How did Catholics come up with the idea of the Pope?

Answer 1

They think peter was the first pope! They think he has the
keys to unlock the gate to let people into heaven. But what they don't realize is that Jesus is the KEY, ROCK, FOUNDATION, GATE, CORNERSTONE, PATH, GOOD
SHEPARD of all that get into heaven, and that faith in
him is the only requirement to get in "But not just faith"
Saving faith, Someone with the faith of a born again
christian, because you must be born again to receive
salvation

Would like scripture to back this up?
God Bless

Answer 2

Kait, James McCarthy is a false prophet who is bent out of shape on defaming the Holy Catholic Church.

What the Papacy really amounts to is an interpretation of Scripture and history. It is clear that vehement fundamentalists and protestants oppose the idea of the Papacy, so I will not get into arguing over interpretation of Scripture. However, history clearly shows that there was no leader of Christendom other than the Bishop of Rome until the Great Schism of the 11th Century, which produced the Patriarchy of the Orthodox Church. The Western Church was further fractured in the 16th Century with the so-called Protestant Reformation.

However, there is only one church that can claim a direct connnection with the Apostles, and thus to Christ Himself. And that Church is the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 3

From Satan herself!

How terrible is it that "His Holiness", the Pope, wears a Dagon fish head mitre? He is glorifying the same weak, powerless, dumb, blind idol god that Yahweh cursed and destroyed, and then turn around to deliver such a painful retribution upon the people and the land of the Philistines! This Pope is wearing an accursed Dagon mitre!

This one symbol should be enough to convince the right-minded, sober person that the entire Roman Catholic system is accursed, because it has resurrected ancient Satanism in many forms, not the least of which is the Dagon Fish Mitre.

Answer 4

The short answer - pride, greed and a thirst for power.
The long answer - the Catholics didn't come up with the "idea" of the Pope, they just made the Roman Papacy into the monster it is today.
Other ancient Eastern churches still have "popes" e.g. the Pope of Alexandria, and the rest of the Orthodox world has popes as well, they just call them Patriarchs (which essentially comes from the same word, "father")
Patrone, when the Apostles gathered in the Acts to resolve the issue of circumcision of the gentiles, they didn't gather and just wait for Peter to make up their minds... they gathered IN COUNCIL to deliberate the issue. Thus it has been in the Church since that first meeting with the Ecumenical Councils. Of course, once the Roman Papists fell away from the rest of the Catholic Church in ad1054, they felt no need to gather with the rest of the Church to deliberate, since they already declared their head, the Pope, to be the head honcho of the whole world. In Orthodoxy, the only supreme Head of the Church is Christ Himself.
God Bless :)

Answer 5

Wow. That's an 'intereting' question. Makes me guess that you're not a scholar of religious history, right?

The Catholics didn't "come up with the idea for the Pope." Jesus did.

When he was resurrected, he told Peter that he (Peter) was the rock on which he was founding his Church. Peter was the first pope.

Since then every pope has staying in that line that goes directly back to St. Peter.

Answer 6

The first Bishop of Rome, St. Peter, was followed by the second Bishop of Rome, Linus, (who is mentioned in St. Paul's epistles). These were the leaders of the whole Christian Church. In fact Jesus told Peter that he would be the first leader of His Church. (Upon this ROCK (petrus) I will build My Church). The word Pope is just a name for the leader of the Church. When St. Peter died the leadership passed to Linus and so on to all the successors of Peter ever since.

Answer 7

Actually, Jesus did that (Matt 16:16-18). St Peter was the first "pope". There is ample evidence in the New Testament that Peter was first in authority among the apostles. Whenever they were named, Peter headed the list (Matt. 10:1-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13); sometimes the apostles were referred to as "Peter and those who were with him" (Luke 9:32). Peter was the one who generally spoke for the apostles (Matt. 18:21, Mark 8:29, Luke 12:41, John 6:68-69), and he figured in many of the most dramatic scenes (Matt. 14:28-32, Matt. 17:24-27, Mark 10:23-28). On Pentecost it was Peter who first preached to the crowds (Acts 2:14-40), and he worked the first healing in the Church age (Acts 3:6-7). It is Peter’s faith that will strengthen his brethren (Luke 22:32) and Peter is given Christ’s flock to shepherd (John 21:17). An angel was sent to announce the resurrection to Peter (Mark 16:7), and the risen Christ first appeared to Peter (Luke 24:34). He headed the meeting that elected Matthias to replace Judas (Acts 1:13-26), and he received the first converts (Acts 2:41). He inflicted the first punishment (Acts 5:1-11), and excommunicated the first heretic (Acts 8:18-23). He led the first council in Jerusalem (Acts 15), and announced the first dogmatic decision (Acts 15:7-11). It was to Peter that the revelation came that Gentiles were to be baptized and accepted as Christians (Acts 10:46-48).
There is an unbroken chain of 235 popes from Peter to Benedict. Even a normal almanac can give you that information. Here is a list: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

Answer 8

We do not come up with the "idea of the Pope" this is what God has told us to do.

Answer 9

In the New Testament, Jesus looked to Peter, and told him, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church." Catholics accept this as Jesus himself giving authority to Peter and his successors to lead the church. When Judas left the twelve, the remaining apostles elected a new member to replace him. The belief in the Church of Rome is that the pope continues the line of apostolic succession from those first twelve to our current Benedict XVI. As for names, on election, the new pope is first asked if he accepts this as the will of God and the action of the Holy Spirit; if he accepts election, he is asked "What will you be called?" The new pope chooses his name. John Paul II selected his name to honor his immediate predecessor. John Paul I selected his name to honor John XXIII and Paul VI for their work to let in some fresh air through Vatican Council II.

Answer 10

Catholics did not come up with the idea of the Pope. Jesus did.

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.