Did you sing old hymns in your church? That’s where those lines come from.
Because Jesus may have or may not have trusted Peter does not give Peter higher authority that the living Christ.
You are of course by free will, able to think otherwise.
“Because Jesus may have or may not have trusted Peter does not give Peter higher authority that the living Christ.”
Straw man alert!
No one argues that. Or did you think someone was?
I didn’t say that Peter had HIGHRR authority. I said Christ passed on HIS authority to Peter and the apostles when he ascended into heaven.
He picked his successors, in other words.