Origin of papacy according to Protestants

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When did the papacy start according to protestants?
 
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I don’t think most Protestants really care, the Pope isn’t part of their religious traditions.

Some apocalyptic sects may cite certain individuals as the “first pope” to explain their end of the world theories. But that’s only a tiny minority of Protestants.
 
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From a Baptist perspective, there is literally no such thing. We were told that it was just a man made institution of no real consequence.
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Out of interest, how do Baptists square Matthew 16:18 “Though art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church,” with the papacy being a man-made institution?
 
Boy, I heard countless interpretations of that verse. None of them involved Peter being pope. Emphasis was placed on the idea that “the church” was build on the rock of salvation and would never falter. In no way was Peter understood to be that rock.
 
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Boy, I heard countless interpretations of that verse. None of them involved Peter being pope. Emphasis was placed on the idea that “the church” was build on the rock of salvation and would never falter. In no way was Peter understood to be that rock.
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To my mind, though, the proxy of authority is what makes the papacy the papacy: “I will give you* the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you* bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you* loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

(Each of these instances of ‘you’ in the Greek is singular. It’s “you”, not “ya’ll”. Jesus is talking specifically to Peter!)
 
Yes, but that is not the Protestant interpretation. The OP asked about Protestants.
 
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Yes, but that is not the Protestant interpretation. The OP asked about Protestants.
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True, but @Brendan_64 asked a Protestant take on Mt 16:18. I guess I’m asking “and what’s their take on Mt 16:19?”…
 
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Out of interest, how do Baptists square Matthew 16:18 “Though art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church,” with the papacy being a man-made institution?
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Noted 18th Century Baptist theologian John Gill, gave an analysis of every verse in bible. Of course, Protestant beliefs vary, but his work is a good place to see where mainstream Protestants are coming from. Gill lived before a lot of the 19th century innovations.

 
See augustinian’s link. Basically the phrase “you are Peter” is glossed over.

Protestant converts often refer to verses they didn’t realize were in the Bible. This is one of them.
 
mrsdizzyd said:
See augustinian’s link. Basically the phrase “you are Peter” is glossed over.
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That’s Mt 16:18. I was talking about Mt 16:19.

(However, I did use that link to see the commentary on v19 and, oh boy!, was it interesting. The take on that verse was an eisegesis of Protestant doctrine, describing “the kingdom” as the Bible and “the keys” as the ability to preach from the Bible, given not only to Peter but to all. Was that your experience, too? Yikes…)
 
Glossed over. As I said, Protestant converts often refer to this passage as one we “didn’t realize was in the Bible”.
 
I once listened to a sermon at a pentocostal church.
They hit this verse and missed half of it.
The congregation actually believed they had read it, but they had only read pieces of the verse.
I am still confused as to how that happens,
 
It seems to approach this piece of scripture with the preconceived notion that the Church cannot be built on Peter and goes through mental gymnastics to interpret the words in the light of a preconceived condition.
 
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