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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Scripture does say this:

[18] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [19] And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heavenMatthew Ch 16.

Or did Luther excise that from your "bible" also?

30 posted on 08/12/2016 6:06:48 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide
[18] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [19] And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heavenMatthew Ch 16.

That only says the Apostle Peter is given a special place in the Kingdom of God. That Christ's Assembly is built on the rock of confession of faith, which Peter had just confessed.

What it doesn't say is that Peter founded a church, that Peter ever served as the Bishop of Rome, or that what became the Roman Catholic Church was the Assembly Christ founded on confession of faith.

Without a confession of faith - entrusting yourself to Christ alone, apart from any claim to your own righteousness - you will die in your sins and be separated from God from all eternity. I wish better for you. What church you choose to attend will have nothing to do with whether you have eternal life.

32 posted on 08/12/2016 6:12:34 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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