"Why Baptize Babies" by Mark Horne

[Katerpillar]

(02-10-2011 10:48 AM)fundyvangelicalcatholic Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 07:12 AM)Donb123 Wrote:  That makes a lot of sense given that Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles and Peter to the Jews.


I suspect it was based on divine revelation and interpretation of Scripture as opposed to merely Peter's opinion.

One interesting thing I always wondered is how RCC's deal with Paul calling Peter out for being a Judaizer?

Simple - Jesus deemed Peter the foundation of the Church. That didn't make Peter perfect, but at the same time Peter was the head of the Church. It wouldn't suprise me if Peter's human nature (and the fact that he was a Jew) leaned Jew. Of course, God worked on Peter showing him that Jewish customary tradition and law was no longer the law of the Church and that Gentiles were part of God's plan(Acts 10).

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

How do you make Peter the first "head of the church," when the only time this phrase is mentioned in Scripture is in this verse, and it's referring to Christ, not Peter?

[fundyvangelicalcatholic]

(02-10-2011 09:47 PM)Donb123 Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 08:36 PM)Katerpillar Wrote:  Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

How do you make Peter the first "head of the church," when the only time this phrase is mentioned in Scripture is in this verse, and it's referring to Christ, not Peter?

I agree with you but check this, technically fundyvangelicalcatholic said "foundation"

Ephesians 2:20 "...built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone."

@Donb123 - thank you for bringing "foundation" to light.

Matthew 16:19 talks further about Jesus giving Peter the "keys of the kingdom of heaven". Transferring keys to someone implies ownership. Jesus owns the keys and gave Peter and Apostles access to keys here on earth.

[Darrell]

bumping this thread to go along with today's Baby Dedication post...