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\"PeterKeys2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[written in 1994 and published on pp. 233-238 of my book,<\/span>\u00a0A Biblical Defense of Catholicism<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n

[see also translations of this paper into French<\/a> and Portugese<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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See the following papers\u00a0for a fuller explanation of exactly what I think these biblical evidences prove<\/em>, and how I view them in terms of logical force (i.e., what I would claim<\/em> for them), especially when considered individually:<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cReply to Critique of \u201c50 NT Proofs for the Papacy,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Jason Engwer) [3-14-02]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Refutation of a Satirical \u201cPauline Papacy\u201d Argument<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Jason Engwer) [9-30-03]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Did St. Paul Seek St. Peter\u2019s Approval for His Ministry? (+ Does The Word Order in Galatians 2:9 Suggest a Lowering of Peter\u2019s Primacy?)<\/a>\u00a0[4-27-17 and 9-4-17]<\/span><\/div>\n
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St. Peter Listed First in Lists of Disciples: A Debate<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Jason Engwer) [10-12-20]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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The Catholic doctrine of the papacy is biblically based, and is derived from the evident primacy of St. Peter among the apostles. Like all Christian doctrines, it has undergone development through the centuries, but it hasn\u2019t departed from the essential components already existing in the leadership and prerogatives of St. Peter. These were given to him by our Lord Jesus Christ, acknowledged by his contemporaries, and accepted by the early Church. The biblical Petrine data is quite strong and convincing, by virtue of its cumulative weight, especially for those who are not hostile to the notion of the papacy from the outset. This is especially made clear with the assistance of biblical commentaries. The evidence of Holy Scripture (RSV) follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Matthew 16:18: \u201cAnd I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0rock<\/span>\u00a0(Greek,\u00a0petra<\/span>) referred to here is St. Peter himself, not his faith or Jesus Christ. Christ appears here not as the foundation, but as the architect who \u201cbuilds.\u201d The Church is built, not on confessions, but on confessors \u2013 living men (see, e.g., 1 Pet 2:5). Today, the overwhelming consensus of the great majority of all biblical scholars and commentators is in favor of the traditional Catholic understanding. Here St. Peter is spoken of as the foundation-stone of the Church, making him head and superior of the family of God (i.e., the seed of the doctrine of the papacy). Moreover, Rock embodies a metaphor applied to him by Christ in a sense analogous to the suffering and despised Messiah (1 Pet 2:4-8; cf. Mt 21:42). Without a solid foundation a house falls. St. Peter is the foundation, but not founder of the Church, administrator, but not Lord of the Church. The Good Shepherd (John 10:11) gives us other shepherds as well (Eph 4:11).<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Matthew 16:19 \u201cI will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cpower of the keys\u201d has to do with ecclesiastical discipline and administrative authority with regard to the requirements of the faith, as in Isaiah 22:22 (cf. Is 9:6; Job 12:14; Rev 3:7). From this power flows the use of censures, excommunication, absolution, baptismal discipline, the imposition of penances, and legislative powers. In the Old Testament a steward, or prime minister is a man who is \u201cover a house\u201d (Gen 41:40; 43:19; 44:4; 1 Ki 4:6; 16:9; 18:3; 2 Ki 10:5; 15:5; 18:18; Is 22:15,20-21).<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Matthew 16:19 \u201c. . . whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBinding\u201d and \u201cloosing\u201d were technical rabbinical terms, which meant to \u201cforbid\u201d and \u201cpermit\u201d with reference to the interpretation of the law, and secondarily to \u201ccondemn\u201d or \u201cplace under the ban\u201d or \u201cacquit.\u201d Thus, St. Peter and the popes are given the authority to determine the rules for doctrine and life, by virtue of revelation and the Spirit\u2019s leading (Jn 16:13), and to demand obedience from the<\/span>
\n Church. \u201cBinding and loosing\u201d represent the legislative and judicial powers of the papacy and the bishops (Mt 18:17-18; Jn 20:23). St. Peter, however, is the only apostle who receives these powers by name and in the singular, making him preeminent.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Peter\u2019s name occurs first in all lists of apostles (Mt 10:2; Mk 3:16; Lk 6:14; Acts 1:13). Matthew even calls him the \u201cfirst\u201d (10:2). Judas Iscariot is invariably mentioned last.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Peter is almost without exception named first whenever he appears with anyone else. In one (only?) example to the contrary, Galatians 2:9, where he (\u201cCephas\u201d) is listed after James and before John, he is clearly preeminent in the entire context (e.g., 1:18-19; 2:7-8).<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Peter alone among the apostles receives a new name,\u00a0Rock<\/span>, solemnly conferred (Jn 1:42; Mt 16:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Likewise, Peter is regarded by Jesus as the Chief Shepherd after Himself (Jn 21:15-17), singularly by name, and over the universal Church, even though others have a similar but subordinate role (Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 5:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Peter alone among the apostles is mentioned by name as having been prayed for by Jesus Christ in order that his \u201cfaith may not fail\u201d (Lk 22:32).<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Peter alone among the apostles is exhorted by Jesus to \u201cstrengthen your brethren\u201d (Lk 22:32).<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Peter first confesses Christ\u2019s divinity (Mt 16:16).<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Peter alone is told that he has received divine knowledge by a special revelation (Mt 16:17).<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Peter is regarded by the Jews (Acts 4:1-13) as the leader and spokesman of Christianity.<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Peter is regarded by the common people in the same way (Acts 2:37-41; 5:15).<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Jesus Christ uniquely associates Himself and Peter in the miracle of the tribute-money (Mt 17:24-27).<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Christ teaches from Peter\u2019s boat, and the miraculous catch of fish follows (Lk 5:1-11): perhaps a metaphor for the pope as a \u201cfisher of men\u201d (cf. Mt 4:19).<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Peter was the first apostle to set out for, and enter the empty tomb (Lk 24:12; Jn 20:6).<\/span><\/div>\n

