1...and not to anyone else, such as a later bishop of Rome. But you should know that "keys," like many other allusions in scripture, are open to various intenpretations. Since keys open things, and Peter opened the eyes of the multitudes on Pentecose, becoming the first to bring in a real surge of new disciples, and thanks to a special, miraculous gift of tongues, this is the most likely interpretation according to many Bible scholars.
AMEN! Open to MANY other interpretations!
How about over 30,000 different interpretations?
Yes that is right. Heck we got a Protestant denomination for just about anything under the sun. The devil is sitting on the corner selling them for cheap. You want one or maybe you think you have one of your own?
You got ONE thing right.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETATION.
Don't you think Jesus knew that? Do you think God is stupid?
Of course you do not. You are an intelligent person with a very good imagination.
A.)Have you imagined that God left an Authority to guide us in the interpretation and help us remember.
B.)Have you imagined that this Authority would be right here on earth and the pillar that would uphold the truth.
C.)Have you imagined that another would have a seat like moses and be in charge of the King of the Universe's kingdom here on earth.
Matthew 23:2. Saying: The
scribes and the
Pharisees have sitten on the chair of
Moses.
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Dicens super cathedram Mosi sederunt scribae et Pharisaei[/SIZE]
If you have then AMEN brother I got good news for you. So tell that demon on the corner you ain't buying and read what scripture has to say...
To answer 'A' we are told:
John 15:26. But when the
Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the
Father, the Spirit of
truth, who proceedeth from the
Father, he shall give testimony of me.
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Cum autem venerit paracletus quem ego mittam vobis a Patre Spiritum veritatis qui a Patre procedit ille testimonium perhibebit de me[/SIZE]
To answer 'B' we are told:
Timothy 3:15. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest
know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the
house of God, which is the
church of the
living God, the pillar and ground of the
truth.
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To answer 'C' we are told:
16:19. 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 on earth, it shall be loosed also in
heaven.
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Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum et quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in caelis et quodcumque solveris super terram erit solutum in caelis[/SIZE]
AND how do we know these keys grant Peter the powers of the Steward of the Kingdom? Because the spirit had the text written the same as that of Isaias 22:22 and because we kept the Traditions of the church as can be seen in the writings of the ECF.
22:22. And I will lay the key of the house of
David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
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Et dabo clavem domus David super umerum eius et aperiet et non erit qui claudat et claudet et non erit qui aperiat[/SIZE]