[NYer]

Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was for over two decades the Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II. He is a renowned theologian and author of numerous books. A mini-bio and full listing of his books published by Ignatius Press are available on his IgnatiusInsight.com Author Page.

[trisham]

Indirectly, however, this problem can be detected in the Gospels once we admit the principle of form critical method according to which only what was considered in the respective spheres of tradition as somehow meaningful for the present was preserved in writing as such.

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Wow. That's quite a sentence, but then I haven't yet had even a sip of my tea. I had to read it twice. :)

[trisham]

It would be exciting to trace the influence on this process of the idea that the mission of Jerusalem had passed over to Rome, which explains why at first Jerusalem was not only not a "patriarchal see" but not even a metropolis: Jerusalem was now located in Rome, and since Peter's departure from that city, its primacy had been transferred to the capital of the pagan world. [4]

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Very interesting. This article is really a gem, a wealth of information.

[Uncle Chip]

"That the primacy of Peter is recognizable in all the major strands of the New Testament is incontestable."

----- incontestable by whom? certainly not in my strand of the New Testament.

[Salvation]

Peter & Succession (Understanding the Church Today)

Pope: may all Christians recognize true meaning of Peter’s primacy

THE PRIMACY OF THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER IN THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH

Pope St. Leo the Great and the Petrine Primacy

The Epiphany of the Roman Primacy

THE PRIMACY OF THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER IN THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH [Ratzinger]

[D Rider]

That the primacy of Peter is recognizable in all the major strands of the New Testament is incontestable.

You lost me there. It is contestable. Let alone the role of the Roman church, the taking of the tile of Pontiff from the Caesars,...etc. And should we examine the putrid history of the majority of Popes with its intrigues, murders and debauchery... etc. Sorry, Christians need to be in the body of Christ not in the Roman Church.

[Quix]

That the primacy of Peter is recognizable in all the major strands of the New Testament is incontestable.
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Uhhhhhhhhhh, No.

Perhaps something like that sort of case MIGHT be made for Peter's FAITH.

[Sloth]

That the primacy of Peter is recognizable in all the major strands of the New Testament is incontestable.

I contest it.

[exnavy]

This christianity thing is not about Peter, Rome or any apostle, It isn't even about the name on the front door of your church.

It is about Jesus Christ.

[Ciexyz]

Benedict XVI bump.