occupying the see himself there for seven years; but he exalted (sublimavit) Rome where he spent his later days and died. The clear implication is that Rome remains pre-eminent even in Petrinity.
en 2016 Jehangi Yezdi Malegam Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian Reform A Companion to the Medieval Papacy 58 9789004315280 The corollary to this principle of Petrinity is that any entity that threatens or denies the papacy its primacy is anathema.
Translations
Latin: la Petrīnitās f, la Petrēitās f
en eponyms