Is the Pope of the Catholic religion related to the Apostle Peter?

Answer 1

Peter was not a catholic. He was a Christian. And would probably smack the living daylights out of the leaders of the catholic church if God were to allow him to come back to life.
Peter followed God's word ONLY. No man's tradition.. no perverting the bible in any way. He did NOT go off of his own brain thoughts, but he lived by God's word alone. I can't say the same for catholics.

With love through Christ Jesus,

Dusty

Answer 2

Not "related" in terms of a bloodline or anything like that. But the lineage of Popes from Simon the Apostle (otherwise known as Simon Peter, Simon the Rock), to the present Pope is as well documented as the presidents of the United States. Each Pope from Simon Peter on through the centuries held the Keys to the Kingdom, and had the power of binding and loosing infallibly. This is the principle reason why the one Church founded by Jesus Christ has maintained unity of belief, unity of teaching, and unity of worship for 2,000 years while manmade churches separated from the authority of the Pope have fragmented into thousands of conflicting denominations teaching partial truth, in a few hundred years. Jesus knew that you cannot have truth without unity, and that you cannot have unity without genuine authority. The "Keys" entrusted to Simon Peter and his successors are the universal symbol of supreme authority.

Answer 3

One of the central dogmas of the Catholic Church is that the Pope is *spiritually* descended from Peter and has been endowed with his holy mission.

He could be related, like any other person, but there is no way to determine.

Answer 4

No, he is not, neither physically (to my knowledge) and definitely not spiritually, as neither the Roman papacy or it's "gospel" is Biblical. Rome proclaims that it is built upon and possesses an ultimately infallible and perpetuated Petrine (upon Peter) papacy, to whom are to submit. However, while Peter certainly was the initial brethren type leader of the apostles and a leader of the early church, he was not held as some singular infallible head, nor venerated as a type of demi-god, which Rome has essentially made his supposed successors. Yet neither is there any provision given by the Holy Spirit in Scripture for a successor to his seat, in contrast to that given for Bishops/Elders/Pastors (and absent in the New Testament is Rome's separate, clerical, type of sacerdotal class of priests as well).

Read more here:
http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/papalpresumption.html

Answer 5

No! St Peter was the first Pope When a Pope dies a new one is elected

Answer 6

The pope is not related to St. Peter. He sits on the throne of St. Peter and on the Papal Crest are the keys of St. Peter which are said to be the Keys To The Kingdom Of Heaven which Christ gave to Peter. The Vatican itself is supposed to be built on the site of St. Peter's burial place.

Answer 7

The catholic pope is elected by the cardinals.

Answer 8

Benedict XVI is the current successor of the Apostle Peter.

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, `Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it'; and `His office let another take.'" -- Acts 1:20

Answer 9

Peter (Petrus the "Rock" or foundation-stone of the Church) was supposedly the first "Pope" - or rather the Popes are considered his "Successors."

Answer 10

Pope Benedict XVI is a brother in Christ to the Apostle Peter, you, and me.

The Catholic Church teaches that Benedict is the successor of Peter, not his descendent.

This is more like the U.S. presidents that succeed each other.

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.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 880-882: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p4.htm#880

With love in Christ.