1. Not only do we see "equal authority" of each Apostle throughout Scripture, we see nowhere where Peter is given any authority unique to him.
(To all the Apostles) (DOUAY-RHEIMS) MATHEW 18:18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
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2. Peter was not given a new name at the time he was given the "keys". The name was given the very first time Jesus met him.
(DOUAY RHEIMS) JOHN 1:
41 He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.
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3. The Catholic Church does not teach the Church was built on Peter but upon his confession of faith.
CATHOLIC CATECHISM
424 Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church.
881 The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock. "The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to its head." This pastoral office of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church's very foundation and is continued by the bishops under the primacy of the Pope.
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Who called [and presided at] the "Council of Jerusalem"?
But it is St. Peter who makes the winning argument. Since the council was local in Jerusalem, the bishop of Jerusalem presided, and he was St. James. This episode illustrates the model of Catholic episcopacy very well. It is conciliar in its nature and not dictatorial.
Hardly worthy of comment. The argument doesn't pass the most elementary sniff test.
Peter was one among other leaders at this "council" and was subordinate to James. There was no such thing as a hierarchy with a single "leader" during the life of Peter. (This development took several hundred years before the "Papacy" was invented".
The Keys are given to him alone, he alone is renamed so that to associate him with the foundation of the Church, and he alone has the prayer of Jesus to "confirm his brethren" (Luke 22). Read scripture much?
not given a new name at the time he was given the "keys".
That Jesus predicted the renaming the first time He met Peter does not nullify Metther 16 where the complete account of the actual renaming is given.
The Catholic Church does not teach the Church was built on Peter but upon his confession of faith
True. Neither I said that it was build on Peter in any physical way. Peter is associated with the foundation of the Church. Why? Indeed, because of his sterling faith.
Peter was one among other leaders at this "council" and was subordinate to James
Not what the scripture said. Peter rose, spoke, and all agreed. St. James as the presider, approved the letter.