The notion of papal succession is completely absent from the New Testament. However carefully you might scour from Matthew to Revelation with a magnifying glass, you will not catch the faintest hint of an ongoing office of any kind associated with Peter—let alone one that involves Roman bishops. The whole idea comes about well after the New Testament. It’s difficult to even argue about papal succession from the New Testament because it’s like trying to argue whether Pluto should be a planet or who shot J. F. K. based on the New Testament. There is just not any source material whatsoever.
