Peter

Quo Vadis?

Peter

masc. proper name, 12c., from Old English Petrus (genitive Pet(e)res, dative Pet(e)re), from Latin Petrus, from Greek Petros, literally "stone, rock" (see petrous), a translation of Syriac kefa "stone" (Latinized as Cephas), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona (Matthew xvi.17), historically known as St. Peter, and consequently a popular name among Christians (Italian Pietro, Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, Old French Pierres, French Pierre, etc.). As slang for "penis," attested from 1902, probably from identity of first syllable.

 

The common form of this very common name in medieval England was Peres (Anglo-French Piers), hence surnames Pierce, Pearson, etc. Among the diminutive forms were Parkin and Perkin.

To rob Peter to pay Paul (1510s, attested in slightly different wordings from late 14c.) might be a reference to the many churches dedicated to those two saints, and have sprung from the fairly common practice of building or enriching one church with the ruins or revenues of another. But the alliterative pairing of the two names is attested from c. 1400 with no obvious connection to the saints:

Sum medicyne is for peter þat is not good for poul, for þe diuersite of complexioun. 

Lanfranc's "Chirurgia Magna," English translation, c. 1400

peter (v.)

"to diminish gradually and then cease," 1812, colloquial, of uncertain origin. To peter out "become exhausted," is 1846 as miners' slang. 

Related: Petered; petering.

Entries linking to Peter

petrous (adj.)

c. 1400, in anatomy, "very hard, dense," from Old French petros (Modern French petreux) and directly from Latin petrosus "stony," from petra "rock," from Greek petra "rock, cliff, ledge, shelf of rock, rocky ridge," a word of unknown etymology (Beekes says it is "probably Pre-Greek"). 

Used of certain bones, especially of parts of the temporal bone.

Peirce 

surname, attested from late 12c., from Old French Piers, nominative of proper name Pierre (see Peter) .

Pete

Pierre

Piers

The Selfishness of Self-Doubt

No, let him go —

If he's doubting himself, 

he won't be any good to us.

Save Your Servant

 

The Evil One :

Morning! You again. 

You've interrupted me.

 

Have you come to 

Save God's Servant? 

 

Well, I must Save Mine. 

My Son, The Gemini. 

He has Work to Do. 

Much more. 

 

But come in, 

Father Morning. 

Enter, night. 

This Time You're Going to Lose. 

 

Fr. Morning :

In The Name of 

The Father, 

and of 

The Son... 

and of 

The Holy Spirit. 

Amen! 

 

"Save your servant who 

trusts in you, My God. 

Let him find in you, Lord, 

a fortified tower in the face 

of The Enemy." 

 

"Our Father, who art in heaven... 

hallowed be thy name. 

Thy kingdom come. 

Thy will be done..." 

 

The Evil One :

I see, We are Praying now. 

Bright prayers. 

Do you think they will

Save You now, as before? 

 

Well, I can pray too. 

You feel my little orisons

creeping up your spine? 

 

The sweaty murmurs 

of my rosary beads. 

The Human Hearts 

I've taken into Hell. 

 

Fr. Morning :

"I cast you out, unclean spirit! 

Along with every satanic 

power of the enemy! 

Every specter from hell. 

In the name of our Lord,

 Jesus Christ. 

It is he who commands you. 

He who stilled the sea and the storm. 

He who flung you from heaven 

to the depths of hell! 

 

You Robber of Life! 

You Author of Pain! 

You corruptor of justice, 

and innocence, and youth. 

 

You Begetter of Death. 

Sworn Enemy of all 

The Human Race!

 

I command you —

 

Det. Kinderman :

 Allerton? Nurse... 

 

The Evil One :

Don't worry about Julie. 

We'll get her. 

 

Det. Kinderman :

Pray for Me, Damien. 

You're Free. 

 

The Evil One :

Did You Think to Save 

Your Friend, The Priest? 

 

Det. Kinderman : 

My God, help! Help me. 

 

The Evil One :

Have I helped 

Your Unbelief? 

 

Det. Kinderman :

Oh, yes. Yes, I Believe. 

I believe in Death. 

I believe in Disease. 

I believe in Injustice 

and inhumanity. 

And Torture, 

and Anger 

and Hate.

I believe in Murder! 

I believe in Pain!

I believe in cruelty 

and infidelity! 

 

I believe in slime 

and stink... 

and in every crawling, 

putrid thing... 

every possible ugliness... 

and corruption —

You Son of a Bitch! 

I Believe... 

in You. 

 

My God! Bill. 

My God! 

 

The Evil One :

You grow tiresome, Lieutenant. 

And foolish. 

Save Your Prayers. 

God is not Here 

with Us, now. 

There is only 

The Darkness, here. 

And Your Death. 

 

Fr. Morning :

Save Your Servant... who 

Trusts in You, My God. 

 

Det. Kinderman : 

You! Damien, fight Him. 

 

The Evil One :

Goodbye, Lieutenant. 

 

Det. Kinderman :

Damien! 

Fight! Fight! 

 

The Evil One :

You cannot win. 

He Dies. 

 

The Exorcist :

No! Bill, now! 

Shoot, now! 

Kill me now! 

 

We won... 

Bill. 

Stones

What links together The Plot, Principle Moral Themes and 

Ending(s) of the following classic movies….?

• It’s A Wonderful Life

• The Fly

• The Exorcist

• Exorcist III : LEGION

Yeah? Well, MY God Carries An HAMMER..!!

Thor is The Champion of The Gods, of Earth and of The Human Race.

He is The Great Fighter who can be brought out when something is •really• BAD.

You DON’T go to Thor for Wisdom, you go to Thor because 

he's going to PROTECT you 

against The Evil Monsters.

