Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Was there a papacy in the early church?
There's been a lot of discussion of the papacy lately on some popular YouTube channels. For example, Cameron Bertuzzi recently had Joe Heschmeyer and Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers on his channel, along with some Protestants arguing for the other side. Here's a good one-hour summary, from Gavin Ortlund, of the problems with arguments for the papacy. The Other Paul has been producing a lot of good material on the subject as well, often with Geoff Robinson. Steven Nemes has been making a lot of significant points, such as in this recent video on Matthew 16 and Isaiah 22. You can find collections of our posts on these issues here and by clicking on the relevant post labels, like Papacy.
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Thank you for the different links, they are very helpful.
ReplyDeletePaul is going to be a detailed analysis on this topic soon.
ReplyDeletePeople might find this article to be interesting:
ReplyDeletehttps://rationalchristiandiscernment.blogspot.com/2018/07/biblical-evidence-against-apostle-peter.html
Thanks for the mention Jason! As Geoff mentioned, I'm doing a deep dive starting in a couple of days. Will be two parts; 1st on whether there was always a Roman monepiscopacy, and the 2nd on whether Christ established a successional "Petrine" office. First part is scheduled here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr_2SydH3gM
ReplyDeleteGreat to see the links! Let's study!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your articles. They were one of the sources I consulted in my review of Akin's book "The Fathers Know Best." I discuss his misuse of citations from the church fathers related to the papacy here if you are interested:
ReplyDeletehttps://jamesattebury.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/fathers-know-best-the-authority-of-the-pope/