The Catholic doctrine of the papacy is biblically-based, and is derived from the evident primacy of St. Peter among the apostles. Like all Christian doctrines, it has undergone development through the centuries, but it hasn’t departed from the essential components already existing in the leadership and prerogatives of St. Peter. These were given to him by our Lord Jesus Christ, acknowledged by his contemporaries, and accepted by the early Church. The biblical Petrine data is quite strong and convincing, by virtue of its cumulative weight, especially for those who are not hostile to the notion of the papacy from the outset. This is especially made clear with the assistance of biblical commentaries. The evidence of Holy Scripture (RSV) follows:
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, I sat in my basement staring in utter shock as I watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York collapse right before my eyes. The sight of two planes flying directly into the towers was horrific, but when I saw those enormous towers, possibly the world’s most vivid symbols of man’s power, completely fall within a matter of minutes I was shaken to the bone, numbed and left trembling in disbelief.
Like most everyone who watched the events of that day, I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of evil unleashed on the thousands of unsuspecting people who died there. To witness such manifest evil filled everyone who watched it with fear and confusion. How could this happen? What kind of evil and depth of hate could drive someone to do such a thing? Seeing the face of evil that day drove multitudes of Americans and people all around the world to their knees. Suddenly everyone, even the normally cynical, secularized news commentators were talking about God, the mystery of evil and the existence of the devil.
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