Defending the Papacy - Pope Peter by Joe Heschmeyer, JD (Summary+Review)

#churchcrisis #pope #catholicbookreview

What does a bad pope mean for the Catholic Church? In what way is he (still) infallible?

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Rating system:
10/10 breathtaking, must read
9/10 really good
8/10 good
7/10 good (maybe not for everyone)
6/10 and less: I try to read good books lol so that rating should not occur

[JWilkins-logg]

Thank you for your work and your thoughtful reviews.

[ModernLady]

Just finished reading it today. Excellent book!

[Trinity_Sunrise]

Excellent review, very thorough. I look forward to learning more about what this author has to say.

[Anna-zcch]

Elisabeth, thank you very much for another excellent book review! The book presents a very balanced view of the issue.❤

[antiochoreilly]

Yet another excellent video. Well done.

[danbeaulieu]

What an awesome Channel you have I just stumbled upon it today and subscribed immediately keep up the awesome work😊

[mpasaa]

I read this book as well and I think one of the best statements actually comes at the beginning where the author states "we will never be asked to choose between heresy and schism" because it puts the issue with any papacy into perspective for Catholics concerned about the current state of things.

I agree with your rating too....great reference book to make notes in too ;-)

[robertmontoya]

A book that doesn't try to teach the Teacher sounds like it is written in good faith. Holy men who declare saints sounds like what Jesus ordained truly. A continuation Lord of Lords. Eternal Amen.

[vinb]

This is an important book for our times since many Protestants will use out of context quotes and sometimes unfortunately in context quotes from Pope Francis to argue against papal authority and ultimately against the church. They fail to understand the undeniable fact that Christ established the church, gave the apostles authority and made Peter the head of the church. That cannot and will not change because it is Christ himself who instituted it as such.

[wimvanackooij]

Thanks for this review. I was thinking of reading this book one day too. Any chance you will review some of Fr. Spitzer's books?

[game_of_salvation]

Peter's confession is the rock. (not Peter) see Agustin of Hippo -

"Therefore, he says, 'You are Peter; and upon this Rock which you have confessed, upon this Rock which you have acknowledged, saying, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God, will I build My Church; that is upon Myself, the Son of the living God, will I build My Church. I will build you upon Myself, not Myself upon you.' "

- Augustine of Hippo
Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
SERMON XXVI. AGAIN ON MATT. XIV. 25: OF THE LORD WALKING ON THE WAVES OF THE SEA, AND OF PETER TOTTERING.

[williammann]

I highly recommend Mary Jesus of Agreda, The Mystical City of God. Read the unabridged version. I can guarantee that you will not be able to put it down. (4 book set) God Bless

[Theosis_and_prayer]

How are you always so happy? Share your tips please.

[ChristianOrthodoxy]

The Book-Worm in the corner 😅 Lol' 😂 did you all catch it hilarious' 📚🔖

[JamesBarber-cudz]

Jesus didn't say, "Upon you, 'Rock, ' I will build my Church. Instead, He said, "Upon 'this rock' I will build my Church." Thus, the question remains....what is "this" rock?

I say Peter's confession of who Jesus was is what confirmed him as a rock, not who he was in himself. In fact, the hard evidence is rock solid. Let's have a look.

Matthew 19:28: Jesus described the apostles as possessing equal status and authority. He said that all will sit on thrones, via unity with Himself, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel in the coming kingdom.

Matthew 19:28: "Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'"

Revelation 21:14: John says that New Jerusalem's walls will have twelve foundations, and on them will be the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:14: "The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."

Ephesians 2:20: Paul explicitly describes the Church as being built upon Scriptural revelation as that which bears perfect witness to Christ via the collective ministry of apostles and prophets.

Ephesians 2:20: "Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself."

1 Corinthians 1:10-13: Paul addresses the divisions among the Corinthians, where some were claiming allegiance to different apostles or (Paul, Apollos, or Peter). Paul emphasizes that faith and unity in Christ is what truly matters, not allegiance to any human leader, including Peter.

