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Pathway2
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How does the pope work and why not just the bishop of Rome being a patriarch.
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Maximilian75
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‘You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on Earth will he loosed in heaven.’
Jesus did not build the Church upon all the Apostles, but rather just Peter, who later became the Bishop of Rome and then passed his office to Linus.
Jesus did not build the Church upon all the Apostles, but rather just Peter, who later became the Bishop of Rome and then passed his office to Linus.
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catholic1seeks
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Basic principle: If the local church needs a central unifying figure (i.e., the bishop) then it’s reasonable that the universal church would also need a visible source of unity.
This is what early Christians argued. Cyprian in the third century said Rome was the chair of the universal church’s unity. Communion with Rome meant communion with Peter, and therefore Christ’s one church.
From the fourth century, either prior to or in response to Constaninople’s novel theory on the primacy:
This is what early Christians argued. Cyprian in the third century said Rome was the chair of the universal church’s unity. Communion with Rome meant communion with Peter, and therefore Christ’s one church.
From the fourth century, either prior to or in response to Constaninople’s novel theory on the primacy:
“Although all the Catholic Churches spread abroad throughout the world comprise but one bridal chamber of Christ, nevertheless, the holy Roman church has been placed at the forefront not by the conciliar decisions of the churches, but has received the primacy by the evangelic voice of our Lord and Savior, Who says: "You are Peter …(Matt 16:18-19).” In addition to this, there is also the companionship of the vessel of election, the most blessed Apostle Paul who, along with Peter in the city of Rome in the time of Caesar Nero, equally consecrated the above-mentioned holy Roman Church to Christ the Lord; and by their own presence and by their venerable triumph, they set it at the forefront over the others of all the cities of the world. The first see, therefore, is that of Peter the Apostle, that of the Roman church, which has neither stain nor blemish, nor anything like that. The second see is that of Alexandria, consecrated on behalf of the blessed Peter by Mark, his disciple and an Evangelist, who was sent to Egypt by the Apostle Peter, where he preached the word of truth and finished his glorious martyrdom. The third see is that of Antioch, which belonged to the most blessed Peter, where first he dwelled before he came to Rome, and where the name “Christians” was first applied, as to a new people." (Decree of Damasus # 3, 382 A.D.)
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