[narses]

Peter wasn’t alone, he had the others God appointed and the many more he and the others chose to help.

Is it your claim that there was NO governance structure for the Church then or now?

[rickomatic]

Is it your claim that there was NO governance structure for the Church then or now?

Of course not. My only claim is that any authority or governance structure must be in line with the original Gospel.See my posting on "chicken and the egg".

My ONLY disagreement with the Roman Catholic Church is their taught doctrine that membership in their organization is necessary to salvation. My Bible does NOT teach that. And I have yet to see where the teaching of that by the Roman Catholic Church is backed up by "Scripture". Again, I guess maybe we have a different difenition of "Scripture".

That's all for now. Thank you one and all for the lively discussion. I'll check back later, after the "honey do" list is done :). May God bless each and every one of you!