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You don't see this much now because celebs are all niggers
But back in the 90s, we had people like Britney Spears
Spice Girls etc
She turned out bad though. I remember her.
And girls used to basically emulate them
Did their hair and makeup the same way, copied their clothes etc
Of course they didn't wear $15,000 jackets back then
It's the same celebrity emulation and admiration
The sheep are admiring the shepherd, rather than the owner of the flock. The shepherd is just one of his employees.
Christ is my Shepherd
If I was to be Christian. I am trying.
Christ isn't here, and he has appointed someone to shepherd the flock. Who will be judged like anyone else.
In fact they receive a harsher judgment. We are responsible for ourselves. He is responsible for his leadership of the whole flock
Anyway you also have to remember people will make false or embellished statements
Both to gain support for their cause "see the Pope did it, we should support it"
And to cause division among their enemies "look you alt-right trolls, Catholics are liberal"
Eh. I can pray myself. I can ask God for guidance and the Holy Spirit will speak to my heart.
If I am wrong I will be judged.
Papal primacy is a matter of theology and is fairly easy to settle
I know, but I don't agree with the current pope and so I won't listen to him.
The Gospel of Matthew was originally written in Aramaic and is actually written primarily for the Jews
ܐܴܦ݂ ܐܷܢܳܐ ܐܴܡܰܪ ܐ̱ܢܳܐ ܠܴܟ݂ ܂ ܕܱ݁ܐܢ̄ܬ݁ ܗ̄ܽܘ ܟܻ݁ܐܦ݂ܳܐ ܂ ܘܥܰܠ ܗܳܕ݂ܶܐ ܟܻ݁ܐܦ݂ܳܐ ܐܷܒ݂ܢܶܝܗ ܠܥܺܕ̱݁ܬ݁ܝ܂ ܘܬ݂ܱܪ̈ܥܶܐ ܕܱ݁ܫܝܽܘܠ ܠܴܐ ܢܶܚܣܢܽܘܢܳܗ܂
The word ܟܺܐܦܳܐ
Means rock
Basically you are Peter and on this Peter...or, you are Rock and on this Rock...both equally correct
Paul usually uses that word to refer to him, rather than the Greek word
Transliteration "Cephas"
Peter's name means rock.
So of course he would refer to him that way
Besides, Paul rebuked a church once because they were saying
"I follow Paul, I follow John, I follow Peter!" Etcc
And Paul thanked God he didn't baptize but a few because the ones he baptized were followers of Christ.
He named Peter that
You are Rock, and on this Rock
Even when writing in Greek, Paul usually chose to use the Aramaic transliteration rather than the Greek translation "Petrus"
"The blessed Peter, the chosen, the preeminent, the first among the disciples, for whom alone with himself the Savior paid the tribute, quickly gasped and understood their meaning. And what does he say? 'Behold, we have left all and have followed you'" - Clement of Alexandria, 200 AD
"The Lord says to Peter: 'I say to you,' he says, 'that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' On him he builds the Church, and to him he gives the command to feed the sheep, and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair, and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. Indeed, the others were that also which Peter was, but a primacy is given to Peter, whereby it is made clear that there is but one Church and one chair. So too, all are shepherds, and the flock is shown to be one, fed by all the apostles in single-minded accord. If someone does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he imagine that he still holds the faith? If he desert the chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, can he still be confident that he is in the Church?" - Cyprian of Carthage 251 AD
"In the power of the same Holy Spirit, Peter, both the chief of the apostles and the keeper of the keys of the kingdom of heaven, in the name of Christ healed Aeneas the paralytic at Lydda, which is now called Diospolis." - Cyril of Jerusalem, 350 AD
This kinda stuff is all over ancient writings from the first 500 years of the Church
@Deleted User Do you know what orthodox churches are in communion with the papacy?
@Deleted User none that I know of