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Acts 15, a number of factors point to Peter actually being both the leader at the council and the leader of the early Church. First, there is the manner in which his speech begins and ends. By standing up to speak after the debate had subsided, Peter made an emphatic physical gesture affirming...

A successful breakaway was not the point. The reformation did not prevail against Rome. That was my point. I made no such admission. We never hear of St. Peter being in the East, and the thing in itself is improbable, whereas nothing but Protestant prejudice can stand against the historical...

I was being nasty. I can admit a mistake but I am not freeze dried into denial. Thank you for checking the link.

BoL is not interested in backing you into a corner, he is using satire to expose ignorance and stupidity. You would benefit greatly if you would humble yourself and retract saying the ECF were liars. That's sawing off the limb you are sitting on. After the martyrdom of James the leadership...

Who was the first Christian in Rome is irrelevant, who was the first bishop or Apostle who had authority over it is what matters. The Bible gives sketchy clues that Peter was, in fact, in Rome. This is confirmed by the historical record that you deny. 1 Peter 5:13 - Some Protestants argue...

This is what I said in post #1742: "Thus your claim to trace your church back to the apostles is a lie." Thus, history is your enemy. That's why you are forced to dismiss the the Catholic early church fathers as "uninspired" because your theology is light years from them." In most cases, when a...

Your time frames are jumbled. Quotes of ECF's dates should not be overlooked. The Council of Jerusalem was around 48 AD. Paul was in Rome around 62 AD according to anti-Catholic Matt Slick. WHEN Peter got to Rome is an endless debate, but historians agree that Peter and Paul were executed in...

The Church regards all baptized Protestants as Christian even with varying degrees of separation. Most Protestant confessions of faith have borrowed "catholic church" from the Nicene Creed which was promulgated at the Council of Nicae. Even when the particular Protestant confessional formula...

Peter wasn't a leader? . Matt. 19:27 - Peter speaks on behalf of the apostles by telling Jesus that they have left everything to follow Him. Mark 10:28 - here also, Peter speaks on behalf of the disciples by declaring that they have left everything to follow Him. Mark 16:7 - Peter is specified...

... Your making a false dichotomy between Peter and the Holy Spirit, pitting one against the other. The Bible doesn't do that. This is a total misrepresentation of what the Church teaches about The Body of Christ and the Magisterium. The Bible doesn't pit one against the other the way you do...

Independent Evangelical churches follow the Baptist Successionist idea that the early church was de-centralized. They like to imagine that the early Christians met in their homes for Bible study and prayer, and that in this pure form they existed independently of any central authority. It is...

Peter could have been in Paris, where he was has absolutely no bearing on his papacy. Your ace card is a joker. You, my friend, are part of the Roman Church. Not the Catholic Church. Unless you have been born-again. Have you? Why do you insist on this mythical "Roman Church"? Too proud to...

I don't need to ask Jesus if He loves His mother, I already know. "if He loves her MORE than others" was not my question. But you answered in the affirmative. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. Paul instructs us to be imitators of Christ as he is. Jesus ALWAYS...

Not from what I can see. He is not saying what you have been told or shown are lies, he is saying that anti-Catholics constantly lie, and are too proud to be corrected. Lying and pride are sins, and this forum is full of proud liars, The Christian Taliban. It's called PRIVATE revelation for a...

By rejecting the authority Christ established on earth? That's defending opinions. That doesn't disprove Paul being subject to the Church. Besides, "not inferior" does not give Paul primacy. It means not inferior. Paul is not creating a false dichotomy of authority. Peter and Paul were not...

That has nothing to do with the tragic separation of whole communities. Is Christ divided from Paul, Apollos or Cephas? He's talking about a unity you can't see. A pro-Christ Christian doesn't bear false witness or promote false histories or misrepresent someones heartfelt beliefs. I stand...

One scripture cannot cancel out another to aid your own different attempt at division. And you call the kettle black. Paul also commanded: The CC hasn't separated from anyone. See post #819. I am not going to repeat myself. Paul is not saying that Peter is not above Paul in authority any...

The Early Church Fathers reflect history, which is why you are forced to dismiss them. Worse, you are forced to re-write history to make it fit your man made system. Their general consensus is what counts, not the few errors that few of them made. Some say their general consensus is infallible...