Yes.
Interesting, but is that all?
Not sure. You need more?
2 Peter 3:16
I don’t mind reading the epistles myself, but I’d like to know how many times Peter implies that he is the head of the Church in his epistles.
Because it is coupled with the entire context of Scripture.
I honestly don’t know. What if it’s only once? Or not at all explicitly written? Doesn’t change the truth.
That would be an awefully important detail to leave out, don’t you think? Afterall, St. Paul wrote most of the New Testament.
, Peter wouldn’t have necessarily needed to put it in writing (especially, as I said, it was written elsewhere).Maybe Paul was just more detail oriented than Peter, but I can’t see why Peter wouldn’t at least start off his epistles by mentioning he was Pope. Didn’t most of the epistles start off with the author describing what title they held?I haven’t looked through it but if there’s nothing glaring, and you wanted a reason why he wouldn’t write about his primacy…perhaps the answer is because his primacy is already quite evident in the Gospels and Acts? Luke was close to Peter and covered much of this in his gospel and in Acts.
As well, since the faith was never meant to be limited to the written Word only
What makes you think it was left out? Your underlying assumption is that to be considered Christian, it must be explicitly found in the Bible. The Catholic Church doesn’t go by the Bible alone. We rely on the entire word of God - spoken and written. We have Tradition, Scripture and the Magesterium. You are not going to find a passage where Peter says,“I am the Pope.” Just like you’re not going find a passage where Jesus says, “I am the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. I am a triune God” Both doctrines are deduced from the TOTALITY of Scripture.
Why look surprised? The idea that Jesus is God is an awefully important detail that have been left out. All you get are obscure hints.
Jesus actually states he is God: I AM.
I don’t think there is a list in the Catechism. I could rattle some off the top of my head like you are rattling off things you don’t agree with about the Catholic Church.
That was so obscure that even the apostles did not get it. Such a radical idea that Jesus is God deserves a statement that is a million times clearer. “I AM GOD!” No mistaking it. Direct to the point.
No, he doesn’t; what he says is this:**1 Peter 5:1
Yes, but I just gave you a very plausible reason why. Not to mention the terminology of “Pope” didn’t come until much later. His leadership was quite evident in action and in Christ’s conversations with him. But his title at that point was not the word “Pope.” He was “apostle” like the others of course, and his name had also been changed to “Peter”, i.e. Rock, which of course he uses in opening his epistles.