“1. Christ was MOST HOSTILE to bureaucratic pharisaical institutionalized RELIGION quite similar to the Vatican Cult. He certainly was not interested in setting another one up.”
Then why did he select the 12? Why did he give Peter the power to bind and loose?
1. The 12 were instructed to be . . .
NOT bureaucrats . . . .
but . . . drum roll . . .
SERVANTS OF ALL.
2. He gave the priesthood of ALL BELIEVERS THE POWER TO BIND AND LOOSE.