Petrine

[ pee-trahyn, -trin ]

/ ˈpi traɪn, -trɪn /

of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.

Origin of Petrine

1840–50; < Late Latin Petr(us) Peter + -ine¹

post-Pe·trine, adjective pre-Pe·trine, adjective

The evidence adduced here ends with the sweeping denial of every claim of the Petrine theory.

The Rise of the Mediaeval Church |Alexander Clarence Flick
This chapter was added to counteract the Johannine influence and exalt the Petrine teachings so dear to Rome.

The Bible |John E. Remsburg
The Transfiguration story had been a halting attempt to embody Pauline doctrine in Petrine story.

The Making of the New Testament |Benjamin W. Bacon
Thus the Petrine story appears almost from the start to have gained undisputed supremacy.

The Making of the New Testament |Benjamin W. Bacon

The Petrine doctrine is not identical either with Pauline or Johannine theology.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII |Various

Petrine

/ (ˈpiːtraɪn) /

New Testament of or relating to St Peter, his position of leadership, or the epistles, etc, attributed to him

RC Church of or relating to the supremacy in the Church that the pope is regarded as having inherited from St Peter the Petrine claims