“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.”
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18).
Now it would be rather silly for someone to think that God meant for his church to be founded only to die with Peter.
And it would be equally silly for someone to think that anyone other than the successors of Peter would be qualified to continue it.
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And as one reads the ECFs on this issue one will find multiple opinions. There is no clear understanding of what Rome claims on this issue…among others.
I found that part. But Jesus is The Rock not Peter. The gates of hell prevailed against Peter three times while he denied knowing his Lord. So, His Church is not built on the shifting sand of mankind. NO! It is built on the Cornerstone (Who is Jesus). And no mention of successorship, written or implied.
"Now it would be rather silly for someone to think that God meant for his church to be founded only to die with Peter."
Now why would a sane person ever think that?? Only a Catholic would pose that hypothetical. Peter had no supremacy over the others and that is obvious in various texts. In fact he was called out over his hiding his eating habits with Gentiles and even Paul said he was no less an apostle than Peter. There goes your Petrine Supremacy theory out the window.