Reality v. Propaganda
Excerpt below from:
The Top 10 Myths that Dominate Christianity -
8. Peter the Roman?
The foundation for both the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and her daughters, i.e.
ALL the Protestant religions to which she gave birth, is built on the
LIE that Peter was the first pope of Rome. Simon Peter was
NEVER in Rome, much less the first pope of the Babylonian mystery religion (
Rev. 17:5).
The RCC claims Peter served in Rome in the capacity of pope from 41-66 A.D. (some historians differ on these dates, but not on the location) and that the papacy derives its authority by apostolic succession from Peter, whom they
claim is buried under St. Peter's Basilica. But even a cursory examination of the Scriptures (The Rock-solid
Truth) proves this is a complete fabrication.
Matthew 10:5-6
10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,
Go NOT into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the "House of Israel".
Are we to believe that Peter directly disobeyed The Master (Christ-Jesus) and went to Gentile Rome anyway?
Galatians 2:7-9
2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me,
as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:
2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Peter's Assignment: Circumcision = Jews/Judah (Jerusalem, Joppa, etc.)
Paul's Assignment: Uncircumcision = Gentiles (e.g. Rome)
In the letter to the Romans we are told that those assignments would
NOT be intermingled.
Romans 15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was known about, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.
That same letter goes on to send greetings and salutations to no less than 28 people who were in Rome at the very time Peter was supposedly pope (
Rom. 16:1-15), and yet it never mentions Peter, which would be very strange and extremely rude if Peter had actually been there. It would also have been completely unnecessary to send a letter to instruct the community in Rome if Peter had been there leading them at that time.
Clearly Peter wasn't in Rome. He was exactly where he was supposed to be: in
Jerusalem and the surrounding area. In fact Peter died (of old age, NOT on a satanic inverted cross –
John 21:17-19) in Jerusalem and was buried
there,
where his tomb was discovered in 1953 at a Franciscan monastery site called "Dominus Flevit" (see next post).
The first pope of the RCC was not until the 4th century A.D., when the
Roman Emperor Constantine took the title “bishop of bishops” for himself. He presided over the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. in that capacity, which is when and where the "Creed of Nicaea", now known as the "Nicene Creed" was incorporated, which introduced the concept of the pagan trinity into Christianity, mixing it together with the
true teachings of Christ.
The entire “apostolic succession” from Peter through to Constantine was then fabricated and back-filled to try to legitimize the church's worldly authority.
ALL based on
LIES, because Simon Peter was
NEVER in Rome.
