St. Peter, First Pope Comments
Simon Peter or Cephas, the first pope, Prince of the Apostles, and founder, with St. Paul, of the see of Rome. Peter was a native of Bethsaida, near Lake Tiberias, the son of John, and worked, like his brother St. Andrew, as a fisherman on Lake Genesareth. Andrew introduced Peter to Jesus, and Christ called Peter to become adisciple. In Luke is recounted the story that Peter caught so large an amount of fish that he fell down before the feet of ... Continue Reading
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I have no problem with it. Im doing a paper in St.paul
Okay at Jim white field He was the first pope. He didn't have the official name "pope" because it was not used yet obviously. A lot of words we use now weren't used back then. All popes are successors of saint Peter.. Who is known as an apostle and the first pope. Duh. Jesus specifically told Peter that he was going to be the leader of the church.. And who is the leader of the church? The Pope.
okay so byron: what are you trying to say? You spit out a bible verse and you ask a question, but what are you really trying to say? Make a point or dont say anything at all
OK folks...I hope this will be posted as another point of view...but y'all call Peter your first pope...but how many of you actually follow what he taught...Acts 2:38 says "Then Peter said unto them 'Repent and be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost'"...how many of you have been baptised(immersed) in Jesus' name and filled with the Holy Ghost...Or have you only had a sprinkling of water on your forhead as an infant(not in the Bible) using the titles(father,son,and holy spirit)...just a thought...
i am going to use saint peter as my saint name for conformation:)
Not only was Peter not the first Pope,there was no Catholic Church for him to be the Pope of. The Catholic Church as we know it today began to take shape as the "Grevious wolves" that are mentioned in scripture, began to arise speaking perverse things and building the false church based on tradition instead of the word of God.
There may have been a time when Christians referred to the church as Catholic meaning Universal which Gods church was, but todays Catholic Church is a totally
different animal. By using revisionist history the Catholic church beginning at the time of Constantine and others like Eusebius , reached back in time and adopted whoever they chose into the Catholic fold, starting with Peter and all of the Bishops of Rome from around 100 A.D to around 300 A.D. More than likely the same was done with Patrick of Ireland.You can do a lot with history when you have control over what books are to be burned and which ones will survive. It's kind of like if you looked at the way the American government is today and then looked at the way it was meant to be according to the constitution. It's obvious that there have been some major detours from where it started to where it is now.
@ Therese, Your historical facts are accurate. The term Pope did not come about until Gregory the Great in the late 6th century; however, the rock to which Christ is referring in Matthew 16: 18 is the foundation of the Church, not Peter. Ephesians 2: 19-20 says that the "household of God" or the Church is "built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone." The foundation that the prophets laid was the foretelling of the Messiah, the Son of God. The foundation that the apostles laid was that Christ was that Messiah, the Son of God, and it is that proclamation that Peter makes in Matthew 16: 16 that Jesus is "the Christ, the Son of the living God" that is the rock to which Christ refers in verse 18. Peter was of no higher authority than any other apostle and proves that himself in 1 Peter 5: 1-3 when he "exhorts" or encourages the other elders (Peter also was an elder which is another name for bishop) to lead by example and to be "lords over God's heritage" or those entrusted to their guidance. By telling the other bishops not to rule over the flock, Peter himself is denying any leadership or ruling authority. Also, the language he uses in verse 1, "exhort" or encourage; he does not give an apostalic order nor does he order these other bishops as the head of the Church or a head bishop. The Papacy was conceived in the late 3rd through 6th centuries after Constantine began giving certain powers and advantages to Christian "clergy". It was a struggle for power and prestige among certain of that "clergy" rather than a benevolent calling or the passing on of apostalic authority. The apostles alone could pass on their power by the laying on of hands, when the last person an apostle laid hands on died, the power bestowed upon them by the apostles died with them. Christ is "the head over all things to the Church, which is his body" is what Ephesians 1: 22-23 says. No person has authority over the Church, only Christ. I know that the priests, etc. study the Bible to interpret but 2 Timothy 2: 15 says to "study to show thyself approved" or in other words study for yourself. It does not say to just listen to the priest or preacher or minister or antone else, but to study for yourself that you may know that what is being presented to you at your worship service is true and what the Bible teaches.
How did Saint Peter die??????????? I'm doing a saints report
i love john ! this website is like my facebook
thnx help a lot on saint research thnx
i'm wrighting a report on St.Peter does anyone know what his name means and whygiven this name he was
To Jeffrey G Mikres
No where in the Bible does it specifically say the word "Pope", probably because at that time, the word pope was not used. The term pope was first used around the 3rd century AD as a title for all bishops. It was derived from the child's word for father. It wasn't until the 6th century AD that the term was used for the bishops of Rome who were granted authority through Peter over the rest of the church. Just because a term wasn't used, however, does not take away the power granted to Peter and the popes.
Jesus did not specifically grant Peter the title pope, for the title is not really what matters. Jesus gave Peter the leadership of His Church on earth when He said, "You are Peter and on this rock I shall build my Church". "Rock" referring to Peter, as His name comes from the Greek petros, or rock. Jesus wanted His Church to be an organized, visible, juristic, and corporate society. As such, it needed a head to guide it and keep it unified/universal or Catholic. Therefore, Jesus granted Peter the authority of being the visible head on earth (which we later termed pope). He gave Peter both magisterial and jurisdictional primacy, meaning that he had power over all else on earth in the subjects of interpreting doctrine and teaching and in running the church body. It is clearly evident in the bible that Peter was given this authority and shown in many passages how Peter was the unquestionable head of the disciples. The popes derive their power from Peter and continue to guide the church as the visible head while Jesus is the supreme invisible head.
cool site, helped alot on saint report
i love mw2 and i pray to st. peter before every 1v1 quickscope match and i pwned some noobs THANK YOU ST. PETER
I need to do a pupet show and peter is the won i liked.because peter is my dads name.
Thank you sooo much this was so helpful!!!
This was the most awesome if you want FAIL your project!!! FU__ u guys!!!
Please note that Ysrael and the other interpreter of the bible is the very reason our priests spend a lifetime ireading ,studying and nterpreting scripture.Done so that it is correctly passed on to the parishoners.Unlike the many other denominations that have as Ysrael has interpreted incorrectly.Thank our Lord for his Church the one true Catholic Church.
Thomas
I read the article on Peter being the first pope. No where in the NT scripture does it declare Peter as the pope. There were no popes. When Peter was in Rome the church know as "The Way" was under great persecution by Rome. Peter did not want anyone to know he was there so when he wrote from there he said he was in Babylon a code word for Rome. Can U imagine the emperor Nero hating Christians allowing Peter to come out in the open start a new denomination called Catholics and call himself a pope? Christians back them were called atheists because they would not believe Nero was God. One was martyred in about 150 in Rome because he would not recant Jesus and say down with the atheists (Christians). He said down with the Atheists pointing toward the Romans and was burned.
As a person who has studied the Bible I would truly from my heart like to know where to find a link to Catholicism coming out of "The Way".
How about the ascension of Mary. Where is that in scripture? Jesus also said to call no one Father as U have your Father in heaven. John according to scripture is called the one Jesus loved. I'm willing to go along but I need biblical proof of all these things and I cannot find it.
Pray for me us Saint Peter in Heaven to have strength to do Lord's works.
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.