George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church.

"The Invention of Peter makes a valuable contribution to two fields that have not yet much affected each other: intellectual history of the papacy and late antique cultural studies. It encourages fresh, innovative scrutiny of a subject too important to languish."-Kevin Uhalde, Ohio University

• IntroductionChapter 1. Petrine Legends, External Recognition, and the Cult of Peter in RomeChapter 2. The Many Faces of Leo's PeterChapter 3. Gelasius' Domestic Problems and International PostureChapter 4. The Petrine Discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's EmpireChapter 5. Restraint and Desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine AppealPostscript: The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a Seventh-Century Petrine Critique of the PapacyConclusion: The Invention of PeterAppendices (translations by Matthew Briel)I: Pope Gelasius to Augustus AnastasiusII: Tract VINotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church.

"The Invention of Peter makes a valuable contribution to two fields that have not yet much affected each other: intellectual history of the papacy and late antique cultural studies. It encourages fresh, innovative scrutiny of a subject too important to languish."-Kevin Uhalde, Ohio University

• IntroductionChapter 1. Petrine Legends, External Recognition, and the Cult of Peter in RomeChapter 2. The Many Faces of Leo's PeterChapter 3. Gelasius' Domestic Problems and International PostureChapter 4. The Petrine Discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's EmpireChapter 5. Restraint and Desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine AppealPostscript: The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a Seventh-Century Petrine Critique of the PapacyConclusion: The Invention of PeterAppendices (translations by Matthew Briel)I: Pope Gelasius to Augustus AnastasiusII: Tract VINotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

George E. Demacopoulos is Professor of Theology and Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. He is also author of Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church.

"The Invention of Peter makes a valuable contribution to two fields that have not yet much affected each other: intellectual history of the papacy and late antique cultural studies. It encourages fresh, innovative scrutiny of a subject too important to languish."-Kevin Uhalde, Ohio University

• IntroductionChapter 1. Petrine Legends, External Recognition, and the Cult of Peter in RomeChapter 2. The Many Faces of Leo's PeterChapter 3. Gelasius' Domestic Problems and International PostureChapter 4. The Petrine Discourse in Theoderic's Italy and Justinian's EmpireChapter 5. Restraint and Desperation in Gregory the Great's Petrine AppealPostscript: The Life of St. Gregory of Agrigentum as a Seventh-Century Petrine Critique of the PapacyConclusion: The Invention of PeterAppendices (translations by Matthew Briel)I: Pope Gelasius to Augustus AnastasiusII: Tract VINotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments