you should recognize that Peter was only one of 13 apostles What happened to Matthias?
At any rate, Peter was the only Apostle who:
1. was the first mentioned in any list of the Apostles.
2. was explicitly given the keys to the kingdom of heaven.
3. was explicitly called "rock".
4. healed with his shadow.
5. raised a person from the dead.
6. walked on water.
7. first confessed the divinity of Christ
8. was crucified
9. was given primacy to resolve conflicts with the bishopric.
10. was charged by Christ with the task of tending His sheep. 11. was given the order by God to make the Church universal ("catholic"), and not reserved for the Jews.
Not one other apostle was blessed in this regard. He was clearly singled out and to assert otherwise is simply denial.
84 posted on
11/11/2005 9:56:00 AM PST by
Rutles4Ever
("Fizellas! Looks like you guys are up to no good. Well, THIS gang used to be like that TOO, 3, 4)
Good link here:
http://mafg.home.isp-direct.com/peter02.htm
Here's what I like:
Peter's name is mentioned more often than all the other disciples put together:
191 times (162 as Peter or Simon Peter, 23 as Simon and 6 as Cephas). John is next in frequency with only
48 appearances, and Peter is present 50 percent of the time we find John in the Bible. Archbishop Fulton Sheen reckoned that all the other disciples combined were mentioned 130 times. If this is correct, Peter is named a remarkable 60 percent of the time any disciple is referred to.