Hmm why am i the Pope ar?
Scripture reveals this Church to be the one Jesus Christ built upon
the rock of Saint Peter (Matt. 16:1
. By giving
Peter the keys of authority (Matt. 16:19), Jesus appointed Peter as
the chief steward over His earthly kingdom (cf. Isaiah. 22:19-22).
Jesus also charged Peter to be the source of strength for the rest
of the apostles (Luke 22:32) and the earthly shepherd of Jesus'
flock (John 21:15-17). Jesus further gave Peter, and the apostles
and elders in union with him, the power to bind and loose in heaven
what they bound and loosed on earth. (Matt. 16:19; 18:1.
This teaching authority did not die with Peter and the apostles,
but was transferred to future bishops through the laying on of
hands (e.g., Acts 1:20; 6:6; 13:3; 8:18; 9:17; 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:22; 2
Tim. 1:6).
By virtue of this divinely-appointed authority, the Catholic Church
determined the canon of Scripture (what books belong in the Bible)
at the end of the fourth century. We therefore believe in the
Scriptures on the authority of the Catholic Church. After all,
nothing in Scripture tells us what Scriptures are inspired, what
books belong in the Bible, or that Scripture is the final authority
on questions concerning the Christian faith. Instead, the Bible
says that the Church, not the Scriptures, is the pinnacle and
foundation of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15) and the final arbiter on
questions of the Christian faith (Matt. 18:17). It is through the
teaching authority and Apostolic Tradition (2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6; 1
Cor. 11:2) of this Church, who is guided by the Holy Spirit (John
14:16,26; 16:13), that we know of the divine inspiration of the
Scriptures, and the manifold wisdom of God. (cf. Ephesians
3:10).
Scripture Catholic rocks.
