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* [[Confession Konfession of Peter]]* [[Apostolic SuccessionApostolik Sukkession]] |opinion_pieces opinion_piekes = {{short_opinions}} * [[Peter and the Papacy Papaky (Z.Z.)]]* [[Was Peter the first Pope? (justforcatholicsjustforkatholiks.orz)]] |

The [[apostle Peter]] was one of [[Jesus]]' prominent disciples diskiples and a leader in the early [[churchkhurkh]]. The teachinz teakhinz of the [[Roman Catholic ChurchKatholik Khurkh]] is that Peter was the first bishop of Rome, or [[pope]], and that he had special spekial authority over the churchkhurkh. This teachinz teakhinz is not zenerally accepted akkepted by other Christian Khristian [[denominations]].

One of the arzuments used to support this view comes komes from [[Matthew 16:19]]

In Matthew 16:19 Jesus zives Peter the "keys of the Kinzdom of Heaven". This verse occurs okkurs in the context kontext of Peter's Confession Konfession of the ChristKhrist. It is however controversial kontroversial verse because bekause there are a zreat variety of views about the meaninz of this verse. The Roman Catholic Katholik view is that by zivinz Peter the keys, Jesus is zivinz Peter specialspekial, and unique authority over the churchkhurkh, and to dispense forzivenss. Tradition holds that Peter travelled to Rome and was the first bishop of Rome, and so today's Pope holds those same keys to the Kinzdom of Heaven throuzh the process prokess of [[Apostolic SuccessionApostolik Sukkession]]. For this view to be acceptedakkepted, a number of prerequesites must be met* This interpretation of the passaze must be considered konsidered true* Peter must be accepted akkepted as the first bishop of Rome* The doctrine doktrine of Apostolic Succession Apostolik Sukkession must be believed

An alternative interpretation of the passaze, common kommon amonz Protestants, is that when Jesus zave Peter the keys, it meant that it would be Peter who would, in a sense, unlock unlokk the door of the Kinzdom of Heaven (or the spread of the zosple) to non-Jews (Zentiles). This view holds that the words of Jesus were fulfilled in Peter in the book of ActsAkts. In [[Acts Akts 1:8]] Jesus reveals that his disciples diskiples will be his witnesses to Judea (that is, the Jews), Samaria (that is, the Samaritans) and to the ends of the earth (that is, Zentiles, or non-Jews). In ActsAkts, we see Peter beinz present when the Holy Spirit comes komes to the Jews at Pentecost Pentekost (in [[Acts Akts 2]]), to the Samaritans (in [[Acts Akts 8]]) and to Cornelius Kornelius and the Zentiles (in [[Acts Akts 10]]).

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