but as I became more religious I got more interested in Christian Theology and Philosophy

My biggest issue for me is the concept of the Pope

Then I fence rode between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox for a while

I still wish to attend an Orthodox Church soon just to see what it’s like

I'm very interested in Christian theology, I'm currently saving up some money to buy all 5 volumes of Saint Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologia

130ish USD

I don't like ebooks

Prefer physical copy

Well the Bishop of Rome (Pope) is the successor of the Apostle/Saint Peter

The most important apostle

I understand the historical backing for that I've talked with numerous Catholics about it

And the biblical 'evidence' they gave

[Matthew 16:18-19]

This is the main reason

+setversion kjv

genesis 34:25-31

^^^everyone read this

I just wished both churches were still united

Roman and Byzantine

I asked my pastor and he told me there is no biblical precedent that the church in that rock is singular absolutely, but rather referes to *all* churches that are in Christ, be they Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant

As there’s apostolic succession in both churches

I've also had some heated feuds with Catholics as some say that Protestants can't enter heaven

Or aren't blessed by Jesus

Well Peter founded a church and established a line of succession, with which they could set doctrine.

The sheer egotism behind some Catholics is heretical

The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church are the only two legitimate churches in my opinion

Why didn't the powers of Peter transfer?

Peter could raise people from the dead

Not everyone can perform miracles

But the "legislation" powers for lack of a better term did

The Pope is still a man

but also the Vicar of Christ

Jesus said there is no middle man between everyone and Christ

There isn’t

You pray directly to Christ

I forget which verse, I'll see if I can find it - but it says that in terms of scripture that we each can interpretat what it says

The Pope just sets the doctrine for the church

Not some higher human authority