To: Rokke
So, when Jesus gave Peter the keys to His kingdom in heaven, it was completely arbitrary and meaningless? I've never known that of anything Jesus did...
9 posted on
01/20/2005 7:38:28 AM PST by
mike182d
To: mike182d
Jesus said this with all 12 apostles being present, it is a metaphor to tell them that they were in control of their heavenly destiny not the Temple. It is now PERSONAL! not Roman Catholic, or Peter's.
If you seek you will find, it starts understanding the Jewishness of our faith and the context of the message.
11 posted on
01/20/2005 7:57:54 AM PST by
mhuye
(Quit Crucifying the Messiah again and again with this Mother Mary nonsense!)
To: mike182d
Nope. It was very meaningful. As were all His statements to His disciples. But never once did He say "he who is not with the Pope is not with God, and who desires to be with God must be with the Pope". Nor did He say "he who is not with Peter is not with God, and who desires to be with God must be with Peter". He said very clearly, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." The debate concerning the primacy of Peter is endless and will not be resolved on FreeRepublic. But there can be no debate concerning whether the path to God leads exclusively through the Pope. It does not. Not even the Catholic Church teaches that. I suggest that if you believe the statement that preceeds this article is true, your beliefs contradict Catholic doctrine as well as the words of Christ Himself.
12 posted on
01/20/2005 7:58:02 AM PST by
Rokke
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