I love to read and study the scriptures, and because I do, I find that they alone answer all questions which arise, and draw all sorts of opinions from those that have no interest in them; however, any and all opinions that disagree with the written word of God, does not detract anything from what they themselves declare concerning the TRUTH.
That Peter had zeal for the Lord, and an impetuous person, for sure we can point out as characteristics which can be made to describe this man of GOD.
If He would have been appointed the "VICAR" on which the Church was to be built, HE not only didn't Claim this position for himself by words, but, he did not show it by action at the First Church Council (Acts 15:1-35).
PETER, never presented himself as
the "VICAR of Christ" on earth nor as the head of the Church, nowhere in the scritures does hem point out his "primacy" over the other Apostle.
At the first "Church Council" which was convened at
Jerusalem, was NOT convened or called for by PETER, but at the request of PAUL and Barnabas.
Acts 15
15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
It was James, the Elder who presided at the council according to;
Acts 15
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is , that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Peter viewed himself with the same authority as the other apostles (1 Pet 1:1; 2 Pet 1:1; Eph 1:1; 1 Tim 1:1).
As`a church leader, he introduced himself, not as the head of the Church, but simply as one among many "elders", "a fellow elder".
He spoke to the elders not as one having authority over them, but as one with them.
1Pet
5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder , and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Unlike the Pope who is accountable to no human, (according to;ref; "the teaching of the Catholic Church, by Neuner & Roos, S.J., page 226, No. 381),
Peter submitted to the authority of the Church. On at least one occasion He and John were sent by the apostles to Samaria (Acts 8:14)
ARE THERE EXAMPLES IN SCRIPTURE OF PETER EXERCISING AUTHORITY OVER OTHER APOSTLES, OR THE CHURCH ??
If so please reference them!
That Peter had zeal for the Lord, and an impetuous person, for sure we can point out as characteristics which can be made to describe this man of GOD.
If He would have been appointed the "VICAR" on which the Church was to be built, HE not only didn't Claim this position for himself by words, but, he did not show it by action at the First Church Council (Acts 15:1-35).
PETER, never presented himself as
the "VICAR of Christ" on earth nor as the head of the Church, nowhere in the scritures does hem point out his "primacy" over the other Apostle.
At the first "Church Council" which was convened at
Jerusalem, was NOT convened or called for by PETER, but at the request of PAUL and Barnabas.
Acts 15
15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
It was James, the Elder who presided at the council according to;
Acts 15
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is , that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Peter viewed himself with the same authority as the other apostles (1 Pet 1:1; 2 Pet 1:1; Eph 1:1; 1 Tim 1:1).
As`a church leader, he introduced himself, not as the head of the Church, but simply as one among many "elders", "a fellow elder".
He spoke to the elders not as one having authority over them, but as one with them.
1Pet
5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder , and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Unlike the Pope who is accountable to no human, (according to;ref; "the teaching of the Catholic Church, by Neuner & Roos, S.J., page 226, No. 381),
Peter submitted to the authority of the Church. On at least one occasion He and John were sent by the apostles to Samaria (Acts 8:14)
ARE THERE EXAMPLES IN SCRIPTURE OF PETER EXERCISING AUTHORITY OVER OTHER APOSTLES, OR THE CHURCH ??
If so please reference them!
there was and is only ONE SHEPERD........ JESUS CHURST........ period...... and I guess Paul -Timothy and the others DIDN'T tend the flock - they just stood by and listened... fine.....
