Why don't Protestants like to talk too much about the meaning of when Jesus gave Peter the keys to Heaven?

Question

Catholics have a good explanation for this, but the Protestant explanation is very weak and doesn't make sense.

It doesn't make any sense to say that everyone is able to bind and loose in judging others. If one person thinks that a person is not worthy of Heaven but another thinks that the same person is worthy of Heaven then how can both have the power and authority to say that that person can go into Heaven or not? The person will either go to Heaven or not.

Answer 1

Protestants conveniently ignore the fact that the Catholic church always conformed to the literal and scriptural view of Peter (and his properly ordained successors) as the keeper of the keys, as well as the semi-exclusive holder (shared with the other bishops) of the God given authority to bind and loose.

All the apostles and disciples, and all the members of the church did, too. Right up until the 15th century, when "enlightened" men like Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and others, decided to start their own, new and different faith traditions, and to begin preaching "another gospel" other than that of the one, true church of Jesus Christ.

The Catholic church still maintains all these traditional beliefs and practices today.

Which of the 31,000 different "inspired" protestant faith traditions do you practice?

Answer 2

Since the scripture you refer to, in Matt 16:19 is not a litteral handing over of some key that made Peter more than any other desciple. The key refered to was the confession that Peter had just made, that "Jesus was the Christ, the son of the living God.

Jesus said that "upon this rock", this foundation if you will, was the key. It is a Catholic misinterpretation that has Peter as anything more than simply the one who answered the question correctly. In this same vein, a Catholic view of Peter being the first pope is highly suspect, since there is no suggestion or evidence that says Peter ever passed thru Rome, much less dwelt there...while there is ample evidence to say that his travels never left him time to be there.
What specific weaknesses do you see in a Protestant explination, that is weak?

Answer 3

Because the Protestants believe only in sola scriptura - the Bible.

The Protestants rebelled against the central authority of Rome and interpreted every line of the Bible as literal.

Each pastor of the Protestant church serves as his SOLE leader. Many Protestant churches have discarded altars, eucharists, anything having to do with central authority. The only problem is that Jesus and the 12 Apostles are the ultimate central authority. All priests and bishops trace their succession back to the 12 Apostles. The Protestants severed themselves from the Apostolic succession of Christ. A small number of them have repented and returned to Orthodoxy, but millions continue to practice "sola scriptura."

-Ted

Answer 4

Peter was a remarkable man, but I guess that may be one of the big differences in our faiths. Catholics seem to be very knowledgeable about many of the New Testament people in the Bible, and that's good. It just seems like Protestants dwell pretty much only on Jesus.

Answer 5

As a protestant I believe that when Jesus gave the Keys to heaven to peter, he gave Him the way to get into Heaven, and Peter gave those Keys to everyone, being believe in Jesus and accept his gift of eternal life and you have the key to Heaven, since there are millions of believer, there must be millions of Keys.

Answer 6

Because the Catholics have a good case to support their alleged direct line all the way from Peter, while the Protestants want to deny that in order to undermine the Pope's importance. Catholics score.

Answer 7

"i'm going to offer you the keys of the dominion of heaven; despite you bind in the worldwide would be certain in heaven, and despite you unfastened in the worldwide would be loosed in heaven" ( Matthew sixteen:19 ). Later, addressing each and all the disciples, our Lord repeated the words, "despite you bind in the worldwide would be certain in heaven, and despite you unfastened in the worldwide would be loosed in heaven" ( Matthew 18:18 ). Jesus gave Peter "the keys of the dominion of heaven," no longer the keys to heaven.a million A key exchange right into a badge of authority ( Luke 11:fifty two ), and then as now exchange into used to open doorways. Peter used the keys Christ gave him to open the door to the Jews on the Day of Pentecost ( Acts 2 ), to the Samaritans after the preaching of Philip ( Acts 8:14-17 ), and to the Gentiles after the Lord had despatched him a imaginitive and prescient and an attraction from Cornelius ( Acts 10 ). the assumption of "binding and loosing" recent in Matthew sixteen:19 and 18:18 exchange into widespread between the Jewish those with regards to the authority of the rabbis to forbid and enable particular practices. Jesus gave Peter and the apostles authority over the two the doctrine and practices of the 1st-century church. in direction of the foremost of the Holy Spirit, they could take transport of expertise to be responsive to what to forbid and what to enable. Catholic Christian †

Answer 8

Peter recognized Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah. Jesus was establishing His church on that confession and Peter would lead the way. Peter was not Roman Catholic. No where in scripture did Peter promote relics, indulgences, praying to Mary, being a mediator between people and God. and other Roman Catholic teachings.

Answer 9

Jesus did not give Peter the keys.

Answer 10

Peter never gave received any keys. That statue of peter they worship is really Neptune.