Message from @Deleted User
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Christ is the head of the Church.
The Pope merely looks after it.
That's where some Catholics start to tread a fine line between *honoring* the pope and *worshipping* him
When the Apostle Paul spoke of the Apostles who are honored as the pillars of the faith, he assigned first place to James, and then Peter and John (Gal. 2:9), and places himself amongst them (2 Cor. 11:5)
Rag has gone over this.
He is called Simon twice, his birth name, and Peter 49 times
He was just writing names.
This would be like saying Pope Rock I
Francis is not his birth name
But does writing names in a certain order back then mean anything?
@Iakovos Their new names, were the ones that have been baptized from Christ
Galatians 2:6-9 New International Version (NIV)
6 As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message. 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a] just as Peter had been to the circumcised.[b] 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9 James, Cephas[c] and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
So those who were held in high esteem - James, Peter, John
doesn't matter to Paul
because God does not show favoritism.
6 As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism
Which other apostles got new names?
🤷 I'm just analyzing the passage
Exactly
Are Paul's words not the Word of God?
It's really long
Are they not Scriptural?
I need to sleep so I will look at it later.
Pual's words are the word of God.
@Deleted User Can you send the verses as a DM to me too?
For what purpose?
I want to read them
I won't be able to convince you. I'd be glad just to get you to go to *any* church
I'm not going to be convinced about the papacy but I want to see both sides
@Deleted User
Would you be less catholic if the church allowed priests to be married and gay priests?
@Thornberry married priests aren't a problem
Gay priests?
@Thornberry Married priests would solve the degeneracy problems inside the churches
Wasn't absolutely banned until like the 11th century
Banning degeneracy would solve the degeneracy problem
@Deleted User I'd like to think so as well
Orthodox bishops aren't married either
They should allow marriage though
Imo