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" No, he just said he was the rock upon which the Church would be built. "Pope" means "Father" and "Catholic" means "Universal." These words are just descriptions. The fact that Jesus doesn't use those exact words is immaterial. He also never used the word Trinity. catholic means "universal". Catholic means a particular Church. Big difference.

Actually, they were synonomous until (not counting the Orthodox) Martin Luther declared himself a god basically. The remaining catholic Church was called the Catholic Church. "Pope" means "Father"!!!!!! MatT. 23: 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. O.k. Have it your way.

I'll stop referring to my dad as my father then. C'mon, this is like, 5th grade level polemnics! What's next, saying that Papal Infallibility means the Pope is absolutely perfect?