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To: Campion
Sorry, that should have read:

It is true that the rank of Apostle is superior to that of Bishop, so that St. Peter would hold the office of Bishop of Antioch while keeping all of his authority as an Apostle.

153 posted on 10/28/2006 7:35:46 PM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Campion; Uncle Chip

Why wasn't he just called Pope? Why "bishop" when the rank is lower?


155 posted on 10/28/2006 7:44:11 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the Cross)
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To: Campion
One other thing about that quote from Eusebius. Peter spent more time in Jerusalem than in Antioch. Why wouldn't Eusebius say that Peter founded the church of Jerusalem ---which he apparently did. If he was Bishop anywhere, he would have been the Bishop of Jerusalem not Antioch.

Do you think that Eusebius was trying to disguise Peter's Jewish heritage by linking him to Antioch rather than Jerusalem?

158 posted on 10/28/2006 8:18:00 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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