17. Peter is specified by an angel as the leader and representative of the apostles (Mk 16:7).<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Peter leads the apostles in fishing (Jn 21:2-3,11). The \u201cbark\u201d (boat) of Peter has been regarded by Catholics as a figure of the Church, with Peter at the helm.<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Peter alone casts himself into the sea to come to Jesus (Jn 21:7).<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Peter\u2019s words are the first recorded and most important in the upper room before Pentecost (Acts 1:15-22).<\/span><\/p>\n

21. Peter takes the lead in calling for a replacement for Judas (Acts 1:22).<\/span><\/p>\n

22. Peter is the first person to speak (and only one recorded) after Pentecost, so he was the first Christian to \u201cpreach the gospel\u201d in the Church era (Acts 2:14-36).<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Peter works the first miracle of the Church Age, healing a lame man (Acts 3:6-12).<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Peter utters the first anathema (Ananias and Sapphira) emphatically affirmed by God (Acts 5:2-11)!<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Peter\u2019s shadow works miracles (Acts 5:15).<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Peter is the first person after Christ to raise the dead (Acts 9:40).<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Cornelius is told by an angel to seek out Peter for instruction in Christianity (Acts 10:1-6).<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Peter is the first to receive the Gentiles, after a revelation from God (Acts 10:9-48).<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Peter instructs the other apostles on the catholicity (universality) of the Church (Acts 11:5-17).<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Peter is the object of the first divine interposition on behalf of an individual in the Church Age (an angel delivers him from prison \u2013 Acts 12:1-17).<\/span><\/p>\n

31. The whole Church (strongly implied) offers \u201cearnest prayer\u201d for Peter when he is imprisoned (Acts 12:5).<\/span><\/p>\n

32. Peter presides over and opens the first Council of Christianity, and lays down principles afterwards accepted by it (Acts 15:7-11).<\/span><\/p>\n

