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Petrine
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English
Etymology
From en la:Petrus ine, perhaps after en Pauline. Compare grc πέτρινος stony, rocky and LL. petrinus of stone.adj 5781397734 en Etymology is clearly wrong given the existence of la Petrīnus and the derived la Petrīnitās.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpiːtɹaɪn/ RP
en /ˈpiˌtɹaɪn/ GA
Adjective
Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
en the Petrine Epistles
en 1889 The Petrine Claims: A Critical Inquiry Richard Frederick Littledale London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 7100020M 199 http://books.google.com/books?id=BZtFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA199&dq=Petrine ...the statement of Apost. Const. vi. 8, that his ordination was Pauline, rather than Petrine, according to the competing traditions of St. Epiphanus and Rufinus, in which case he is the particular link in the Pauline succession.
en 1896 The Antichrist Legend: A Chapter in Christian and Jewish Folklore A. H. Keane Wilhelm Bousset London Hutchinson and Co. 24871731M 235 http://books.google.com/books?id=OwY6AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA235&dq=Petrine And thus, in this connection, is intruded upon us the narrative in the Petrine Gospel, which afterwards became famous, and according to which the Cross was borne to heaven with Christ at the Ascension.
en 1992 The Reform of Ecclesiastical Heraldry Revisited Duane L. C. M. Galles The American Benedictine Review 43 4 0002-7650 424 http://books.google.com/books?id=zIUlAQAAIAAJ&q=Petrine At the same time the tinctures of the reversed Petrine cross on the field and the chief changed from red to blue.
en 17 Jun 00 America_magazine America 182 21 Elizabeth A. Johnson Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2000/06/17/mary-nazareth-friend-god-and-prophet The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar takes this approach, arguing that in the church there is a Marian principle of holy obedience complementary to the Petrine principle of orderly hierarchical rule. https://web.archive.org/web/20260830190234/https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2000/06/17/mary-nazareth-friend-god-and-prophet/ 30 August 2026
en of a cross Depicted upside-down.
Coordinate terms
en Johannine Lukan Markan Matthean Pauline
Derived terms
en Petrinism Petrinist Petrinize Petrinity
Translations
of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter
Catalan: ca petrí
French: fr pétrinien m
German: de petrinisch
Polish: pl Piotrowy
Portuguese: pt petrino m
Swedish: sv petrinsk
References
Anagrams
en eeinprt inepter
en eponyms
en Christianity Roman Catholicism
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female, a feminine form of Peter
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female, a feminine form of Peter