[kosciusko51]

No, I'm saying that the RCC has replaced a ruling body of elders with a supreme pontiff (which is one of the reasons the RCC split from the EO, where the Bishop of Rome was considered "first among equals"), have added and replaced doctrine over the years so that what is the RCC is nothing like what the first century church was.

If the Holy Spirit guides the RCC, does that mean the Pope Francis was put there by the Holy Spirit?

[raygunfan]

reread what i said and what the article says, it is the SEMINAL church council.

Peter was the head of that council, despite fictionalized attempts to make it seem that he was just ‘one of the guys’ discussing things....

and down to today with the Pope being in charge of all councils, etc.

there has been no adding of doctrine that wasnt in, for a lack of repeating myself, seminal form in the early church.

there has been no change in doctrine, only a fuller understanding.

this sort of, again, hermeneutical nonsense, from protestants, is a greater problem than ever before.

The holy spirit has guided all those bishops down over the eons to pick the right man to lead the church, the holy spirit wouldnt be needed if the church just needed ‘another guy’ to hang out and discuss things with.

[Salvation]

Peter was the First Pope. Or this that not in your history book?

[metmom]

Good luck getting a straight answer to THAT one.

I’ve been trying for years and not gotten one yet.