Even had Peter been selected to a post of authority over the apostles, which I believe not to have been the case, where is the scriptural authority for choosing a selection of a successor to Peter?
Even had Peter been selected to a post of authority over the apostles, which I believe not to have been the case
Where is your disagreement with what I posted earlier?
In Matt. 16:18 - Jesus said in Aramaic, you are "Kepha" and on this "Kepha" I will build my Church.
In that passage, we see that Jesus builds the Church only on Peter, the rock, with the other apostles as the foundation and Jesus as the Head. In the very next passage - Matt. 16:19 - only Peter receives the keys, which represent authority over the Church and facilitate dynastic succession to his authority.
As for your question,
where is the scriptural authority for choosing a selection of a successor to Peter?
Jesus gave Peter, and the apostles and elders in union with him, the power to bind and loose in heaven what they bound and loosed on earth. (Matt. 16:19; 18:18). This teaching authority did not die with Peter and the apostles, but was transferred to future bishops through the laying on of hands (e.g., Acts 1:20; 6:6; 13:3; 8:18; 9:17; 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:22; 2 Tim. 1:6).