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Absolutely. It is total subjective reasoning from Scripture to promote Peter as "the first pope". Did Jesus place a bit more focus on Peter? Does not the parent tend to focus more on the problem child more so than the rest? Peter was crude, given to violence, racism, self-confidence, and at...

"...Whom the Father shall send in My name..." An ambassador is sent "in the name of" the one he represents - likewise, the Holy Spirit is sent "in the name of" Him Whom He represents: Jesus. Moreover, anyone filled with the Holy Spirit, too, is an "ambassador" for Christ, such as Paul when...

No - 1 John 2:27 KJV makes this clear:' "But the anointing (of the Holy Spirit) which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as It hath taught you, ye shall abide...

The pope may be the head and representative of the catholic church which is apostate, but as far as the Christian church goes, Jesus is the Head and the Holy Spirit is His representative.

Have you ever thought how ridiculous it is for the papacy to claim to be above the very authority to which it claims grants it that authority? Doesn't the Word of God say the one who grants blessing is greater than the one being blessed? JESUS HIMSELF TELLS YOU WHO HE LEFT AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE...

DB, have you ever asked yourself the question: "if I were ever accused in court of being a follower of Christ, would there be enough evidence to convict me?" You have zeal, but not for God...it is for that Pedophile-in-Chief in Rome. Your love of papal power and to be in association with it...

You keep missing the crucial point that Revelation 17 is a vision given to John of events FAR INTO THE FUTURE which means it's got nothing to do with Jerusalem which has long since been destroyed, relative to this vision. Yes, it does, as seen below: Wrong - there were only two: Levitical and...

Where does it say this power to "bind and loose" refers to forgiving or retaining sins? These texts refer to "church discipline" which is up to and including kicking out the disobedient - not "the judgment seat of Christ" to which the forgiveness or retention of sin pertains. That seat alone...

Wait a sec...Catholics don't believe in "faith ALONE." They never did. "Faith ALONE" is a strictly Protestant thing, and it's one reason WHY the schism happened in the first place. And, some Catholics claim that ONLY Catholics will go to heaven... ...which is also wrong. The RCC's...

So, which is the head of the church: Jesus or the pope?

That's not what I said, DB. I said Rome strove to cultivate a reputation among the ancients as "civilized" which thing in no way precludes the horrific punishments you mentioned. Put down your Strawman 101 coursebook and do a little research and you'll find I'm absolutely correct. False...

John's not referring to Jerusalem, but to the great "falling away" apostasy which entered into Christianity. The church of the early centuries gradually became more and more corrupt, until finally this culminated into full blown apostasy when it united with the secular state (what Protestants...

This is true. Since "church" in Greek means "called ones" and Christ says He's is where two or three are gathered, a "church" can be two or three people gathering under a tree in any obscure place on Earth. The pope claims to be "head" of the church. Does this refer to a headship that is equal...

The Two Witnesses are killed and resurrected in "the great city" during the time of the end of the 1,260 Days which ended in 1798 A.D. There was no "city of Jerusalem" at that time and the Two Witnesses are not literal men - they're symbols which are to be interpreted in Zechariah 4:1-6 KJV...

The problem I have with the 1948 "restoration of Israel" is that we can't find a single precedent in Scripture where God gathered Israel back to the land after scattering them for disobedience without them first repenting of their errors. Daniel 9 plainly says the Jerusalem would be "desolate"...

@Robert Pate The Bible also speaks of "the church that was in the wilderness" where there was not church. "Church" can as easily refer to "God's people gathering openly in the desert or gathering secretly in Roman catacombs and not necessarily in a "church building".

True, but the atrocities committed by Pagan Rome against God's people pale in comparison to those of papal Rome. Pagan Rome - desiring a reputation as "cultured" and "civilized" among the ancients - strove to be as non-violent as possible. Violence against Christians was for the most part done...

John is seeing into the future, which has nothing to do with Jerusalem. Yes, ancient Israel had a "whore's forehead" because she was unfaithful to God. In the same way, unfaithful Christian churches are also "harlot" churches. Again, Revelation 17 is a future prophecy pointing to a time long...

Hi, DB, the Whore of Babylon is not Jerusalem - Jerusalem has NOTHING to do with the fulfillment of end times prophecy. According to Galatians 6, the "Israel of God" are those who "walk by this rule" of the "new creature in Christ Jesus".

You don't have to look far to find fault with catholicism, friend. The entire premise of the catholic priesthood is based on the supposed insufficiency of Christ's blood alone to atone for man's sin, which is wrong. The earthly priesthood was dissolved forever when the veil was ripped from top...