2006-11-29 05:48:20 · 20 answers · asked by DON C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
John 21:15-17 states:
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.
Matthew 16:17-19 states:
Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
The Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.
The Pope is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.
With love in Christ.
2006-11-29 17:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.! Jesus built the first church on himself and not Peter as the Catholics suppose. Jesus/God is refered to as "the rock" something like 48 times in the Bible and what in fact Jesus said to Simon was that he called him Peter which by interpretation is "petros" in the Greek which translates to "pebble" in English. Jesus is saying to Peter that he is a "little stone" or "pebble" but Jesus is also identifying himself as "the rock" upon which he (Jesus) will build his Church. The Lord would never build his Church on a man as man is on earth for a short while, 70 years, and the Bible states that we now have a High Priest who has passed into the heavens and makes intercession for up so why would we need a Pope? The very foundation of the Catholic Church is in serious doubt as the Lord will destroy the Catholic Church during the tribulation for the reasons given in Revelations Ch.17 V1-9
2006-11-29 06:05:16 · answer #2 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No/.The pope is an invention of the catholic church, being a title they use for their leader. There is no mention of a 'pope' in the bible. The term 'pope' is from the Greek word 'pappas', meaning father, as the church sees him as a 'father figure' who guides his 'children'. Don't ever think of the pope, however, as 'holy'. That is an insult to God and the Trinity as they are the only holy beings, certainly no man is holy and not even Joseph and Mary were 'holy' just being ordinary people that God used to bring Jesus into the world.
2006-11-29 06:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
off objective the be conscious pope isn't reported interior the bible. yet bishops, priests, rabbis are the conventional biblical names. The be conscious pope became into first utilized by the successor of St Mark, Patriarchate of Alexandria. The Patriarch of Alexandria is the Archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. traditionally, this place of work has secure the designation of Pope (etymologically 'Father', like Abbot etc.), and did so until now than that of the Bishop of Rome. the 1st Bishop to be spoke of as Papas became into the thirteenth Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, Papas Heraclas. So, the pope isn't unique to the Roman Pope...basically difference, that the catholics has greater individuals than any of the early christians that schismed.
2016-12-10 18:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by hannigan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Not at all. It is a concept that originated much later based on the interpretation that Peter is the rock of the Church...hence the first Pope. It is a stretch...
2006-11-29 05:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Boilerfan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. In fact, very idea is foreign to the New Testament Scriptures. The Pope (meaning father) is in fact the Bishop of Rome. The Papacy's rise to prominence was long, bloody, and hotly contested. The Eastern Churches have never accepted the Roman Bishop's claim of superiority and are still separate from the Roman Catholic Churches.
2006-11-29 05:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the word "pope" itself just means Papa. Literally.
But as to the idea that the earthly church has an earthly leader? Yes, we believe that has scriptural support, in Matthew 16:17-19 specifically.
(And don't buy the "rock/pebble' explanation sometimes proffered for this. It is bogus - Jesus was speaking Aramaic not Greek, and there is only one word for rock - Kephas - which also happens to be Peter's name.)
As a practical matter, too, it is difficult to run a church without leadership. Look at the problems in the Anglican/Episcopal world, where without a strong bishop who is more than an equal, they've lapsed into fighting about marriage and who can be made a bishop - their church is about to break apart.
Similarly, the Evangelical Association lost its leader the other day, because he wanted the churches to be strong on environmental issues, and others aren't willing to care about that. Without a strong hierarchy, there is nothing to prevent constant schisms and splits, which is why Protestants quickly split from being just Lutherans to being thousands of varied, sundry, and frequently incompatible denominations. (I am reluctant to mention this, however, out of my great love and respect for my protestant brothers and sisters.)
A strong centralized leadership structure has permitted the Catholic church to survive as the world's oldest organization, and the world's largest religious organization.
2006-11-29 05:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But a number of people believe that when Jesus told Peter that he would build his church on that rock (Peter) that he was anointing him as the first Pope, which is not true at all.
2006-11-29 05:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible the high preist of Jesus time should have ben John the Baptist do to his lineage......But most don't remember that the high preist at the time was elected to that position by the Romans........How is there any way you or i can trust that he(The Pope) being elected even knows God? ........
2006-11-29 06:07:44 · answer #9 · answered by Steven A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics claim that the idea of a Pope comes from the Biblical verse: Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church. (In Latin, Peter means rock.)
2006-11-29 05:51:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT THIS CAME SEVERAL CENTURIES LATER ABOUT THE TIME OF EMPEROR cOINSTANTINE AND HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE Christian cONGREGATION WHICH WAS PRESIDED OVER BY A GOVERNING BODY AND NOT ONE MAN THE HEAD OF THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION IS CHRIST THAT IS WHY WE ARE CALLED CHRISTIANS AND NOT PETERIANS PETER WAS LONG DEAD WHEN THE NOTION OF A pope WAS THOUGH OF SEE ACTS CH 15 WHEN THE ISSUE OF CIRCUMCISSION WAS BROUGHT NO ONE ASKED PETER WHAT THEY SHOULD DO BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE APOSTLES AND OLDER MEN THEY MET TOGOTHER AND PRAYED TOGOTHER AND REACHED A DECISSION THAT WAS CONVEYED TO ALL CONGREGATIONS NO MAN HAS EVER HAD PRIMACY OVER THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION OR EVER WILL THAT JOB IS HANDLED BY JESUS AND DELEGATED TO A CHAIN OF FAITHFULL CHRISTIAN MEN WORLD WIDE NEVER JUST ONE MAN THT IS NOT CHRISTIAN OR SCRIPTURAL GORBALIZER
2006-11-29 06:06:35 · answer #11 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