Catholics: How can you claim that St. Paul is part of the Catholic Church with St. Peter as the first Pope?

He doesn't. God chooses him. Just like God inspired human beings to write the documents that would become the Bible and God inspired human beings to choose the correct documents to be included in the Bible God inspires human beings to properly select the Pope.

God selects a new Pope through a Papal Conclave which works like this: A pope dies and is buried The cardinals come to Rome for the conclave that will elect the new pope. The word conclave (Latin, *** • clavis, literally, "locked with the key") designates: . • The place in a locked section of the Vatican where the cardinals under the age of eighty elect a new pope.

. • The actual gathering of the cardinals. The conclave begins 15 to 20 days after the pope's death.

The cardinals pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit during a Mass The cardinals, sealed in the Sistine Chapel, vote every morning and afternoon. A two-thirds majority plus one is required for election for the first 30 ballots. After that, a simple majority is required.

After each vote, they burn the ballots and add special chemicals to make the smoke white or black.

I assume you are speaking of the ordained office of prime minister by Christ. Certainly in Matthew 16 Jesus is referring to the prophecy of Isaiah in Isaiah 22 and in doing so He is fulfilling the prophetic imagery prophesied by the prophet Isaiah. The prime minister referred to by Isaiah is a type for the appointment of St. Peter to be the leader, steward and authority over His family or household.

It further emphasizes by Christ’s actions in His appointment that He, Jesus, having received the throne of David by virtue of His Father is asserting His claim to the throne of David and as the rightful successor as king of all of Judah and Israel. He fulfills this by asserting the legal precedent necessary to fulfill prophecy and appoints St. Peter as the steward over His kingdom. He is claiming by this action what He came to do which was to establish a new and enduring Covenant with His Kingdom.

But was this Kingdom fully established at this time or was it just a stepping stone to the establishing of His Kingdom in His appointment of St. Peter in Matthew 16? Certainly, the time had not yet come for the Prime Minister, St. Peter, to exercise the power of the keys for Christ had not yet revealed His glory or made claim to His kingdom with the establishment of the New Covenant. This would not happen until Calvary where Jesus would from the cross drink of the cup of consummation from the hyssop branch and then utter the words, “it is finished” after which He gave up His Spirit and His glory was revealed.

He would finish His redemptive work three days later when He raised from the dead. Only then was all prophecy fulfilled and the law satisfied. St. Peter was now endowed with the Authority of Christ to be the royal steward over Christ’s kingdom.

So great was this authority that He had the authority to bind or loose on earth as well as in heaven and became the spiritual father of Christ’s family. The keys represent the supremacy of the power bestowed on St. Peter and he is fastened on a peg and carries the weight of maintaining the King’s (Christ’s) house. So great are the parallels between Eliakim and St. Peter that it is implausible to deny that Eliakim is a type for St. Peter.

The new kingdom is not a kingdom of land and of a people but it is the establishment of a spiritual kingdom of God and not of men. Keeping with the typology the office of Eliakim was an enduring office and so too is the office that St. Peter to which he has been appointed. Only the prime minister holds the keys of supreme authority and not only the first among equals but the special and singular authority among the disciples and visible head of the Church.

Let us look directly at the parallels between Isaiah 22 and Matthew 16. The prime minister in David’s household had successors: Isa 22:15, 1 Kings 4:6, & 18:3, 2 Kings 10:5, 15:5, 18:18 We see the full authority given to the prime minister: Isa 22:22, Mat 16:19, Rev 3:7 Further teaching of the authority of the prime minister: Mat 24:45, Luk 12:42, Gen 41:40, Gen 43:19 God bless! In Christ Fr.

Joseph.

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