When was Peter given the keys?

[Gofer]

The question is whether the keys were conferred on Peter and his successors alone, as Rome teaches.

See my post here.

 

[jmcrae]

MDK- Tradition cannot contradict scripture. The Orthodox Church also has the Apostolic Succession, and it doesn’t agree with your interpretation.

So they say, but in practice, they do. For example, even though they deny it in words, they know perfectly well that only the Bishop of Rome can call a Council, which is why they have never called a Council.

But if (as they claim) any Bishop who wants to can call a Council because all are exactly equal in authority, then why, in more than a thousand years, have they never done so?

Their actions speak much more loudly than their proclamations.

 

[Alethiaphile]

they know perfectly well that only the Bishop of Rome can call a Council,

Please show historical sources stating that a pope called the Council of Nicea.