[BlueDragon]

this is why we have Petrine authority and this is also why all discussion must begin and end with Petrine authority.

Do you yourself have any of this "Petrine authority" which you incessantly yammer on about?

That is a simple yes or no question, pertaining to yourself as an individual human being -- not the ecclesiastial association to which you possibly self-identify as being associated with.

Can you answer the question honestly and simply --- as that question be to yourself, alone, doing so without dragging in yet more extraneous argument?

[Steelfish]

Yes, I believe in the Credo. So what do you believe in?