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Jesus doesn't "elect", He appoints. This is the perpetual childish paranoid version of authority that anti-Catholics have about the Vatican. There is no "ruling over" except on matters of faith and morals and the clergy are not policemen. Protestant pastors have more control over the private...

How many times have you been told by the moderators to stop your senseless Catholic bashing?

I never said it did. It makes their office unique. That's a recipe for chaos. Not all are prophets, bishops, teachers etc. as Paul lists an ecclesiastical hierarchy. The Church is modeled after the Davidic Kingdom, not Microsoft or AT&T as you may think. Your system is more like communism...

I gave a long list of Protestant scholars that disagree with you. Jesus did not give the Keys of the Kingdom to His Fathers' Spirit, nor did He give the authority to bind and loose to His Father's Spirit. He gave them to Peter. It's plainly written in your Bible. You are being absurd. You guys...

The Pope does not speak in place of Christ, but on behalf of Christ, the same as an ambassador speaks on behalf of their country. There a few good sources that publicize the full context of his speeches, homilies, and general audiences.(they are not infallible) All secular media sources have an...

All the words in scripture can have only one meaning? I suppose Jesus didn't change Simon bar Jonah to ROCK, He called him Harry or Fred. ********BREAKING NEWS!!!********* Catholics know "rock" is a metaphor for God!!!! Does that take away Jesus' authority to change Simon bar Jonah's name to...

You're right. This verse has nothing to do with the keys in Isaiah 22:22, or Matthew 16:19, which is what I am talking about. Revelation 1:18; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 20:1 - Jesus' "keys" undeniably represent authority. It's the same Jesus talking about the same keys, but...

Several evangelical scholars have noted that the problem with Protestant ecclesiology is that there is no Protestant ecclesiology. In many denominations—and especially in non-denominational churches— there is no hierarchy of churches responsible to a central head, no accountability beyond the...

She didn't. The canons from the ecumenical councils that use the formula "anathema sit" continue to express theological truths in an infallible manner, and you can still get excommunicated for teaching heresy. The special, ceremonial form of excommunication known as "anathema" is what’s gone.

Paul used the term anathema in Galatians 1:8. IT ONLY APPLIED TO CATHOLICS. The much touted Council of Trent does not apply to non-Catholics. As Mungo said the term anathema is no longer used. These anathemas were not thought of as damning a person to hell. That’s something only God can do...

It's rather nervy to start a thread on ecclesia/ekklesia/assembly when you have nothing to do with any of them.

Matt. 16:18-19 – to further rebut the Protestant argument that Jesus was speaking about Peter’s confession of faith (not Peter himself) based on the revelation he received, the verses are clear that Jesus, after acknowledging Peter’s receipt of divine revelation, turns the whole discourse to the...

If there are no church leaders what was the point of Jesus appointing Apostles?

History is your enemy. Everything Peter taught is in Catholic teaching. You have no concept of development. The canon of the Bible is a development. Chalcedonian Trinitarianism is a development, and it is accepted by all. The Bible uses seeds and bodies as metaphors to describe the Church...

Craig L. Blomberg (Baptist) "The expression ‘this rock’ almost certainly refers to Peter, following immediately after his name, just as the words following ‘the Christ’ in verse 16 applied to Jesus. The play on words in the Greek between Peter’s name (Petros) and the word ‘rock’ (petra) makes...

This has nothing to do with the Jerusalem Council, other than the fact that Peter was the boss. But if you want to go there... His lambs and sheep included the Apostles, otherwise Jesus would have said this to all of them. He didn't. Just Peter. Jesus also prayed that Peters' faith would not...

Because you are anti-Church that thinks Jesus founded a direct line to God system and His founding a Church is meaningless. Nonsense. We know we are saved, we just can't be 100% certain because Paul repeatedly says we must persevere to the end. You have your salvation ticket, you don't need to...

Their decisions were infallible because the Holy Spirit was there (Acts 15:8). Mere men cannot be infallible apart from that. I am talking about doctrinal infallibility, not sinful leaders. The Pope is not infallible, councils are not infallible, only Jesus is infallible and He gives this gift...

Do you mean the Council of Jerusalem was fallible?

There is no indication in Scripture that they believed that. Your only proof is the etymology of the name "Nicolaitan," but even this does not prove your case. The name could just as easily mean "victory of the people" or "victorious people." Also, Dr. John Lightfoot (author of your second link)...