where in the text does it say this? Nowhere. Where in the text does it say Peter ever occupied such an office? Nowhere. You just made it up.
You wrote:
“where in the text does it say this? Nowhere.”
Actually it’s right there where I quoted the text.
“Where in the text does it say Peter ever occupied such an office? Nowhere. You just made it up.”
Nope. Obtained the episcopate.
The episcopate is a office. If he obtained it rather than founded it, then it already existed.