Peter at the pearly gates?

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How did this come about? Why isn’t it instead John, James et. al. at the pearly gates of Heaven who meets the individual?

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De_Maria said:
Because St. Peter is the man whom Jesus put in charge of His Flock.
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Fine with me:D

So the “keys” of the Pearly gates held by St. Peter.

Interestingly it was St. John who mentions 12 “Pearls” in 21:21.

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It may also have started as a Protestant tactic to divert attention from the significance of our Lord’s words in Matt. 16:19:
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. RSV: Catholic Edition
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That’s Peter’s (and his successors’) earthly role, and is an echo of Isaiah 22:22.

Maybe i’m just too suspicious! But maybe not. 🤷
 
It doesn’t seem to matter who is at the pearly gates. Christ’s mum apparently keeps letting people in the back door 😉
 
A couple of points to show how the perception of the gates to heaven have changed in recent decades. In the 1940s song “Smoke, smoke smoke” (that cigarette) Phil Harris, among other artists, sang
“Tell Saint Peter at the Golden Gate, that you hate to make him wait but you just got to have another cigarette.”
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Frank Eaton (aka “Pistol Pete”) 1860-1958 was a late-1800s American cowboy, Indian fighter, blacksmith, sheriff, quick-draw artist and author. Having avenged the murder of his father by six men (shooting five of them), he later said,
“I know St. Peter has me charged up pretty heavy, but unlike a mortal judge, He knows the innermost motive for every deed committed, whether good or evil, and I think He will not be too hard on a poor old cowboy who did his best as he saw it.”
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So, he saw Saint Peter as the judge of those who would enter the Kingdom.
 
I’ve often wondered about this too, if this wasn’t the explanation for Protestants that Christ gave the keys of the kingdom to Peter. But it makes it seem that Peter is our ultimate judge and not God.
 
Allegra said:
I’ve often wondered about this too, if this wasn’t the explanation for Protestants that Christ gave the keys of the kingdom to Peter. But it makes it seem that Peter is our ultimate judge and not God.
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Nah, he is the bouncer holding the clipboard with the list.
 
MartinJordan said:
How did this come about? Why isn’t it instead John, James et. al. at the pearly gates of Heaven who meets the individual?

🤷 😃

MJ
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Jess made this decision on earth,
He said to Pete in the Bible. “I will give you the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.”
 
When my cousin became a priest, at the ceremony the Bishop consecrated his hands with sacred oil. After the consecration, he was given a white linen cloth to wipe off the excess oils.

The next day at his first Mass, before it concluded, he announced that Catholic tradition says that he is allowed to give this linen cloth as a gift to someone. He stated that upon the recipient’s death, when they have this cloth they present it to Saint Peter himself upon their entry to Heaven.

He gave it to his mother (my aunt) and I tell you there wasn’t a dry eye in the house 😃
 
punisherthunder said:
When my cousin became a priest, at the ceremony the Bishop consecrated his hands with sacred oil. After the consecration, he was given a white linen cloth to wipe off the excess oils.

The next day at his first Mass, before it concluded, he announced that Catholic tradition says that he is allowed to give this linen cloth as a gift to someone. He stated that upon the recipient’s death, when they have this cloth they present it to Saint Peter himself upon their entry to Heaven.

He gave it to his mother (my aunt) and I tell you there wasn’t a dry eye in the house 😃
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👍

MJ
 
MartinJordan said:
Fine with me:D

So the “keys” of the Pearly gates held by St. Peter.

Interestingly it was St. John who mentions 12 “Pearls” in 21:21.

MJ
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Ok. So you mean Revelation 21:21. But what does that have to do with the keys to the Kingdom? The pearls do not negate that Our Lord selected St. Peter to have authority over His Flock.
 
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