Pilgrim of this Reality
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According to Catholic tradition the 1st pope was Simon Peter(Cephas). Where did such a tradition come from? The New Testament states that Peter was married:
Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 9:5.
I surmise that the Cephas Paul addresses is Peter, but could be mistaken. However, I have also wondered: What right does any denomination (Catholism is a division in my eyes even if it is almost as old a division as the Greek Apologists and Ebionitism and as such falls under the term denomination) have to add or remove from God's Will? I realize that the canon was selected by men, however, to contradict or add to the words of Jesus or of the apostles' writings is rather arrogant in my eyes. What right do we have as God's creation to dictate to Him our terms?
Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 9:5.
I surmise that the Cephas Paul addresses is Peter, but could be mistaken. However, I have also wondered: What right does any denomination (Catholism is a division in my eyes even if it is almost as old a division as the Greek Apologists and Ebionitism and as such falls under the term denomination) have to add or remove from God's Will? I realize that the canon was selected by men, however, to contradict or add to the words of Jesus or of the apostles' writings is rather arrogant in my eyes. What right do we have as God's creation to dictate to Him our terms?