1) Why did Peter receive the power to bind and loose by himself, separate from the other apostles?
2) If all the other apostles have the keys of the kingdom of heaven, then why did only Peter receive them from Jesus?
3) Why did Jesus pray that Peter�s faith would not fail and that he would strengthen the other apostles (Luke 22:31-32)? Jesus knew that Peter would betray Him and that John would be the only apostle to stand at the cross, so wouldn�t he have been a better choice?
4) In both my opening statement and my first rebuttal, I showed how Peter acted as the first pope at the Council of Jerusalem and how the council�s proceedings all point to Peter�s primacy. Can you give an alternate interpretation of this event, taking into account all of the relevant material that I included in my explanation?
5) In Galatians 2:13, Paul tells us that when Peter stopped eating with the Gentiles, even Barnabas, Paul�s companion and fellow opponent of the Pharisees at the Council of Jerusalem, was led astray by his example. If even Barnabas was lead astray, then Peter must have been incredibly influential (clearly much more so than anyone else in the early Church). How do you explain his tremendous influence without saying that he was the leader of the Church?