[Jan_Sobieski]

Where is this promise to the successors of Peter written in the Bible? I'd really like to look those verses over carefully. Thanks in advance.

Nowhere. For 300+ years the church was fine without Rome’s regulatory and financial capture of the Church. Bishoprics held each other accountable to the word of God. The Roman “Pontiff” changed that causing all to bow to his diktats

[ebb tide]

For 300+ years the church was fine without Rome’s regulatory and financial capture of the Church. Bishoprics held each other accountable to the word of God. The Roman “Pontiff” changed that causing all to bow to his diktats

You're just full of nonsense tonight.

There's a clear, uninterrupted line of popes, from Peter on. There are also recognized anti-popes.

[Montana_Sam]

“The Roman “Pontiff” changed that causing all to bow to his diktats”

No. Jesus appointed Peter as the first head of the visible Church. Jesus, being God and Man, created the Church the same way He created humanity - as a community with a titular head. As the husband of a family has a duty to care for his family, the Pope has the duty to care for Jesus’ flock.

God didn’t create Adam and Eve as stand-alone humans - they had a duty to set the example to honor God and obey His commandments. When they failed, their failure had lasting consequences, and they lost paradise for not only themselves, but for all mankind. People make a mistake when too narrowly defining God’s Will in His creation, and trying to isolate it to a particular point in time.