If Peter wasn't the first pope, who was?

[The Liturgist]

I think the point should also be stressed that the extreme anti-Catholic hatred we see in the works of Alexander Hislop or more recently Jack Chick is not something most Protestant Christians would be comfortable with; I on a personal level find it difficult to relate to Hislop or Chick as co-religionists; their hatred for Roman Catholicism is so intense it seems contrary to basic principles of Christianity.

 

[Root of Jesse]

Simon Magus was the Pator or Simon Pator. He became the first Pope not the Apostle Peter. 2 Timothy 4:11. I believe Peter was never in Rome.

You believe. That says a lot.