Upon This Rock: St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early ChurchRay, a former Evangelical Protestant and Bible teacher, goes through the Scriptures and the first five centuries of the Church to demonstrate that the early Christians had a clear understanding of the primacy of Peter in the see of Rome. He tackles the tough issues in an attempt to expose how the opposition is misunderstanding the Scriptures and history. He uses many Protestant scholars and historians to support the Catholic position. This book contains the most complete compilation of Scriptural and Patristic quotations on the primacy of Peter and the Papal office of any book available. It has over 500 footnotes with supporting evidence from Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and non-Christian authorities. |
Contents
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Was Peter in Rome Was He the First Bishop | 63 |
Earliest Christian Documents Reveal | 113 |
The Primacy of Rome in | 145 |
The Chronological List of the Popes | 255 |
An Old Testament Basis for the Primacy | 263 |
Bibliography | 299 |
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