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Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu

Acts later tells that Peter ate with gentiles after Cornelius and then defended the table in Jerusalem. The instrument is that received table, not a later menu. In the causal graph this event strengthens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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Acts later tells that Peter ate with gentiles after Cornelius and then defended the table in Jerusalem. The instrument is that received table, not a later menu. Saint Peter's documented role is: Table fellowship is the public practice. Jerusalem critics are the counterpart in Acts 11.

Context

The visit row is the entry. Sharing Jerusalem critics as counterparts is required. The setting of Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu is the public file around 0040-06-01. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Improving path from Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu on 0040-06-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Peter The Apostle

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Table fellowship is the public practice. Jerusalem critics are the counterpart in Acts 11.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactActs receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu
    2. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 June 40 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Saint Paul the ApostleEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.New Advent — Acts of the ApostlesNew Advent · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: New Advent — Acts 11 table defence as later English at https://www.newadvent.org/bible/act001.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Paul, gentile table neighbourhood as independent later file at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: New Advent — Acts 11 table defence as later English (https://www.newadvent.org/bible/act001.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Paul, gentile table neighbourhood as independent later file (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu under 0040-06-01 for Saint Peter. Established: a sourced public record of Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu under 0040-06-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu. Naming Saint Peter does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0040-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorPeter The Apostle
  2. contributed toFactActs receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu
  3. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Acts receives Peter eating with gentiles after Cornelius; the table is the instrument, not a later menu. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-cornelius-table

https://factrail.ai/facts/pet-cornelius-table

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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