[daniel1212]

The Church was freed from the Law, and God again honored that decision as loosed in heaven. That is the extent of the binding and loosing that Peter had with the keys given to him by Christ - the keys to bind and loose the Law on the Church. That is simply unwarranted and far too restrictive. Binding and loosing are not new functions, but flow from the OT. The magisterium therein issued binding judgments (to bind or loose), dissent from which was a capital crime. (Dt. 17:8-13) Even a father could bind or loose his daughter, and a husband his wife, from vows within a period that she made it.

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. (Numbers 30:4)

Elijah bound the heavens for 3.5 years and then loosed them, and who James invokes as an example of what believers can do in James 5: 16-18)

[DeprogramLiberalism]

Of course, binding and loosing have a larger function than what I addressed:

Mt.18.18-19 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

I was referring to the specific “keys” given by Christ only to Peter. Go back and read my original post and see for yourself - #169.