 | twansalem
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05/12/2008 | Donovon, there are at least two specific places where Jesus mentions a specific role of leadership for Peter. The first is the passage that I quoted in my review. The second is from John, after the resurrection, and before the assumption: When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 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." 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. John 21:15-17. Now as to your comment about the Church being founded after Peter's death, I would define the beginning of the Churs as either the commissioning of the apostles: Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20, or possibly at Pentecost. |