Tales of Thor's adventures provided escape from one of the bleakest periods in human history — 

The Dark Ages of the first millennium A.D.

It was a time when the Norse world, stretching from the British Isles to the Baltic Sea, was in turmoil.

“ The Agricultural Society, 

where people were farming 

and surviving kind of at the very edge 

of how it was possible to Survive, because it was cold, 

it was the northern part of Europe, 

it wasn't around the Mediterranean where it was much easier to grow things, and it tended to be, from everything we can tell, quite VIOLENT.”

War, Famine and Death were Daily Facts of Life 

on the desolate Northern fringes 

of Europe.

But The Myth of Thor brought 

a sense of Order to The Chaos.

“It was a religion of the countryside.

‘Paganism’ actually 

is a Latin word 

that describes that,

what the  Country People believe in, and paganism is not really 

well •organized•, either.

It's NOT like the Greek Pantheon 

in the sense that it's 

very well-organised 

and everybody •knows• 

whose responsibilities 

and who's more important

 than whom.

It's VERY different.

The view of Human Life 

in that mythology was a 

fairly Dark and fairly Stern one — 

Human beings DIDN’T look forward 

to the kind of Salvation and Heaven at The End of Time 

that's promised in the 

Christian stories.

They had a kind of a Darker, 

a more Sorrowful View of Life.

People have to show 

Great Courage and 

Hardiness in the face of 

ENORMOUS obstacles.

For inspiration, 

The People looked to Thor.

Thor was the quintessential hero.

He was STRONG.

Unlike some of the other gods 

he was NOT DECEPTIVE, 

he was NOT TREACHEROUS, 

but he was STEADFAST, 

and as this hero figure, I think, people could identify 

with him best.”

In The Myth, 

Two of Thor's Weapons 

help him conquer Evil Forces : 

A Belt that doubles his strength 

and A Hammer that shoots 

lethal bolts of lightning.

No matter how far Thor throws 

his trusty hammer Mjolnir, 

it will return to him 

like a boomerang.

And each time thunder roars, 

it means Thor's Hammer 

has struck a Giant.

“Thor is The Master of Lightning, 

and this is not uncommon 

in other mythologies.

The obvious parallel here 

is Zeus in classical mythology, 

for He is The Thunder God.

The Thunder and Lightning God is The PROTECTOR God.

He's The Strongest Fighter, 

so he has that capability 

that Zeus has, 

The Thunderbolt, 

The Hammer for Thor, 

that can 

DESTROY The Bad Guys.”

Yeah? Well, MY Love Carries An AXE..!!

“What about Thor?”, you ask..?

He embarked on a new Journey —

because he had found 

something to Live for;

something to Love for;

a little Someone, 

who turned him from 

Sad God, to Dad God….

THOR :

Breakfast is Served!

Thor, The Dad-God :

Remember what 

My Mum used to Tell Me --

Listen to The Grown-ups;

If You See Anyone Scared or Being Picked-on -- 

Look after Them.

But most of all : —

Have Fun.

See those aliens over there?

Love :

They look nice.

Thor, The Dad-God :

They ARE nice! 

That's Why We have 

to Look After Them.

They Will Always Be There for Us -- 

The SpaceViking, 

and His Girl Born from Eternity, 

with The POWERS of a GOD.

Two WARRIORS -- 

Fighting The Good Fight, 

for Those who can't fight good --

They have Travelled Far,

and been given Many Names --

But to Those 

Who Know Them,

They're simply known

as LOVE and THUNDER.

The Skrull Empire :

“Your Hate is Your Own. Your Judgement is Your Own.

We are Here to Save You. We are Here to Change You.

And We’re Here Because in spite of that you’ve done to prove Undeserving of Her —

She is The Goddess.”

The Amazing Spider-Man :

Uh…. She, who?

The Skrull Empire :

Love.

Nick Fury, Director of Nothing :

Yeah? Well, MY Love 

carries An AXE!”

Iron Man :

Right…. 

[mask down]

AVENGEEERRSS!”

ASSEMBLE!

Ostraphobia

Hook :

Good evening, 

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Your Captain again.

Please do not allow 

this minor turbulence 

to disturb you.

For now, please sit back, relax. 

Enjoy the remainder 

of The Flight.

Thank You.

Maggie :

Look what Jack drew.

Peter :

That's very nice, dear.

….what's that? 

Maggie :

Fire.

Peter :

Fire. Really?

Is that our plane? 

Maggie :

Yep.

Peter :

Who are these people?

Maggie :

That's Jack, that's me, 

that's Mom...

...and that's you.

Peter :

Where's my parachute?

I won't make it to 

my next birthday….

Moira, Peter’s Wife :

You won't die without A Phone 

and A Fax Machine

Peter :

I got The Phone, 

and The Briefcase.

Moira, Peter’s Wife :

Talk to him.

Peter :

…why didn't I have 

a parachute, Jackie?

Jack :

Take a wild guess.

Peter :

Jackie.  Jack.

Will you stop? 

You can break a window.

Jack :

They're double-layered. 

You can't break ‘em.

Peter :

Give me that.

Jack :

You're afraid you're 

gonna get sucked out.

Peter :

I'm not afraid of being sucked out.

Jack :

YES, you are, you're afraid 

you're gonna get sucked out.

Peter :

Just stop.

Jack, next season, 

I'm coming to six games. 

I promise.

Jack :

Yeah, be sure to buy 

enough videotape.

Peter :

Hey. Jack.

My Word is My Bond.

Jack :

Yeah, junk bond!

Peter :

What's the matter with you? 

When are you gonna stop 

acting like a child?

Jack :

I AM a child.

Peter :

Grow up.