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| | Jesus summed up the problems with the [[Roman Catholic]] Magisterium with these words: | | Jesus summed up the problems with the [[Roman Catholic]] Magisterium with these words: |
| | *''‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’''<ref>https://biblia.com/bible/esv/matthew/15/8-9</ref> | | *''‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’''<ref>https://biblia.com/bible/esv/matthew/15/8-9</ref> |
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| | + | ====Upon this rock I will build my church==== |
| | + | *'''Ex. 33:13''' - ''Now therefore, I pray thee, '''if I have found grace''' in thy sight, '''shew me now thy way''' |
| | + | *'''John 14:6''' - '''''I am the way''''' |
| | + | *'''Ex. 33:21''' - ''And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and '''thou shalt stand upon a rock.''''' |
| | + | *'''1 Corinthians 10:4''' - ''And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and '''that Rock was Christ.''' |
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| | + | Even Peter says that rock was Christ. |
| | + | *'''1 Peter 2:6-8''' - ''For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion '''a stone, a cornerstone''' chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, '''“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”''' 8 and '''“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”''' They stumble because they disobey the word'' (ESV) |
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| | + | The church is built upon Christ, the Rock, not Peter. |
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| | ====The question of papal primacy and Apostolic tradition==== | | ====The question of papal primacy and Apostolic tradition==== |