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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian
Sorry, Rome.... while I may have my disagreements with the Eastern Orthodox as to their particular Theology (and not even so much disagreement at all, if Cyril Lukaris is my Ecumenical Patriarch), I think I'll tell the Papal Supremacists "Get thee behind me, Satan", and stick to the Conciliar Form of Church Government established by the Apostles and Jesus Christ.

If you are correct above, then why is St. Peter mentioned the most times in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles? Just for kicks?

24 posted on 01/18/2006 8:22:05 AM PST by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: Pyro7480; MarMema; Dionysiusdecordealcis; Kolokotronis; HarleyD
If you are correct above, then why is St. Peter mentioned the most times in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles? Just for kicks?

Saint Paul wrote most of the New Testament, and he wasn't "just for kicks" either. So, what, shall we say that Paul was "Pope"?

No, of course not. While both Saints Peter and Paul (and all the Apostles, to arguably somewhat lesser extents) had critically important roles to play in the EXTENSION of the Biblical Church, the Biblically-Established Form of Church Government was Conciliar, not Papal.

We can see this clearly in Acts 15, where the Presiding Apostle James (NOT PETER) "pronounces judgment" (Acts 15:19) for the Whole Church, but only according to the CONCILIAR CONSENSUS of the Whole Church (Acts 15:22).

25 posted on 01/18/2006 8:40:55 AM PST by OrthodoxPresbyterian (We are Unworthy Servants; We have only done Our Duty)
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