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To: annalex

The faith I have is in Christ as the Chief Cornerstone and head of the body, the Church, not a group of believers placing their priority of faith upon Peter.


1,359 posted on 01/10/2010 3:58:40 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

So do I, as Catholic.


1,369 posted on 01/10/2010 6:36:26 AM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: Cvengr; annalex
placing their priority of faith upon Peter.

You do realise that that is incorrect. Peter's primacy among the apostles was for administrative and also an earthly "last-resort" for collective councils. This proved true during the early centuries of The Church when there were councils ad-nauseum about Monarchism, Montanist, Donatists, ARians, the teaching of Nestorius etc. where the Patriachs of Antioch, Jerusalem, Constantinople and the Patriachs/Popes of Alexandria and Rome (incidently the head of the Copts is also called the Pope -- Pope Shenouda II currently) along with the bishops of the Church met.

The primacy of Peter did not affect basic doctrine -- or else, why would the beliefs of the Syro-Malabar Christians resemble the Christianity of Europe in dogma even though they were separated from each other for over a millenium?
1,539 posted on 01/10/2010 8:51:17 PM PST by Cronos (Philipp2:12, 2Cor5:10, Rom2:6, Matt7:21, Matt22:14, Lu12:42-46,John15:1-10,Rev2:4-5,Rev22:19)
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