1 Corinthians 3
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
1 Corinthians 1
12 What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
MillerCreek wrote: I've yet to ever hear anyone of substance conclude that Peter was not in some special assignment, with particular responsibility to Christ, with Christ.
What a vague and meaningless statement. Peter was an apostle. That qualifies as a special assignment.
Yes, Peter was an Apostle and had/has "special assignment" from and by Christ.
Exactly! Same thing I've been writing here for several days so thanks for finally agreeing with me.
You have not read anything I've written here, obviously, except to misread the last comment.
I think the thread's degenerated into nonsense. It seems that there are some people whose motives are to bash the Catholic Church and by that motive, reveal themselves with very little else to offer.
To summarize, and as to the thread issue long before people began tearing Saint Peter apart: there was no "Pope Joan" and so, good day.