"Get behind me satan!"?

[Montie_Claunch]

What should I say to that which is used as an objection against the papacy?
Where Jesus tells Peter, “Get behind me satan.”

Thanks and God bless.

 

[VociMike]

Tell them to stop calling Peter an Apostle, and to take his books out of their bibles. And then stand back and watch the double standard kick in.

 

[LilyM]

Jesus recommissioned Peter both as Apostle and as Pope well after this by asking him to ‘feed my lambs, feed my sheep’ - in fact this was even after his denial three times of Jesus. And Paul actively persecuted Christians - Peter didn’t do anything that was worse.

 

[DCD]

What should I say to that which is used as an objection against the papacy?
Where Jesus tells Peter, “Get behind me satan.”

Thanks and God bless.

In St. Peter’s case before Calvary anytime he was an obstacale to Christ and his mission then we can expect Christ to rebuke him. The main reason is Peter was acting on his own. His views were like every other Israelite a military king. After Calvary we see that once he reconciles himself to the Lord and allows himself to be strengthed by the grace of Christ he never fails when imparting the faith. The same can be said for St. Paul.

Peace,
DCD

 

[Mijoy2]

Jesus recommissioned Peter both as Apostle and as Pope well after this by asking him to ‘feed my lambs, feed my sheep’ - in fact this was even after his denial three times of Jesus. And Paul actively persecuted Christians - Peter didn’t do anything that was worse.

Isn’t it a wonderful thing that we can look back on the humanity of Peter and Paul during weak times of our very own faith?

Whenever I am feeling badly about denying Christ I get comfort knowing He forgave our first pope of the very same thing.

 

[NotWorthy]

Don’t ever forget that Jesus KNEW that He would have to rebuke Peter, and yet He still gave him the power to “Bind and Loose”, a very real authority that was exercised by the Pharisees in Jesus’ time.

 

[Ghosty]

How about the fact that when Jesus says “get behind me”, He also says “follow me”. He wasn’t totally rejecting Peter, He was telling him to mind his place and quit standing in the way of the Messiah, which is what Satan would have him do. “Get behind me” was less an exorcism, and more an exhortation to quit being a blockhead, quit being an obstacle (satan means adversary), and get behind Christ with his own cross (as he makes clear a few lines later).

Just my thoughts!

Peace and God bless!