I knew they were just pulling all this sacred Vatican shit out of their asses.
You know, I have, like, no excuse for that one. It's not that was so busy looking at Bible verse that I forgot to answer the second question, it's that I didn't even read the post thoroughly enough. It's sad, really. I'm just really bad at that.
The Pope is the successor of St. Peter, who was appointed head of the Church by Jesus Christ. Actually, I know exactly where he did that number without even looking, but that's only because that's the same text the fallen angels used to try to destroy the world... in Dogma:
Quote: Matthew 16:17-19 Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Sacred loopholes rock.
Now this part isn't in the Bible, so any Catholics here are more than welcome to correct me. It's believed that St. Peter was the bishop of Rome, thus the placement of the Vatican. The Vatican itself isn't considered any more sacred than any other Church, but it is the location of the head of the Church, and every other Church must answer to the doctrine made there, thus the whole communion wafer dilemna.
