[MarkBsnr]

***There never was such a thing as a legitimate Papacy. Call this man-made office what you will. Give him whatever authority you will.***

What possesses a man to ascend to the heights of such hubris?

Authority does not come from me to create the Church of Jesus Christ. Unlike our friends similar to yourself who create their own churches, their own theologies and their own gods in their own images.

Reggie, I have no problem with your theology as long as you don’t attempt either usurp or assist others in usurping Christianity. Slapping the old badge on a new and diluted product are counted amongst the antics of the advertising companies, not the theologically sound.

You may be as proud or as discreet as you wish to be about your Universalism and I will think no worse of you either way. Assisting others in hijacking the faith does get my attention, though.

***Fake is fake.***

And truth is truth.

[OLD REGGIE]

What possesses a man to ascend to the heights of such hubris?

I dunno. It was a few hundred years (post Constantine) that the system of the Papacy developed. A few hundred more years before the Bishop of Rome had the audacity to claim "Primacy" over other Bishops.

It then became necessary to write a "history" (which has undergone a few changes) to "fill in the blanks".

The short answer is: You'll have to ask your Church. And, don't expect an answer.