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When the Christian church was first founded many question arose from its formation. What was this new organization and what was to become of it? There are many interpretation of what the church should be. They range from small community church lead by a reverend to a worldwide church lead by a pope. I will argue the latter. That the original meaning from the bible was to a have a single unified church under the primacy of the bishop of rome. This can be supported in three areas the historical, biblical, and theological reasoning.

Before we jump into the wonderful world of church history I find it important to point out my own biases. I was raised a roman catholic and still currently practicing my faith. So this will change both my rule of faith and cannon. The primary bible I will be using is the Harper Collins Study Bible as it is the one I have with me. The bible in the catholic faith is viewed as one of the two primary factors of the religion. Unlike others Christian faiths who believe the bible is the only rule of faith. Roman Catholics believe that the bible and the living tradition of the church in unison provide the proper interpretation.

First is important to note that the church much like Rome was not made in a single night. The origin of the Christian faith did not start as an indivual faith but rather from a sub branch of Judaism. Before the church creation there had been century of tradition and worship through the temple. This bring important factors in the creation of the church as one most understand how the ancient Jewish worship worked. Then came the Jesus and his teaching this sets the foundation of Christianity and the church. Through the apostolic age this was greatly expanded in till the late fir...

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...olics and Orthodox the ministry of the Christian Church is held to the apostles by a continuous succession of bishops and priest. This means that every ordained member of the church had received there grace by another bishop. This line can be traced back to the apostles. This succession grants the power of those the disciples. So it mean that the bishop of Rome would inherit the powers of Peter.

The opposing view of primacy of bishop Rome comes from the eastern and protestant faiths. The orthodox recognized the primacy of peter but they see it more of a first among equal. Instead of supremacy it is specialty. The protestant however disagree that the pope should be the sole interpret of the bible and it meaning. They believe that everyone should hold that right. Protestant also state the authority in Mathews is not exclusive to peter but to the church as a whole.