“Christ never gave him “a position of authority”.”
Yes, he did. Right in Matthew. Matthew clearly states that Jesus, after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah, that he was going to build his church upon Peter - and gave him the Keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
It’s all right there. Now you’re free to deny the Gospels and what they teach, but that doesn’t mean you get to deny the Gospels and at the same time claim sola scriptura. Either the Gospels are true or they are not.
“Matthew clearly states that Jesus, after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah, that he was going to build his church upon Peter - and gave him the Keys to the Kingdom of heaven.”
Oh sure, I know what Rome teaches. They have to. It is their justification to try to Lord it over Orthodox and Protestant Christians. Take it away and the infrastructure collapses. Further, as a Roman, you are required to believe it - heck you are not allowed to study and come to any other conclusion. I get where you’re coming from.
The rest of us disagree because of what is said, because of language, grammar, history and the totality of Scripture.
Christ alone is the foundation on which the Gathering of His own is built.
Yup; it sure is!