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As Catholics, we believe that the authority given to Peter did not end with his life, but was handed on to his successors.

Interesting that the use of scripture to back up his argument ended in the previous paragraph. Sorry dude, I grew up Church of Christ. We had elders and preachers, but everyone was a Brother. No fathers but THE Father. Anyway, it's all old belief, but I was raised to believe the Bible was the final authority, not any one man.

Originally Posted by Epehsians 1

18I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Jesus, not Peter.

Originally Posted by Ephesians 4

7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8This is why it[a] says: “When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men.”[b] 9(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

That the NIV translation, but there's no mention of a singular Chruch authority in the KJV either. I dunno, maybe there was a damn good reason the Catholic clergy before V2 didn't want laypersons reading the Bible...