[OLD REGGIE]

So we see that Peter is the one who rules definitively on the question of doctrine, and all kept silent.

Peter ruled nothing. He was a participant, an important one, but a participant nonetheless.

FYI James is nowhere called a Bishop, nor is Peter. In fact the title "Bishop" is not identified to any of the Apostles.

[small voice in the wilderness]

THANK YOU Reggie, for that. It seems the Scripture’s PLAIN wording isn’t enough. How hard can it be to read what the word says? Unless you don’t LIKE what it says. Then what to do? I guess one can always start a religion, based not on what God’s Word says but traditions that say something very different...