Yes He did; to inspire His Church and protect it from error, among other things.
Among other things??? That's it???
It's pretty clear to me you don't know why the Holy Spirit took Jesus' place...And you clearly don't get the concept that God, in the form of the Holy Spirit indwells all born again Christians...
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
You can't get beyond John 6 and you think Peter is the one that built the Gentile Christian church even tho the scripure says otherwise...
1Co 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
And in view of that, a conversation with you about Holy Scirpture is impossible...
Yeah that's it. For someone who cannot understand "Eat my body/drink my blood", there is no way we're going to agree on the Holy Spirit, what He does and Who He resides in. So I'm not even going to go down that road.
Catholics believe ALL scripture. We do not pick and choose those that fit our preconceived notions, or the notions of Luther, Calvin, or Smith. We belong to the Church founded almost 2000 years ago by Jesus Himself, which He said He would be with until the end of the world.
And in view of that, a conversation with you about Holy Scirpture is impossible...
Yeah, you are probably right about that. When you get to a passage that does not fit your idea of what Jesus should be, you ignore it, throw it out, try to explain it away, change the subject, and finally, say it's impossible!
You were the one that wanted the scriptural basis of the Eucharist; I gave it to you; you don't accept it. But it's still there.
Since you want to bring Peter into it, (the first Pope!) I'll leave you with his words:
2nd Peter 1:20-21 Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation, for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God.
2nd Peter 3:14-18: Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace. And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, speaking of these things as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures. Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability. But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity.
So you believe that each individual non-Catholic Christian that has been "born again" is uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit to interpret scripture in their own way... some say drinking is immoral, while others say it is fine if not to excess; some say homosexual behavior is wrong, others say it is not; some say abortion is wrong, others not. Are they not, as born again Christians, all claiming the unerring Word of God for their authority? How can they believe different things about it? Why did Jesus spend 3 years preaching and teaching if we can believe whatever we want?
And the one Church that Jesus founded is the only one that has lost it's way! It put the New Testament together, copied it down through the ages, but until Luther came along, there was no true Christian people? Jesus was a liar then, as He promised at the end of the Gospel of Matthew "and behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age".