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Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
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Stephen K. Ray180 ratings, 4.21 average rating, 29 reviews
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“The idea, popular in Orthodox apologetics, that the Church can have no visible head, because Christ is her invisible head, is theological nonsense. If applied consistently, it should also eliminate the necessity for the visible head of each local church, i.e. , the bishop.”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
“To be deep in history is to cease being a Protestant.”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
“Too often the Church is perceived as a democracy instead of as a kingdom. Jesus Christ reestablished the eternal throne of David and also reestablished the office of royal steward “over the house” when he chose Peter, investing him with the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Peter may have died, but his office continues, and his successors, as we shall discover shortly, continue to fill his office of royal steward and continue to preserve the sacred deposit of truth entrusted to the Church by the apostles.”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
“Another reason these opponents find it difficult to comprehend the Papacy is a perspective, inherited from the Protestant Reformation, that is essentially anti-sacramental, anti-mediational, and anti-incarnational. God”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
“Irenaeus may challenge the appropriateness of a decision made by Victor, but he never challenges Victor’s authority to make the binding decision. Cyprian may at times disagree with a decree of Stephen’s on baptism, but he never rejects the special place of the Roman See, which”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
“History has a clear and distinct voice, but it does not force itself upon us uninvited. History”
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
― Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church
