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To: BipolarBob
Says you. This does not mean the same thing was not told or given to the other twelve apostles. It just wasn't recorded.

Says me? No, says Matthew. For one who is a Bible Believing christian, that is a rather strange comment.

There is ample evidence in the New Testament that Peter was first in authority among the apostles. Whenever they were named, Peter headed the list (Matt. 10:1-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13); sometimes the apostles were referred to as "Peter and those who were with him" (Luke 9:32). Peter was the one who generally spoke for the apostles (Matt. 18:21, Mark 8:29, Luke 12:41, John 6:68-69), and he figured in many of the most dramatic scenes (Matt. 14:28-32, Matt. 17:24-27, Mark 10:23-28). On Pentecost it was Peter who first preached to the crowds (Acts 2:14-40), and he worked the first healing in the Church age (Acts 3:6-7). It is Peter’s faith that will strengthen his brethren (Luke 22:32) and Peter is given Christ’s flock to shepherd (John 21:17). An angel was sent to announce the resurrection to Peter (Mark 16:7), and the risen Christ first appeared to Peter (Luke 24:34). He headed the meeting that elected Matthias to replace Judas (Acts 1:13-26), and he received the first converts (Acts 2:41). He inflicted the first punishment (Acts 5:1-11), and excommunicated the first heretic (Acts 8:18-23). He led the first council in Jerusalem (Acts 15), and announced the first dogmatic decision (Acts 15:7-11). It was to Peter that the revelation came that Gentiles were to be baptized and accepted as Christians (Acts 10:46-48).

29 posted on 03/08/2013 7:37:28 AM PST by NYer (Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)
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To: NYer
Since we are quoting from the Book of Matthew, let's look at Matt 19:30 "But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first". Peter was the impulsive one and may have elbowed his way to the front of the line, but John was known as the disciple Jesus loved. Your whole institution depends on the supreme Petrine apostleship interpretation and so every Catholic must have that bias reinforcement when looking at the Scriptures. Protestants can look at the Bible with "fresh eyes" and see the bigger picture.
Peace be to you.
30 posted on 03/08/2013 7:59:07 AM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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