Good Fella
The Church Jesus speaks of is the same Holy Catholic Apostolic Church built on Peter alone and founded on the Apostles and through them their valid successors with Christ as the head. Jesus does not build his Church on individual Leeann types. Your mentality resembles that of the two greatest heretics in Church history: Arius and Luther, who as lone individuals arrogantly defied the divine teaching authority of the Catholic Church.
Oh NO…you mean someone has done this BEFORE ME???
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Jesus did not establish his Church merely on the merits of Peter’s statement. The apostle’s name was changed from Simon to Peter (Rock) as Abram’s name was changed to Abraham and Saul’s name was changed to Paul, indicating his unique position of primacy among the other apostles. Peter was the one who was given the keys. The Church was established and built on Peter alone with the other apostles serving as the foundation. Peter’s profession of faith is the first and most fundamental infallible declaration made by any of the popes who succeed him. It was by the grace of God that Peter acquired this knowledge, not by flesh and blood or by any merit on his part. The merit does rest with his graced privilege to perceive the divine truth. But this single privilege is a sign that Peter was chosen to act as Christ’s vicar on earth, modelling the Davidic kingdom in which the king’s prime minister had the power to “bind and loose.” “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is revealed in the New Testament,” says Augustine. Jesus and the apostles were devout Jews who appealled to Judaic tradition. Pope Pius lX declared the historic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception an infallible dogma ‘ex cathedra’: “from the chair of Peter.”
We’ve been through this before, Jesus founded his church on the merit of Peter’s statement – and to claim that the Catholic church of today is the same, by “apostolic succession”, as those very early churches – is preposterous.*
Your interpretation of the text holds no water. I suggest you do some objective research on the subject before engaging in wishful thinking or repeating the same rationalizations one finds on Protestant websites.
And I suggest you read the verse in context and with the others that go along with it, describing how Jesus sent out 70+ disciples to establish churches also…the real early churches.
Luke 10:
[1] After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
[2] Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
[3] Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
[4] Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
[5] And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
[6] And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
[7] And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
[8] And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
[9] And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
[10] But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
[11] Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
[12] But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
[13] Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
[14] But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
[15] And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
[16] He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
[17] And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
[18] And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
[19] Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
[20] Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