33. Paul distinguishes the Lord\u2019s post-Resurrection appearances to Peter from those to other apostles (1 Cor 15:4-8). The two disciples on the road to Emmaus make the same distinction (Lk 24:34), in this instance mentioning only Peter (\u201cSimon\u201d), even though they themselves had just seen the risen Jesus within the previous hour (Lk 24:33).<\/span><\/p>\n

34. Peter is often spoken of as distinct among apostles (Mk 1:36; Lk 9:28,32; Acts 2:37; 5:29; 1 Cor 9:5).<\/span><\/p>\n

35. Peter is often spokesman for the other apostles, especially at climactic moments (Mk 8:29; Mt 18:21; Lk 9:5; 12:41; Jn 6:67 ff.).<\/span><\/p>\n

36. Peter\u2019s name is always the first listed of the \u201cinner circle\u201d of the disciples (Peter, James and John \u2013 Mt 17:1; 26:37,40; Mk 5:37; 14:37).<\/span><\/p>\n

37. Peter is often the central figure relating to Jesus in dramatic gospel scenes such as walking on the water (Mt 14:28-32; Lk 5:1 ff., Mk 10:28; Mt 17:24 ff.).<\/span><\/p>\n

38. Peter is the first to recognize and refute heresy, in Simon Magus (Acts 8:14-24).<\/span><\/p>\n

39. Peter\u2019s name is mentioned more often than all the other disciples put together: 191 times (162 as Peter or Simon Peter, 23 as Simon, and 6 as Cephas). John is next in frequency with only 48 appearances, and Peter is present 50% of the time we find John in the Bible! Archbishop Fulton Sheen reckoned that all the other disciples combined were mentioned 130 times. If this is correct, Peter is named a remarkable 60% of the time any disciple is referred to!<\/span><\/p>\n

40. Peter\u2019s proclamation at Pentecost (Acts 2:14-41) contains a fully authoritative interpretation of Scripture, a doctrinal decision and a disciplinary decree concerning members of the \u201cHouse of Israel\u201d (2:36) \u2013 an example of \u201cbinding and loosing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

41. Peter was the first \u201ccharismatic\u201d, having judged authoritatively the first instance of the gift of tongues as genuine (Acts 2:14-21).<\/span><\/p>\n

42. Peter is the first to preach Christian repentance and baptism (Acts 2:38).<\/span><\/p>\n

43. Peter (presumably) takes the lead in the first recorded mass baptism (Acts 2:41).<\/span><\/p>\n

44. Peter commanded the first Gentile Christians to be baptized (Acts 10:44-48).<\/span><\/p>\n

45. Peter was the first traveling missionary, and first exercised what would now be called \u201cvisitation of the churches\u201d (Acts 9:32-38,43). Paul preached at Damascus immediately after his conversion (Acts 9:20), but hadn\u2019t traveled there for that purpose (God changed his plans!). His missionary journeys begin in Acts 13:2.<\/span><\/p>\n

46. Paul went to Jerusalem specifically to see Peter for fifteen days in the beginning of his ministry (Gal 1:18), and was commissioned by Peter, James and John (Gal 2:9) to preach to the Gentiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

47. Peter acts, by strong implication, as the chief bishop\/shepherd of the Church (1 Pet 5:1), since he exhorts all the other bishops, or \u201celders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

48. Peter interprets prophecy (2 Pet 1:16-21).<\/span><\/p>\n

49. Peter corrects those who misuse Paul\u2019s writings (2 Pet 3:15-16).<\/span><\/p>\n

50. Peter wrote his first epistle from Rome, according to most scholars, as its bishop, and as the universal bishop (or, pope) of the early Church. \u201cBabylon\u201d (1 Pet 5:13) is regarded as code for Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion, it strains credulity to think that God would present St. Peter with such prominence in the Bible, without some meaning and import for later Christian history; in particular, Church government. The papacy is the most plausible (we believe actual) fulfillment of this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Detail of Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter<\/em> (1481-82) by\u00a0Pietro Perugino<\/span>\u00a0(1448-1523)<\/span> [public domain \/<\/span> Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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