Open question, since no originals remain.
In Sacred Scripture, Peter is always given preeminence when reference is made to the trio of Peter, James and John (eg., Mt. 17:1 - "AND after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart", Mk. 14:33 - "And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy.")
Jesus preached from Peter's boat, told Peter, "Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men", told Peter to walk on water, allowed to Peter act as Apostolic spokesman, and at the Lord's tomb, the Angel said: "But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there you shall see him, as he told you."
The fact that God repeatedly distinguishes Peter in Sacred Scripture as unique from the other Apostles is further Scriptural evidence (in addition to Jesus' clear statement of intent recorded in Matthew 16:18) that He has chosen Peter to lead His Church.
Indeed.
If we are to believe that, we must also realize that Peter's church consisted of Jewish believers...Peter's commission was to preach to the Jews...
You guys ignore the fact that it is Paul who was chosen to lead the church of the Gentiles...It is Gentiles who make up the vast, vast majority of Jesus' church...The Roman Catholic religion is a Gentile religion...
Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Jesus spoke this about Paul...Jesus never said anything like this to or about Peter or any other apostle...You are following the wrong pope...Your popes are following the wrong pope...
And what's even more interesting is that none of your popes follow what Peter taught...And they clearly don't follow what Paul taught...But what your popes do claim is that even tho they don't follow Peter nor Paul, that somehow the scriptures gave them (your popes) the authority to create it's own scriptures and ultimately its own church outside of the scriptures...To create a religion that is in opposition to the scriptures based on snippets of scripture along with pagan rituals and practices along the way...
The best thing you could do is to step away from the Catholic catechism, pick up a bible and read the New Testament without Catholic influence...And pray a lot to Jesus while reading...
Not according to Scripture. At the Council at Jerusalem, James was the chief spokesman.
And Paul rebuked Peter for his hypocrisy in pulling back from the Gentile believers when the Jews were around.