2, 15, 4
“It is said that Peter’s first epistle, in which he makes mention of Mark, was
composed at Rome itself; and that he himself indicates this, referring to the city
figuratively as Babylon, in these words: ‘She that is the elect in Babylon greets
you, as does also my son Mark.’ They say that this Mark was the first to be sent to
preach in Egypt the Gospel which, indeed, he had written, and that he was the first
to establish churches in Alexandria itself.”
2, 25, 8 [Fragment in Eusebius: Dionysius of Corinth, To Pope Soter (C. 170
AD)].
“You have also, by your very admonition, brought together the planting that was
made by Peter and Paul at Rome and at Corinth; for both of them alike planted in
our Corinth and taught us; and both alike, teaching similarly in Italy, suffered
martyrdom at the same time”
3, 1, 1
“The holy Apostles and disciples of the Savior, however, were scattered
throughout the whole world. Thomas, as tradition holds, received Parthia by lot;
Andrew, Scythia; John, Asia, busying himself among the people there until he died
at Ephesus. Peter, however, seems to have preached to the Jews in the diaspora in
the Pontus and in Galatia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, and in Asia; and at last, having
come to Rome, he was crucified head downwards, the manner in which he himself
had thought it fitting to suffer. Is it needful to say anything of Paul, who fulfilled
the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem to Illyricum, and afterwards in the time of
Nero was martyred in Rome?”
3, 3, 1
“So much, then, for the works attributed to Peter, of which I recognize only one
Epistle as genuine and agreed upon by the ancient presbyters. The fourteen of Paul
are obvious and certain; but wait, it is not right to ignore that some have disputed
the Epistle to the Hebrews, saying that it was rejected by the Church of Rome as
not being by Paul.”
3, 25, 1
“Among the disputed books, which are nevertheless known to most, there are
extant the Epistles said to be of James, and of Jude, and the second of Peter; and
the second and third attributed to John, whether they happen to be by the
Evangelist, or by someone else having that same name. Among the spurious
writings must be reckoned the Acts of Paul, the writing called The Shepherd, the
Apocalypse of Peter, and in addition to these, the Epistle attributed to Barnabas,
and the so-called Teachings of the Apostles; and too, as I said, the Apocalypse of
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