Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas

three, the Epistle of Peter Simon Cephas, so that we may understand without doubt that the epistle pertains to the Apostle Peter. Furthermore, Peter seems to have been so named because of the constancy and strength of his faith; besides the fact that he was endowed with singular boldness in questioning the Lord and responding for others, as can be seen in the 16th and 18th chapters of Matthew.

TO WHOM THE EPISTLE IS DEDICATED.

The present epistle is written, as is evident from the title, to the strangers and pilgrims, which word almost everyone understands as referring to the Jews, who were then properly called strangers and scattered throughout the whole Roman Empire, in which sense it would be written to the Jews alone. However, if we weigh the consequences, it seems that regard was held for the whole church, not only for the Jews. For below, in chapter 2, verse 10, he speaks even of the converted Gentiles: "Who once were not a people, now you are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, now you have obtained it," beloved, I beseech you as