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To: OLD REGGIE

***Of course it’s not really clear that Peter was ever installed as Pope.***

In the OT, the steward was the keeper of the keys.

Matt 16:
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8 When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi 9 he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
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They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, 10 others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
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He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
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11 Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
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Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood 12 has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
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And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, 13 and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
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I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. 14 Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Peter was the only one who answered correctly. He was made the steward of the Lord.


5,420 posted on 06/13/2008 11:58:28 AM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr
Peter was the only one who answered correctly. He was made the steward of the Lord.

And your "Pope" was one among the crowd at the Council of Jersulamen, headed by "Alpha-Pope" James.
5,503 posted on 06/13/2008 3:33:25 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know no thing.)
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