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There's only ONE Church. What YOU have are factions, called, "denominations" of that ONE Church.

WRONG. I don't have the power to forgibe YOU for sinning against your wife or for steaking from your boss. I can onlky forgive those sins you commit against ME. That's why Jesus gave that poer to His Church in John 20:21-23. - to forgive those sine OR to hold them bound. That's what Paul was...

Yup. Only an ignotamus doesn't understand the diifference between asking a member of the Body of Christ for intercessory prayer and "consulting" with the dead . . .

Peter the Rock, continuewd . . . "'You are Rock, and on this Rock I will build my church.' Peter is here pictured as the foundation of the church." --M. Eugene Boring, "Matthew," in Pheme Perkins and others, eds., The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. 8, (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1995), 345...

Do you ave ANY idea why there is a differentiation between Petros and Petra in this verse? Petros is a masculine noun and Petra is a feminine noun. The writer would NEVER use "Petra" as a name for a man. Stop thinking like a 21st century English-speaking person and think like a 1st century...

Nice try. However, Jesus and the Apostles spoke ARAMAIC - not Greek. What Jesus actually said to Peter was: " ... you are Kepha and on this Kepha I will nuild my Church..." That's why Paul refers to hinm - NOT as "Peter" in his letters, but as "Cepha". Kepha epha neans "Rock" in Aramaic...

I don't pnow down to statues. And those in the presence of almighty God in Heaven aren't "dead". They are MORE alive than YOU are (Heb. 12:1), my faithless friend . . .

WRONG. As followers of Christ - we are ALL commanded to forgive the trespasses of others agsinst US. However - NOWHERE did Jesus teach that we ALL have the power to HOLD their sins bound. That was a poer that he OCLY gave to the leaders of His Church whom He ordained. John 20:21-23 Jesus said...

Nahhh - I just have ZERO tolerance for idiotic, unsubstantiated lies. By the way - so does God . . . Rev. 2:18 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and ALL LIARS—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of...

AMEN to that.

And just because YOU vomit them out doesn't kame them true . . .

Heb. 12:6 ". . . because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son." And Peter is also the ONLY one who - - Jesus singled out and gave the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 16:18-19). - Jesus to feed His lambs and tend His sheep (John 21:15-19). -...

Of COURSE you're not - because you have absolutely NO idea what he is talking aout.

Another post, oozing with ignorance . . .

Paul's not a "problem". He was simply a later recruit to the inner circle. As to your claim that Jesus DIDN'T leave a hierarchy - the Bible proves you wrong. Forgetting the fact that the Twelve are are at the Last Supper when Jesus institutes the Eucharist and the fact that this inner circle...

THANK YOU for saying that. This is the very SAME thing that the pagan Romans accused the Early Church of for their belief and devotion to the Eucharist - and their belief that it is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the risen Christ. I'm in GOOD company . . . Ignatius of Antioch Take note...

WRONG. Jesus NEVER taught the crowds that whatever THEY bound or loosed ono earth would be bound or loosed in Heaven. This is something that he ONLY told to His inner circle. Simple hermeneutical rule (sorry for the BIG word): - When Jesus preached to the crowds – it is a universal message. -...

No - I just don't change the meaning of Scripture when I don't agree with it - like YOU do.

Yes, let’s look at some other verses to get Biblical context with regard to Peter’s Primacy. Matt. 16:18-19 is an almost verbatim fulfillment of the promises God made to Eliakiin as head over the house of David (Isa. 22:20-22). We see the SAME parallel in Joseph, when he was given supreme...

Then you DON’T know Christ. He certainly has a physical substance – His BODY – which suffered and DIED for your sins, was resurrected and ascended to the Father. To deny this fact is to deny Christ Himself. Good luck with that . . .