"Until and unless Neocatholics can prove that Christ, in Matthew 16, specifically granted Peter papal authority and that Christ thereby intended to establish an unbroken chain of apostolic succession from Peter onward (both of which are read into the text), they have not met the exegetical burden that is incumbent upon them."
This reminds me of a line from an old Marx brothers movie:
"A day at The Races" in it, Chicko says something like "So. you think your horse won? Why just because he finished ahead of the other horses?"
I have always found it amazing that some Protestants will be so selective about how literal they read Holy Scripture, to suit their mistaken construct.
Would that be like, "if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood...". ;O)