in catholicism, there is a doctrine in which jesus christ gave peter and his successors ownership and rule over the entire catholic church, not just individual churches. this doctrine is exclusive to catholicism and, if it is proven to be true, simultaneously proves catholicism as well the holy bible shows sufficient evidence for this john 21 > when therefore they had dined, jesus saith to simon peter: simon son of john, lovest thou me more than these? he saith to him: yea, lord, thou knowest that i love thee. he saith to him: feed my lambs. he saith to him again: simon, son of john, lovest thou me? he saith to him: yea, lord, thou knowest that i love thee. he saith to him: feed my lambs. he said to him the third time: simon, son of john, lovest thou me? peter was grieved, because he had said to him the third time: lovest thou me? and he said to him: lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that i love thee. he said to him: feed my sheep. notice how it is peter who is commanded to feed the sheep matthew 10 > and the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, simon who is called peter, and andrew his brother, james the son of zebedee, and john his brother, philip and bartholomew, thomas and matthew the publican, and james the son of alpheus, and thaddeus, simon the cananean, and judas iscariot, who also betrayed him mark 3 > and to simon he gave the name peter: and james the son of zebedee, and john the brother of james; and he named them boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder: and andrew and philip, and bartholomew and matthew, and thomas and james of alpheus, and thaddeus, and simon the cananean: and judas iscariot, who also betrayed him. notice how peter is listed first above all apostles luke 22 > and the lord said: simon, simon, behold satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but i have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren. notice how jesus specifically prayed for peter
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