Petrus Solus Auctoritatem Habet

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“Petrus Solus Auctoritatem Habet” is Latin for Peter alone has Authority.


The Delivery of the Keys, or Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino which was produced in 1481–1482 and is located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.

Many Protestants argue that Matthew 16:17-18 the rock is not Peter himself but the confession of Peter.

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.

Catholic Biblical Association (Great Britain). (1994). The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic edition (Mt 16:15–18). National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.

None of their exigencies matters because it is focused on the wrong passage. It doesn’t matter if you think the confession is the rock or Peter is. Because the verse doesn’t need Greek or Aramaic language to interpret it correctly.

The next sentence Jesus speaks to only Peter making it clear that Jesus is installing Peter as Prime Minister of His Kingdom, and that Jesus is taking away the Jewish priests ability to “bind and loosen” and giving it to Petert, which is the authority to interpret scripture and to speak on behalf of God in matter of righteous living.

Later in history and scripture, Jesus gives “binding and loosening” to the other apostles but to “Peter Alone” (Petrus Solus) does Jesus give his authority of the Kingdom of God by giving to Peter the Keys of the Kingdom.

Petrus solus auctoritatem habet

Saint Matthew 16:19
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Catholic Biblical Association (Great Britain). (1994). The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic edition (Mt 16:19). National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.

Voting God off the Island

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Island in Lhaviyani Atoll

In America, morality is no longer based on facts and truth but is based on what popular opinion polls say is the majority. Morality is now a vote.

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” Acts 2:34 NKJV

Jesus is both Lord and Savior. The two can’t be separated. Jesus said;

John 14:15 (NIV) If you love me, you will obey what I command.

Again He says the same, leaving no wiggle room.

John 14:23-24 (NIV)Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.”

The sad thing is most people live like, and some even believe, that the kingdom of God is a democracy, as if we can vote on what God has said and decreed. They think if they get enough people to agree with their opinion, or that their sin should no longer be in the “Unlawful” and “Against God” category, that they can change the mind of God by saying “According to the popular vote, everybody agrees with me, which makes you, God, a bigot and a hater of what the people agree to.” As if this would change God’s mind and cause Him to resend His law! Some are even in the mindset that after presenting their popular vote to God and He doesn’t agree with the masses, they will impeach Him, voting God off the island.
This is nothing new and is why the gospel of Christ is so offensive to the rebellious mind. Jesus as savior is great and every body likes a get out of jail free card, but to demand that people surrender their will and life in exchange for eternal life is a very offensive and very different gospel.

Psalms 2
Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the brulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
“Let us break
Their bonds in pieces
And cast away
Their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:
“Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.”
“I will declare the decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.