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The First 10 Popes of the Catholic Church
St. Peter's List ^ | December 17, 2012 | SPL Staff

Posted on 06/20/2015 12:42:46 PM PDT by rwa265

Listers, we’ve catalogued the first ten Vicars of Christ for the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Save the information on our first pope – St. Peter – all the information presented is taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia and links for further reading are provided.

1. Pope St. Peter (32-67)

St. Peter held a primacy amongst the twelve disciples that earned him the title “Prince of the Apostles.” This primacy of St. Peter was solidified when he was appointed by Jesus to the Office of the Vicar – demonstrated by Christ giving St. Peter the Keys to the Kingdom. To understand St. Peter, one must first understand Christ and the Church Christ came to establish. Jesus is the “Son of David” and his life and ministry fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the New Davidic Kingdom and New Jerusalem; hence, we look to the historic kingdom of King David as a guide to the New Davidic Kingdom. King David had a vicar that ruled his kingdom when David was absent and the sign of authority for this vicar was the keys of the kingdom. In the New Davidic Kingdom, Christ the Son of David gave the keys to his Vicar to guide the Kingdom until the return of Christ – we now refer to this vicar as “the pope.” SPL has written extensively on these issue in http://www.stpeterslist.com/45/10-biblical-reasons-christ-founded-the-papacy/ and http://www.stpeterslist.com/94/13-biblical-reasons-st-peter-was-the-prince-of-the-apostles/.

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TOPICS: Catholic; History
KEYWORDS: catholic; church; popes
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To: CynicalBear

Ah, but being exposed to the Gospel in any form is hot coals to the Agnostic heart. The atheist on the other hand just doesn’t bother reading any of the exchanges. So perhaps there is an outside chance an Agnostic can come alive in Christ.


281 posted on 06/24/2015 7:47:54 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
But some Christians are Catholics. I knew a Mormon who was first a Christian.

I have had RC's tel me they are Catholics..not Christians..

282 posted on 06/24/2015 7:54:12 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
Gee I wonder where he learned that ??

Your post #277 Catholics are not Christians

I am going to guess from posts like #277

283 posted on 06/24/2015 7:56:59 AM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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To: RnMomof7

Hallmark of the Nicolaitan reality that is modern catholicism.


284 posted on 06/24/2015 8:57:41 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: CynicalBear; verga
Just which part of that post causes you to think it should be pulled?

Apparently the exact same part as Verga, and the powers that be.

I see nothing in it that would justify such a move.

Maybe you should ask the powers that be to explain it to you.

287 posted on 06/25/2015 6:50:26 AM PDT by Thales Miletus (Men stand up for truth, cowards hide behind ignorance.)
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To: Thales Miletus
Maybe you should ask the powers that be to explain it to you.

Since I missed a comment which you had made that was also deleted, and didn't get a chance to view what the contents of that was, including whatever(?) complaint there may have been, if you would, resend (by freepmail) what was deleted, if you still have copy of it. I'd like to see it.

As it is, I am occasionally freepmailed by participants here, and not always by those altogether friendly to myself, yet don't try to use that as some sort of open forum, debating tactic weapon.

288 posted on 06/25/2015 7:58:51 AM PDT by BlueDragon (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)
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To: BlueDragon; Thales Miletus
As it is, I am occasionally freepmailed by participants here, and not always by those altogether friendly to myself, yet don't try to use that as some sort of open forum, debating tactic weapon.

Interesting, you say this to Thales, but in post #270 you said that you had permission to say anything, and in your unsolicited freepmail to me you felt free to spout off.

289 posted on 06/25/2015 1:43:58 PM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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To: verga
WHat's your problem?

No. I didn't put it quite like that...

Should I freepmail it to you underlining the differences?

I still have a copy on the desktop.

What I did was deny the request, reminding you that we may some day meet face to face, and I wouldn't [or need to] be asking for permission to speak then, for in fact I already have something of an invite, from you.

If I'm now being forced to address how you are rewording what I did say (making it into something else yet again) then the comment which was deleted should be restored.

