Chatelion Counet, Patrick, 1954-2007-07-052007-07-052006-06Counet, PC 2006, 'Pseudepigraphy and the Petrine school : spirit and tradition in 1 and 2 Peter and Jude', HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese Studies, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 403-424. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_hervorm.html]0259-9422http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2902This article identifies four "patterns of religion" (E P Sanders) in the pseudepigraphic letters of Peter and Jude in order to support the hypothesis of a "Petrine school" (J H Elliott). The first pattern that connects the letters is a Geisttradition (K Aland), guaranteeing continuity of tradition. The second is the interrelationship between faith and ethics (fides quae and fides qua). The combination of sanctification and eschatology is a third pattern connecting the three documents. Finally, two florilegia can be identified (one from the Old Testament and apocrypha, and one from the chokmatic tradition), suggesting a fourth pattern: a warning against ungodliness and infidelity. The existence of a Petrine group could represent a preliminary stage of subsequent Early Catholicism.171365 bytesapplication/pdfenReformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of PretoriaPseudepigraphyBible -- N.T. -- Peter -- Criticism, TextualBible -- N.T. -- Jude -- Criticism, TextualApocryphal booksBible -- N.T. -- HistoriographyChurch history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600Article