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To: joseph20
Jesus transferred His authority into Peter and the Church.

Nope. Jesus maintains all authority over His church, as Paul tells us...

"And he (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." -- Colossians 1:18

The apostles had no successors for to succeed them one needed to be a witness of Christ's resurrection...

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection." -- Acts 1:21,22


193 posted on 05/03/2008 1:43:35 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The apostles had no successors for to succeed them one needed to be a witness of Christ's resurrection...

That is a distortion of the plain meaning of the passage. You have it exactly backwards.

201 posted on 05/03/2008 1:51:00 PM PDT by Petronski (When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)
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