Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bible Verses Catholics use to Justify the Special Authority of Peter

First of all, I should note that the Roman Catholic Church does not need any Bible verses for any doctrines.  She can declare them as valid doctrines by virtue of tradition.  Meanwhile:


18 I also tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades[c] will not prevail against it. 
19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
--Matthew 16:18-19

Notice the two footnotes:

[a]Matthew 16:18 Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
[b]Matthew 16:18 Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.

31 The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat, 32 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
--Luke 22:31-32

In John 15:21 Jesus tells Peter to feed my sheep and lambs.

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