Politics, like ego, is a powerful molding force of ideology. Nicely done, using history to shine a light on this. I particularly appreciate these two themes/points:
<i>"Jesus was the one who separated “this rock” from Peter by using the demonstrative pronoun to refer to them separately."</i>
and
<i>"From these myriad fathers, we can conclude Rome’s interpretation of Matthew 16 was an evolution, and this evolution was not shaped by purely exegetical concerns but also by political pressures and outside forces."</i>
Politics, like ego, is a powerful molding force of ideology. Nicely done, using history to shine a light on this. I particularly appreciate these two themes/points:
<i>"Jesus was the one who separated “this rock” from Peter by using the demonstrative pronoun to refer to them separately."</i>
and
<i>"From these myriad fathers, we can conclude Rome’s interpretation of Matthew 16 was an evolution, and this evolution was not shaped by purely exegetical concerns but also by political pressures and outside forces."</i>