>Paul writes a letter to the city of Rome.>Paul mentions like 40 different people.>Never mentions Peter. Never mentions a Pope. Never mentions a bishop of Rome.Why?
>>18518702Are you saying Rome didn't have a bishop?
>>18518702Never mentions Sola Scriptura
>>18518702Why do christians like to pretend Saul wasn't jewish?
>>18518708Until the late 2nd century, it had a college of several.
>>18518791harder to larp as antiseptic crusader if you have to admit your entire religion comes from jewish myth jewish books jewish early believers and jewish god
>>18518791From what I read, everything he wrote was in perfect Greek and that creates some suspicion.
>>18518708>>18518850Incorrect. Linus was the first Bishop of Rome according to the earliest sources.It's possible Rome did not have a bishop until "Peter and Paul" appointed him, within their lifetime. Early sources always mention "Peter and Paul" in Rome specifically or "The Apostles" generally appointing Bishops.
>>18519051Both the Liberian Catalogue and the Liber Pontificalis are hopelessly confused about the order and dates of early bishops of Rome, and we also know that it was one of the last churches to adopt the rule of a monarchical bishop. Who followed Linus, Anacletus or Clement, and when?As late as Hippolytus of Rome in the early 3rd century there were still multiple bishops of Rome ruling their own house-church congregations in the vast capital city, and the RCC is forced to anachronistically label him an "antipope", despite him being an influential, orthodox church father, because of later dogmatic teachings such as the separation of the ranks of bishop form priest (synonyms until the 2nd century and probably changed to combat heretical offshoot churches) and belief that only one "true" pope can reign as the Vicar of Christ.
>>18518702why not just ask Bart Ehrmann? He lives for this kind of thing
Well the community of Rome was unfamiliar to him compared to communities he founded, so the letter is much more impersonal compared to Galatians, Thessalonians, or Corinthians. The thanksgiving section you are referring to is for his own personal shoutouts, giving thanks to people who have supported him and whose good names may go out before him from his previous communities. Why would he give thanks to Peter if this was before he even met him?It might be of interest to your point though that there is an apocryphal Epistle of Peter to James. The form we have is after several periods of editing, and despite this it is quite clear that in place of Simon Magus was originally Paul. So it's a very anti-Pauline letter based on the authority of Peter and James.There was a clear tension between Hellenic Jewish Christians that emphasized their national identity and adherence to law (taking as their patriarchs Peter and James) and the mixed communities of converted Gentiles and torah abandoning Jewish Christians that Paul spearheaded.
>>18518702>Μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε."Do not judge, so that you may not be judged."
>>18518702>portrait of paulus>much hairthe painter had little familiarity with tradition.
>>18518870>antiseptic crusader death to bacteria! lysol vult!
