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The Letter of Peter to Philip (Ep. Pet. Phil.) claims to describe Jesus’ appearances to his apostles during which he allegedly revealed gnostic theology, cosmology, and soteriology. The text begins with a pseudonymous letter in which Peter asks Philip to rejoin his company (Ep. Pet. Phil., 132.10–133.8), perhaps suggesting Philip had set out to proclaim the gospel before receiving the Holy Spirit with the other apostles (Van den Broek, Gnostic Religion, 56; Luttikhuizen, “Letter,” 97; Lapham, “Epistle,” 173). The rest of the text is narrative, depicting the apostles having four supposed divine encounters.