Note 3 — PART I

Professor Ramsay in his book, The Church in the Roman Empire, prefers a later date for the composition of the First Epistle of St. Peter than that usually given, A.D. 64–5. He believes it was impregnated with Roman thought and was certainly written from Rome, but not before A.D. 80. This would give a long period of Roman work to the apostle; still—able as are Professor Ramsay’s arguments—the later date and all that it involves are absolutely at variance with the universal tradition.