How do Christians justify not being catholic?

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How do Christians justify not being catholic?

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RE: How do Christians justify not being catholic?

April 25, 2015 at 11:32 pm

(April 21, 2015 at 2:01 pm)Alex K Wrote: What the title says. Didn't Jesus pretty explicitly state that

Quote:And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
and wouldn't that entail that only the Roman church is the the rightful successor of Jesus? I'm just interested in the rationale of evangelical/protestant Christians behind rejecting this claim.

When the Jesus character compared Peter to being a rock he was comparing Peter to being equal to God himself. That's probably why God had Jesus crucified.

Deuteronomy chapter 32 is filled with the word "Rock" as a metaphor for God.

As it says in Deuteronomy 32:4 (RSVCE) = "The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he."

and Deuteronomy 32:18 (RSVCE) = "You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth."

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