Who was the first pope. was he 1 of the apostles?

Answer 1

Depends on whether you follow the cult of Paul, or you believe in Jesus and historic fact?

+++James the Just, brother of Jesus as first Pope+++

Hidden deep within the twisted tales written by Paul of Tarsus and his accomplice Josephus ben Matthias (St. Luke) is the reference in Acts that Paul and James, the brother of Jesus had disagreements.

Early church fathers, including Paul himself were unanimous in stating that the first authoritative churches of christianity came from the East, never (ever) Rome. Rome was never mentioned in any of Paul's writing as a leading christian centre, nor is it written that specifically Peter was first Pope.

This was a terrible lie cast by the Vatican from the 5th century in an attempt to re-create its own history.

See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/new_testament/apocrypha/succession/succession_0010.htm

+++Pope Linus+++

The first Pope of Rome was Prince Linus of Britain, sone of Queen Boudica.

Linus was appointed directly by Paul and was instrumental in orchestrating the deliberate fires in 64 CE that killed over 250,000 innocent men, women and children in Rome in an attempt to free Paul of Tarsus.

For his crime, Linus was executed, causing his mother Boudica to undertake a murderous ramage through Roman Britain killing double the number of people her son did, including all the inhabitants of London including every living thing.

In response, the Roman Empire for the first time ever in its history decreed embership of a religion (paulinity or christianity) a capital crime.

+++What would Jesus say?+++

Jesus founded the Nazarenes also known as the gnostics.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/new_testament/apocrypha/nazarenes/nazarenes_0010.htm

The Vatican has known for almost 2000 years that it was Paul of Tarsus, not Jesus who founded christianity.
http://one-faith-of-god.org/new_testament/apocrypha/founders_christianity/founders_christianity_0010.htm

Answer 2

In spite of this weakness, his position as head of the Apostles was later confirmed by Jesus, and his precedence was not less conspicuous after the Resurrection than before. The women, who were the first to find Christ's tomb empty, received from the angel a special message for Peter (Mark 16:7). To him alone of the Apostles did Christ appear on the first day after the Resurrection (Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5). But, most important of all, when He appeared at the Lake of Genesareth, Christ renewed to Peter His special commission to feed and defend His flock, after Peter had thrice affirmed his special love for his Master (John 21:15-17). In conclusion Christ foretold the violent death Peter would have to suffer, and thus invited him to follow Him in a special manner (John 21:20-23). Thus was Peter called and trained for the Apostleship and clothed with the primacy of the Apostles, which he exercised in a most unequivocal manner after Christ's Ascension into Heaven.

Answer 3

The Romans massacres the real apostles so how can you consider Peter a roman pope? Romans worship Satanic angels such as Baal/Zeus, Bacchus, Venus, etc.. and not the true Creator of the Universe. The Pope wears a fish headdress which represents Dagon the evil spirit the Philistines worshipped along with the Babylonians and if you look into in, the Satanic Babylonian priests of the past wore the same headdress .NO PETER WAS A JEW NOT A ROMAN POPE!

Answer 4

Yes, Peter was the first Pope. Even though the word Pope was not used, Peter was given the authority over the Church and the "keys" to heaven.

The significance of the giving of the keys can be found in Isaiah 22. When the master of the household was to be away for an extended period of time, he gave the keys to his right hand man. That person (who received the keys) was given the authority to act as the master of the household until the master returned. That person could make decisions etc. in the absence of the master.

Of course both Christ, and Peter knew the meaning of the "giving of the keys." Christ also spoke in future tense...I will give you...and on you I will build...both are statements of things to come...after the resurrection.

Answer 5

The Petrine Doctrine states that Peter (Cephas) was the first Pope. This is based on the passage where Christ tells Peter that "upon this rock, I will build my Church." Since Peter was sent to Rome and established the church there, that is why the Papal state is inside Rome.

Answer 6

peter the apostle was the first pope.

anti catholic sources will tell you otherwise, feel free to explore them, here are some catholic sources.

www.scripturecatholic.com
www.catholiceducation.org
www.salvationhistory.com
www.newadvent.org
www.ewtn.com
www.fisheaters.com

more importantly the bible and a catechism may help. read also the early church fathers regarding this issue. please realize that those who say constantine or other are using anti catholic sources and protestant history. from the early church fathers this becomes abundantly clear. for example st ignatias(sp?) letters from 107 ad show the first example of the church being declared catholic/universal. note the date 107 as opposed to a few centuries after.........draw your own conclusions and god bless.

wayne t and others, from scripture itself we see an authority, from the writings of the early church fathers we see that the churches took heed to one church, that church was in rome and the others tried to be in concordance with the church at rome. why? because the early christians recognised the importance of unity in teaching. why would st paul and the others go around preaching unity at the risk of death had it not been important? if there was no reason for unity and that we could all practice christianity at our own level then why would paul and others provide for us a large portion of the new testament and instruct us? further why does paul feel the need to seek permission from peter to go about his tasks? does that indicate some sort of authority or no?

Answer 7

Not the apostle Peter,but Simon Peter[an unbeliever].

Answer 8

Christian tradition holds that Peter was the first Pope.

Answer 9

Peter was the first pope.

Answer 10

Yes, Peter was the first Pope.

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.

The Pope’s main roles include teaching, sanctifying, and governing.

With love in Christ.