(1) The Papacy is most certainly Scriptural.
* Three Popes are mentioned in the Bible (Saint Peter in Matthew 16:16, Saint Linus in 2 Timothy 4:21, and Saint Clement in Philippians 4:3).
**There is only one Pope as there was only one Israeli High Priest. Compare Psalm 110:4 with Hebrews 5:6.
***Saint Peter is mentioned in more instances in the Apostles than all of the other Apostles combined.
Matthew 16:18 (Rock of the Church)
Matthew 10:2 (Peter first among Apostles)
Matthew 18:21 (Peter speaks for Apostles)
Matthew 23:3 (Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.)
Luke 5:1-10 (Peter’s boat chosen)
Luke 22:32 (To Peter “Strengthen your brethren”)
John 21:17 (To Peter “Feed my Sheep”
Acts 2:14 (Peter leads Apostles)
Acts 3:6-7 (Peter performs first Pentecostal Miracle)
Acts 15:7 (Council of Jerusalem)
Galatians 1:18-20 (Paul travels TO Peter the Pope)
Matthew 16
And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Matthew 10
2 The names of the twelve apostles[c] are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him
John 1
“42 Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John;[a] you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).”
Matthew 4
“18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.”
Luke 6
“14 Simon, whom he named Peter,[f] and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew . . . “
Galatians 1
Then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and I tarried with him fifteen days.
John 21
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,[i] “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”[j] He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” [Jesus] said to him, “Feed my sheep.”
(2) Infant Baptism
Joshua 24:15 “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Matthew 19:14 “Let the children come to me.”
Matthew 18:14 “In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.”
John 3:5 “Jesus answered, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.”
Luke 18:17 “Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”
Acts 16:15 “After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us.”
Acts 18:8 “Crispus, the synagogue official, came to believe in the Lord along with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.”
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