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OOC, Ebionism had two different sects of beliefs.
one had a Christian approach.
the other was more Gnostic in approach.
but first, lets go over what Ebionism is... Ebionism was a Jewish Christian sect in the first century. While they did regard Jesus as the Messiah, they did heavily insist on on the continuation of following the Jewish Law and circumcision. these people rejected Paul because they didn't understand that Christ came to fulfill the Law. Peter was intimidated by these people because they probably still had some influence on Jewish people and Jewish law.
the other side of Ebionism rejected Jesus as Christ all-together. Because of the belief of the inherent evilness of the flesh, two views of Jesus were taught; 1.) he appeared as a flesh figure, but never touched the ground, kinda like a ghost creature, and 2.) the "entity" of Christ descended on him when he was baptized, and left him when he was crucified, giving the rise to the belief that the essence of Christ is in all of us, and that any of us can become Christ... you see that teaching in a lot of new age movements.
one had a Christian approach.
the other was more Gnostic in approach.
but first, lets go over what Ebionism is... Ebionism was a Jewish Christian sect in the first century. While they did regard Jesus as the Messiah, they did heavily insist on on the continuation of following the Jewish Law and circumcision. these people rejected Paul because they didn't understand that Christ came to fulfill the Law. Peter was intimidated by these people because they probably still had some influence on Jewish people and Jewish law.
the other side of Ebionism rejected Jesus as Christ all-together. Because of the belief of the inherent evilness of the flesh, two views of Jesus were taught; 1.) he appeared as a flesh figure, but never touched the ground, kinda like a ghost creature, and 2.) the "entity" of Christ descended on him when he was baptized, and left him when he was crucified, giving the rise to the belief that the essence of Christ is in all of us, and that any of us can become Christ... you see that teaching in a lot of new age movements.
Peter didn't support Judaism, OOC... and even if he did, Paul rebuked him, and then after rebuking Peter, he rebuked the people in which he was intimidated by. Peter was a supporter of Christ, not the Law. yes, he might of been influenced by the Ebionites, but does that automatically make the epistles of Peter non-canon? you certainly weren't there for the council of Nicea nor the other 150 years that it took to clearly identify what was canon and what was not.
yeah. a lot of people suffer at a lot of people's hands. muslims fight jews; jews fight muslims; muslims fight muslims; christians fight christians, etc. so that doesn't say a lot. by judaism i mean the religion aspect - not necessarily the ethnic group. christianity sprang from judaism and as far as true christianity is concerned and true judaism is concerned they are one and the same in my book. 
I did indeed make A BIG ERROR in stumbling and calling Blessed Saint Peter a "false teacher". It is a big mistake. No matter that I was trying to defend Fred Phelps from the charge that he can't repent. I still believe anyone can repent, and no one is fated by God to die in sin and in error. There is always hope for all people to be saved. Or else 2 Peter 3:9 is not really true. And that's impossible, since it's the Bible, and the Bible is true and cannot lie.
I should have been more circumspect and more cautious and more generous toward Blessed St. Peter. After all, there is no comparison whatsoever between Peter and Fred Phelps. Peter was and is a blessed deified Apostle of Christ Who knew Christ in all of His Divinity, and was a partaker of the divine nature of God/of Christ. Fred Phelps really IS a false teacher, and like all of us, needs to repent. I need to repent. I think I could be considered a false teacher when I believed in a pre tribulation rapture, and taught it to people in my religion class at Mercyhurst College. For many years, I was led astray by Hal Lindsey, another false teacher. And a more sophisticated heterodox think like John Walvoord.
God save us. God forgive me for what I said about St. Peter.