teachings were, which is questionable, they would not have functioned as a core for the sort of speeches preserved in Acts. One might find Petrine themes in Peter’s speeches here or there, but Acts’ speeches are too cohesive to reflect a simple linking of isolated sayings. Third and more important, although the early church preserved collections of apostolic letters, it appears to have been interested in preserving the individual sayings only of Jesus.327 The early church’s demonstrated capacity