Peter protested faithfulness unto death, but was told.
The Fast of Ramadhan, however, is generally observed with some faithfulness.
The book appears to have been known in the ages immediately succeeding his own; and, though there is no contemporary manuscript in existence, there are some half-dozen which appear to date from the end of the 13th or the course of the 14th century, while one at least appears to be a copy made from his own work in that spirit of unintelligent faithfulness which is much more valuable to posterity than more pragmatical editing.
According to Herodotus he made his doubtful adherents deposit pledges of faithfulness in the temple of Apollo.
From the priests he demanded faithfulness in preaching and teaching, from the bishops the conscientious government of their dioceses.
