Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
I didn't know you were Anglican. Nice people for the most part; much more tolerant of other religions than some denominations.Does that mean the Apostles and their successors? Does that mean my (Anglican) Bishop can bind and loose whatever he wants when ever?
If your Anglican bishop can trace his authority all the way back to someone who definitely had that authority (i.e. an apostle), he can. What I'm saying is that you can only confer authority you hold. Peter would have ordained (i.e. conferred authority upon) someone. That person could have ordained someone else, who could have ordained someone else, and so on. But if any time, someone takes authority upon himself without having received it by one already holding it, his "authority" is null and void as would the authority of anyone he might ordain.
I'm not sure what exactly you are thinking when you say "bind and loose." I mean, I know which passage of scripture you're thinking of, but I'm not sure how you're using the phrase in the context of the church today. Basically, to me, when Christ told Peter He was giving him this authority, he was saying that whatever Peter might do by this power (or authority) would have eternal significance. If he bound something on earth, it would remain bound in heaven. I suspect you're thinking along different lines.
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