“I take it, then, you are not a Papist?”
I’m a Catholic.
” Is not Peter the rock your institution claims to be built upon, the first Pope of a succession down to the present Argentinian Marxist one, Bogdoglio?”
Institution? You can’t even bring yourself to say “Church” can you?
“Is this not the main premise your institution is known for in the world, your succession of Popes?”
No.
“Has not your interpretation of Matt. 16:13-19, your alleged proof for your succession of Popes, always been the root cause of Protestant dissent?’
No.
1) Luther’s misunderstanding of verses on salvation, not any Catholic claim about Matthew 16, are the “root cause of Protestant dissent”.
2) Matthew 16 is not about papal succession so much as Peter himself.
3) It is not my interpretation but for some reason you’re saying “your”.
“Protestants interpreting Jesus Christ as the “rock” in the Matt. 16 passage, the true church built upon him, with Christ the head of his church, rather than Peter and your succession of Popes...the Papacy.”
Some Protestants. Others: http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2009/07/protestant-exegesis-profoundly-affected.html
“The term “Papacy,” thus, has always been at the heart of the RCC vs Protestant issue.”
No. The term is not. The authority is.
“Why then act like it is not?”
Because it isn’t - and I’m not acting. Why are you acting like it is when it isn’t? What controversy is there over the term “episcopacy”? None. Yet the authority of bishops is a huge issue between Catholics and Protestants. It helps to know what you’re talking about in these matters.
““Papacy” is no derogatory term, face the truth, it defines precisely what you are known for in the world.”
Nope. Only anti-Catholics have EVER referred to me as a “papist” and no one has ever referred to me as “papacy”. But accordingt to your logic - AS YOU JUST EXPRESSED - I and all other Catholics should be referred to as “papacy”.
“Your succession of Popes is the Papacy.”
No. Papacy is an office - like office of the Presidency. The presidency is not the succession of presidents. Papacy is the office. Succession of the popes is succession of the popes.
Once again we see the damage wrought by government schools.
Your responses were typical papist sophistry. With the Marxist Pope you have now, I don’t blame you for shying away from the term “Papist.” With a more less Marxist one in office, which FRoman Catholics would be more proud of, it would be a different story. You probably wouldn’t mind the term at all.