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Because what I think you are really trying to say is that the church you are part of gets to rule over scripture. But scripture is “God-breathed”, which sounds a bit more immediate to me than the status of a pope.

I agree, that is EXACTLY what is being implied here. What some fail to realize, though, is that God always has a remnant. What today calls itself THE church Jesus established, is far different than what was around in the first few centuries after the Apostles all died out. The TRUE church of Jesus Christ is not comprised of a single organization headquartered in Rome. How any group is identified as being part of the Body of Christ is how closely they adhere to the truths established BY God in Scripture and it is the Holy Spirit within each believer that reveals the truth to them. There IS unity on the major tenets of the faith when we are in submission to the Holy Spirit.