1 Corinthians 1:12-13: "What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul'; another, 'I follow Apollos'; another, 'I follow Cephas' (Peter); still another, 'I follow Christ.' Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?"

Galatians 2:6-14: Paul speaks about how Peter's position did not matter to him and should not matter to others, emphasizing that what truly mattered was the truth of the Gospel.

Galatians 2:6: "As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message."

Galatians 2:11-14: Paul recounts how he publicly corrected Peter for his hypocrisy when Peter withdrew from eating with Gentiles due to pressure from certain Jewish Christians.

Galatians 2:11-14: "When Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) in front of them all, 'You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?'"

Galatians 2:7-8: Paul described Peter as simply the apostle to the Jews, while he himself was the apostle to the Gentiles.

Galatians 2:7-8: "On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles."

Galatians 2:9: Paul lists James before Peter when referencing apostles he met in Jerusalem.

Galatians 2:9: "James, Cephas (Peter), and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me."

Acts 15:13-19: James, brother of Jesus and senior leader for the Jerusalem church, Christianity's Mother Church, had the final word in the discussion about whether Gentile converts to Christianity needed to follow the Law of Moses, particularly circumcision. After much debate, James offered a summary and issued the final judgment.

Acts 15:13-19: "When they had finished, James spoke up: 'Brothers, ' he said, 'listen to me. Simon (Peter) has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written... It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.'"

1 Peter 1:1; 5:1: In his first letter, Peter refers to himself simply as an elder even as he is an apostle. Not as a bishop and not as a Pope but collegially as an elder.

1 Peter 1:1: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, ...."

1 Peter 5:1: "To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed."

2 Peter 1:1: Peter refers to himself simply as a servant of Jesus Christ and an apostle.

2 Peter 1:1: " Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ...."

These direct Scripture quotations demonstrate that apostles were essentially regarded as equals and that they focused on the centrality of the Gospel and Christian unity in Christ Himself over personal allegiance to any human leaders, including Peter. Paul says that Peter's primary mission was to evangelize Jews just as his was to evangelize the Gentile population, demonstrating Paul's vastly greater field of ministry and influence. Paul describes the Church as being built on Scriptural revelation as produced via a multitude of prophets and apostles and in conformity to Christ's designs, rather than on any individual. Paul and Luke illustrate James's supremacy over Peter in Jerusalem, the Mother Church of early Christianity. And, indeed, Peter's own letter demonstrates that he held no office of primacy in the early Church. Clearly, then, he could not have held anything resembling general authority over other apostles or churches.

Finally, when looking at church history, we find that not a single church named in the New Testament was ever under the Roman Pope except, of course, for Rome itself.

Therefore, all Catholic claims about Petrine-Papal supremacy are shown to be indefensible - biblically, theologically, and historically - whenever objectively examining the hardest possible data.

[changedlife]

Hmmm ? It feels disrespectful to bad talk pope

[teaglass]

Tozer said some good things on how Peter couldn't be the first pope:

"I mention a few other contradictions about the man, Peter. He is said by a portion of the Christian church to be the vicar of Christ on earth, and yet Peter himself never seemed to have found out about it! He never referred to himself as the vicar or vice-regent of Christ; he called himself an apostle, one of the elders. That's all. The humblest elder in any Presbyterian church has a title as great as Peter ever claimed for himself, except that he said he was one of the apostles.
I could point out that Peter is supposed by many to have been the first of the popes and yet he was overshadowed by one of his fellow apostles, for without question, Paul overshadowed Peter.
The man Peter was a great man, but the man Paul was greater. It would seem to me that if God were to select a pope, the first one, He would have chosen Paul, the mightiest, the most intellectual of them all, rather than the wavering and inconsistent Peter.
I point out, too, that Peter fades out of the Book of Acts and as he does so, Paul moves in. By the time we come to the end of the Acts, Peter is not visible anywhere. Paul fills the horizon and when God would lay the foundations of His church, forming its doctrines deep and strong, He chose Paul and not Peter."

[paulhudson]

The Catholic Church doesn’t have the moral courage to confront criminals Popes or Priest. Why?