As for the bolded portion, I could say "I'm just following your lead", but it's more like I'm not willing to just sit back and allow yourself to manipulate and take advantage of the moderators and the policies of this forum, referencing contents of deleted comments, and freepmail which wasn't anything worse than what you frequently say to others here, or else accuse in generalized terms that "protestants" are guilty of, etc., without yourself paying a price for doing so, myself hoping maybe some one will eventually catch on to the game-playing, and ultimately, put a stop to it.

290 posted on 06/25/2015 2:33:08 PM PDT by BlueDragon (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)
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To: RnMomof7
There are other contributors at "trialblogue" but that particular article of fairly recent date (Wednesday, May 27, 2015) is apparently courtesy of John Bugay (sure to be a favorite of our FRomish FRiends? lol).

Here again the first, and last of what you'd cited here, originating from http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/05/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-papacy.html;

... ... ...

From Papal Infallibility: A Protestant Evaluation of an Ecumenical Issue Mark E. Powell p. 136


from

deus ex machina

( Latin: “god from the machine”) a person or thing that appears or is introduced into a situation suddenly and unexpectedly and provides an artificial or contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty.

The term was first used in ancient Greek and Roman drama, where it meant the timely appearance of a god to unravel and resolve the plot. The deus ex machina was named for the convention of the god’s appearing in the sky, an effect achieved by means of a crane (Greek: mēchanē). The dramatic device dates from the 5th century bc; a god appears in Sophocles’ Philoctetes and in most of the plays of Euripides to solve a crisis by divine intervention.

Since ancient times, the phrase has also been applied to an unexpected saviour or to an improbable event that brings order out of chaos (e.g., the arrival, in time to avert tragedy, of the U.S. cavalry in a western film).


But somehow..."sola scriptura" is the enemy, to be defeated(!)

Scripture as over-arching guide & rule to our faith, by which tradition itself need be evaluated to help stem tide of abuses, wherever those arise within the Christian Church, and what's the response of those with which we here often contend --- sola scriptura delenda est?

It's not as if within Scripture there is no room or space made for revelation, but that true revelation won't go against what the Scriptures well enough show. Proper governance of church body is discussed also, with no where really to be found there be one single bishop as head over all others. Pretty much anybody could be corrected, and if not receiving that when it when due and proper --- be removed, cast out.

Yet when the cry is as Sola Scriptura delenda est what is it that is being declared enemy, and what is it which seeks to take it's place?


291 posted on 06/25/2015 2:52:09 PM PDT by BlueDragon (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)
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To: BlueDragon

You NEVER had permission form me to contact me through freepmail, and even if you had that permission was rescinded the moment I requested that you not.


292 posted on 06/25/2015 3:02:29 PM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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To: verga

I didn't say that you had said so. So why even shout that out?

Too much coffee, maybe? I have that problem at times. ;^)

But [Roman] Catholics occasionally have contacted me that way. Sometimes what would be said there would be decent enough, occasionally at other times, not so much.

293 posted on 06/25/2015 3:41:20 PM PDT by BlueDragon (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)
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To: BlueDragon
I didn't say that you had said so. So why even shout that out?

Your words: "I had it anyway." (referring to permission)

Nice try twisting facts.

294 posted on 06/25/2015 5:05:03 PM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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To: verga; BlueDragon

295 posted on 06/25/2015 5:57:19 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: verga

No, the twisting is again, all yours .

The "I had it anyway" was provisional to out-side of forum, but not inclusive of the internal mail system here.

296 posted on 06/25/2015 6:04:49 PM PDT by BlueDragon (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)
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To: RnMomof7

Yes I have too.

Talking to someone and discerning some form of spirituality, I ask are you a Christian?

From Catholics I would hear, No, I’m a Catholic.

Catholicism puts more emphasis on men’s traditions than the Bible and Jesus.

Speaking of which, Mary is more and more the central figure of Catholicism.


298 posted on 06/25/2015 8:02:09 PM PDT by Syncro (Benghazi-LIES/CoverupIRS-LIES/CoverupDOJ-NO Justice-/Marxist Treason IMPEACH!)
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To: BlueDragon

Provisional from whom? Certainly not me.


299 posted on 06/26/2015 4:33:38 AM PDT by verga (I might as well be playng chess with pigeons.)
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