[SoothingDave]

Gee whizz, Paul not only rebukes Peter but he says we can be justified by faith alone. THE HERETIC

You are under the impression, perhaps, that Popes do not listen to advice or do not deserve to be rebuked when they are acting hypocritically? Let me disabuse you of that notion. Peter had already decided the issue of the Jews and Gentiles and was not living up to his decision. Paul rightly calls him to account for this. It doesn't make Peter not the Pope any more than the present Pope listening to the advice of his confessor makes JPII not Pope.

You paranoid Protestants all imagine the Pope as an absolute ruler like Hitler who no man dared to speak against. It's just not that way.

SD

[OLD REGGIE]

You are under the impression, perhaps, that Popes do not listen to advice or do not deserve to be rebuked when they are acting hypocritically? Let me disabuse you of that notion. Peter had already decided the issue of the Jews and Gentiles and was not living up to his decision. Paul rightly calls him to account for this. It doesn't make Peter not the Pope any more than the present Pope listening to the advice of his confessor makes JPII not Pope.

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And the Pope is not the one to make the final judgment???

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You paranoid Protestants all imagine the Pope as an absolute ruler like Hitler who no man dared to speak against. It's just not that way.

No. I am sure the "confessor" is the one who appoints the new Cardinals.

See my post #66 to pegleg. I am not a Protestant.