Hello Ernie
as a building the foundation of church is rock or Concrete. AS a teaching the foundation af the Church is the teaching of Jesus.
Jesus was ask who am I, peter Said you are the Messiah, upon this faith(faith that believe Jesus is the messiah Jesus build the Church)
Key is something to open
what we need to open heaven.
it is faith that believe Jesus is the Messiah
so every body that believe Jesus AS Messiah, holding the key to heaven, include Peter and million who accept Jesus.
as a building the foundation of church is rock or Concrete. AS a teaching the foundation af the Church is the teaching of Jesus.
Jesus was ask who am I, peter Said you are the Messiah, upon this faith(faith that believe Jesus is the messiah Jesus build the Church)
Key is something to open
what we need to open heaven.
it is faith that believe Jesus is the Messiah
so every body that believe Jesus AS Messiah, holding the key to heaven, include Peter and million who accept Jesus.
I can appreciate your interpretation of scripture and can see how you came to that decision. I have a different interpretation as you know, which hopefully you can see the plausibility of although you don't agree with it. So, how can we eliminate and emotion, preconceived notions, or bias in order to determine which interpretation is based on truth because we can't both be right. In fact, maybe both of us are wrong. The only way to do that, in my opinion, is to prove that our beliefs can be validated throughout the lifetime of the Church. Otherwise, we make Jesus impotent and unable to keep His promise.
So I ask if your beliefs above are in fact the truth show me the evidence that the Church believed as you believe. I'll answer my own question via every council document where the authority of the Bishop of Rome is clearly seen. This is in alignment with the interpretation of Jesus giving the keys to Peter as the head of Jesus' Church. This takes nothing away from Jesus as He is the Cornerstone. Peter is simply His representative on earth. If you can't show me where the Church believed as you believe can you at least show me where the Church dismissed what I believe?
If you can't answer either of my questions to you isn't it incumbent upon yourself and for the sake of Jesus and His truth to ask yourself why?
-Ernie-