The Biblical quote you give is hotly debated by theologians. In any case my point is that he was not the first pope. I will concede that it is possible that he was in Rome at some time in his life but here is no conclusive proof. Clement did not seem to have said that peter was pope but there is something fishy about him anyway, since he took it upon himself to write a letter to Corinth without consulting the Apostle John first, who had a closer sphere of influence with Corinth. John wasn’t even mentioned in his letter. I would think that if he was the first pope there would be heaps of evidence. The fact that there is not leads one to believe that he nothing to do with Catholicism. I have already given you several links on this subject and you have not responded to them. Here is another.
http://www.tbm.org/was_peter_the_first_pope.htm
http://www.picknowl.com.au/homepages/rl ... /cath2.htm
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm
http://www.cbcg.org/peter's_tomb.htm
http://www.bibarch.com/The%20First%20Ch ... s-Tomb.htm
And also Peter was married. Catholic popes can’t be married so peter could not have been a catholic ,now could he?
All the necessary documentation is with the Quotes. What more do you need? Perhaps the Vatican is ashamed of them and that is why you can’t find them. But forget about those. You still ignored all the links to official catholic sources admitting to the doctrine of infallibility. It is not a big secret you know.Originally Posted by JB
If catholics didn’t think that they could change scripture then how do you account for them changing the 10 Commandments. They also claim to have been responsible for changing the Sabbath to Sunday. I suppose you know nothing of this as well. They obviously believe that they have the authority.
On an interesting side not, since this is a language forum. In over 105 languages it is seen that all of the words for Saturday either contain the root word for Sabbath or are synonymous with Sabbath.
The Bible exhorts us to read it and study it for ourselves. Catholics at one time took it upon them selves to kill anyone who did so. It is no wonder because the more one reads it the more one realizes the sham of catholicism.Originally Posted by JB
You do not need to feel threatened by them because Orthodoxy is so close to them. The rest of us do need to feel threatened by them. You only have to read John Paul II 's writings.Originally Posted by JB
Interesting that you would admit to this since John's book of Revelations spends a good deal of time telling how the evil Babylon (Rome) will suppress truth and try to rule all through a counterfeit religionOriginally Posted by JB