***And Peter did rule on circumcision and his ruling was final.***
But it was JAMES who made the final decision!
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
***Then after this is when PETER went to Antioch and separated from the Gentiles because he feared certain men who came from JAMES!
It appeared JAMES, not PETER, ruled the roost in Jerusalem.
No, here James is agreeing with, and publicly supporting, Peter.
Bible needs to viewed in context as scripture does not contradict scripture. It is clear that many protestants reject tradition and that is why they get confused and take verses out of context. They simply don’t have the context that the Catholic Church has.
Peter has primacy. Peter was given the keys - not James.
By the way, who determined what was in the New Testament? Oh yeah - the Traditions of the Catholic Church.