[daniel1212]

Re Peter his preeminence in Rome:

And then you have all those letters to the churches reminding them to remember the holy Father reigning in Rome, and thus Paul was sure to mention him among all the acquaintances he named in the epistles to the Romans...

But Peter did have a general pastoral role as the leader among brethren, but perpetuating that and placing it on steroids is where Scripture ends and Rome begins.

[RobbyS]

Peter was the chief of the Apostles, and the popes of Rome are his successors.There is an historic link between the bishop of Rome, but It is ahistoricism with a capital A to suppose that Peter would have behaved or even exercise exactly the same authority as Pope Benedict, or for that matter, the baptist leaders of the 16th century to have behave and acted like the Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas.

[CynicalBear]

>>And then you have all those letters to the churches reminding them to remember the holy Father reigning in Rome, and thus Paul was sure to mention him among all the acquaintances he named in the epistles to the Romans...<<

Hmmm. I must have gotten a copy of the scriptures that didn’t include that part. Bummer. Is that in the book of deceit?