Resolved:
The papacy, defined as "the ministry of a supreme pastor with the power of jurisdiction to maintain universal unity and orthodoxy within the Christian church," was created by Christ, through the apostle Peter, and this ministry was thereafter succeeded to by the bishops of Rome.
Affirming the Resolution: Mark Bonocore, Roman Catholic
Denying the Resolution: Jason Engwer, Protestant Evangelical
"And
I say to thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I
will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever
thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Gospel of St. Matthew 16:18-19
| Mark Bonocore | Jason Engwer |
| Mark's Rebuttal of Jason | Jason's Rebuttal of Mark |
| Questions and Answers | Questions and Answers |
| Closing by Mark | Closing by Jason |
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Related Links:
An Answer to James White on the Early Papacy by Mark Bonocore
A Challenge to James White on the Early Fathers by Mark Bonocore
Studies on the Early Papacy by Dom John Chapman
The Primitive Church and the See of Peter by Luke Rivington
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