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It is clear, based on the included excerpts from Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, that Peter ALONE is the rock upon which Christ promised to build His Church.
There is a line drawn between the Apostles as founders, and the bishops as their successors. Their successors are "first after" not "second to."
Therefore, Peter's status as "the rock" is not transmitted to his successors.
Nor, is there a special primacy.
— May 17, 2026 06:13PM
There is a line drawn between the Apostles as founders, and the bishops as their successors. Their successors are "first after" not "second to."
Therefore, Peter's status as "the rock" is not transmitted to his successors.
Nor, is there a special primacy.
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Ethan D Good
is on page 67 of 182
...Furthermore, there is not a special distinction between a local church and a universal (or "Catholic") Church, as every local church embodies the universal "Church" in it's entirety.
"The idea of a universal church, in which each local church is only a part of a larger whole, is not the teaching of the New Testament Neither is the concept of Peter's trans-apostolic authority."
— May 17, 2026 06:18PM
"The idea of a universal church, in which each local church is only a part of a larger whole, is not the teaching of the New Testament Neither is the concept of Peter's trans-apostolic authority."
Ethan D Good
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The issue which is at the root of all earlier and later Christian divisions (specifically Orthodox and Catholic divisions): "What comes first, the institution guaranteeing the truth, or Truth itself?"
— Mar 28, 2026 08:34PM
