Why's Matthew the only book which includes, "That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;" if the church is so important?
No more than Mark, Luke, and Matthew felt no need to recognize Jesus's raising of Lazarus, or washing the disciples' feet, etc...
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I am only after the legitimacy of the papal claims of legitimacy.
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Clearly, which is why you're holding it to higher standards than many other things related in the Gospels. But it *is* in the Gospels!
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That is not what I am doing. The catholic church exalts its legitimacy as true church above many of the other things in the gospels.
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Nonsense, it can cite its legitimacy in the Gospels, but doesn't exalt that passage above the rest.
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The passage in question is how Simon came to be called Peter, yes? Do they not call him Peter in the others? Or the letters?
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How many times would the story of why Simon became Peter need to be related before you'd accept it as canon?
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