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Their message here, to the holy city itself. >> from everything that we know in the gospels, peter's just a simple guy. he's a fisherman from galilee. he's probably never been to jerusalem before, so imagine that kind of an experience it was for him to enter this incredibly busy, bustling city. >> this is the moment where peter is thinking, "are we about to see israel restored to its former glory? are we going to finally get rid of the romans? are we finally going to see a righteous king ruling over israel?" so i imagine peter being full of hope, full of excitement as they're going into jerusa...

For the catholic church? >> the new testament says nothing explicitly about peter coming to rome, and i think a lot of people would be surprised to find this out. >> the apostle paul, who we know lived in rome and whose letters make up half of the new testament, doesn't refer to peter being in the city once. >> he doesn't seem to know of him. he doesn't mention any connection between the christians there in the city and peter, and that's kind of an interesting omission. so if peter's there in the city, why doesn't paul say anything about him at all? >> the omission is all the more strange beca...

So he's hot headed. he has a bit of a temper of him. he'll say things which he then regrets. he changes his mind about things. he's the most three-dimensional of the disciples. >> significantly, according to john's gospel, early on in his ministry jesus renames peter. >> peter's actual name is simon, or simeon, and he appears to have been renamed by jesus, and he's renamed peter, or kephas, in aramaic, and this is the word for rock, and it seems to be that he's nicknamed rock because in spite of all peter's failings, he's the one that jesus trusts to be the rock at the heart of the movement. >...

>> jerusalem. after spending many months preaching around galilee, jesus, peter and the disciples bring their message here, to the holy city itself. >> from everything that we know in the gospels, peter is just a simple guy. he's a fisherman from galilee. he's probably never been to jerusalem before. so imagine what kind of an experience it was for him to enter this incredibly busy, bustling city. >> this is the moment where peter is thinking, are we about to see israel restored it its former glory? are we going to finally get rid of the romans? are we finally going to see a righteous king rul...

Peter's. it is at the core of roman catholicism. >> but did peter travel to the dome to lay foundations for the catholic church? >> it says nothing explicitly about peter coming to rome. and i think a lot of people would be surprised to find this out. >> the apostle paul, who we know lived in rome, and whose letters make up half of the new testament, doesn't refer to peter being in the city once. >> he doesn't seem to know of him. he doesn't mention any connection between the christians there in the city and peter. and that's kind of interesting omission. so if peter is there in the city, why ...