[CyberAnt]

"a fundamental supreme authority established by Christ in the person of St. Peter"

Any Christian has as much authority as Peter. God honors spiritual offices (Pastor, Evangelist, Teacher, etc.), but it is clear He honors faith above any person. The Bible says, "God is no respector of persons". If Peter is esteemed higher than others, then God is lying.

When Jesus told Peter, "upon "this" will I establish my church", Jesus wasn't talking about a person, the "this" he was talking about was what Peter said, and where Peter got the information. Remember, Jesus asked them, "who do people say that I am". And ... what did Peter say, "you are the Son of God, the Christ (the anointed one)". Jesus then told Peter that He knew Peter didn't think of this by himself, but that God had revealed it to Peter. This "revealed information" was what Jesus said he would build his church on - the church was built on revealed information that could only come from God, and not on Peter the person.

This is not to say Peter was not a great man of God. After Peter was Baptized in the Holy Ghost, he stood up and preached to 5,000 - who got saved. But ... there are preachers on the earth today who have preached to and saved more than 5,000 at one time.

[JMJ333]

Any Christian has as much authority as Peter

Thank you for your nice reply.

On whose authority? And how do you reconcile there is no consensus on theological beliefs among the many differnt denominations?