Common misunderstanding due to a bad translation. Peter means small rock, while the rock Jesus said he would build his church on would be like a huge boulder (talking about Himself)
While Peter had a lot of responsibility and power in the early church, there is nothing in the Bible about a succession of people that inherit that role.
The Peter is the "small rock" and Jesus is the "large rock" is inaccurate. Petros is just the masculine form of the word petra. If Jesus would have named Peter "Petra", that would have been like giving a man the name "Jane" instead of "John". Petros and petra are both mean rock and are the same thing. If Petra is a giant boulder, in the Greek translation of Joshua 5, does God expect them to make knives out of giant boulders?
Also Catholics believe the Pope is essentially the Bishop with primacy. Do you know where the term "Bishop" comes from.
Hate to break this to you but the Catholic Church is anti-Christian. Anyone that thinks this current pope is speaking for God on Earth is out of their mind. God isn't telling the pope anything and if He is, this one is doing the opposite of what He says. The Pope is pushing Socialist policies to give men power over others for personal gain. Christianity doesn't teach that, the leader of the Catholic Church does.
Putting aside the current Pope, you are going to have to provide evidence that the papacy does not exist. You can't just say that the current pope is wrong on things or that you can't see God doing something, therefore the papacy does not exist.
That's like telling me to prove Santa exists. You can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on the people saying something exists. If someone told you Bigfoot existed would it be okay for them to tell you that you need proof that he doesn't exist to make a counter argument?
Common misunderstanding due to a bad translation. Peter means small rock, while the rock Jesus said he would build his church on would be like a huge boulder (talking about Himself)
While Peter had a lot of responsibility and power in the early church, there is nothing in the Bible about a succession of people that inherit that role.
The Peter is the "small rock" and Jesus is the "large rock" is inaccurate. Petros is just the masculine form of the word petra. If Jesus would have named Peter "Petra", that would have been like giving a man the name "Jane" instead of "John". Petros and petra are both mean rock and are the same thing. If Petra is a giant boulder, in the Greek translation of Joshua 5, does God expect them to make knives out of giant boulders?
Also Catholics believe the Pope is essentially the Bishop with primacy. Do you know where the term "Bishop" comes from.
Hate to break this to you but the Catholic Church is anti-Christian. Anyone that thinks this current pope is speaking for God on Earth is out of their mind. God isn't telling the pope anything and if He is, this one is doing the opposite of what He says. The Pope is pushing Socialist policies to give men power over others for personal gain. Christianity doesn't teach that, the leader of the Catholic Church does.
Putting aside the current Pope, you are going to have to provide evidence that the papacy does not exist. You can't just say that the current pope is wrong on things or that you can't see God doing something, therefore the papacy does not exist.
That's like telling me to prove Santa exists. You can't prove a negative. The burden of proof is on the people saying something exists. If someone told you Bigfoot existed would it be okay for them to tell you that you need proof that he doesn't exist to make a counter argument?
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The Jesus who spoke in parables and metaphors suddenly meant this completely literally? How do you figure that?
Just Men after a power grab, nothing more.
Not everything Jesus said was a parable or metaphor. In fact, most of the time it is explicitly said whether or not he was speaking in that manner.