Jesus appointed Peter as the leader of His Church because of Peter's answer to Jesus' question Jesus asked the apostles, Who is He to them... Then Peter answered: "You are The Son of The Living God" Jesus responds that Simon is now called Peter, "and upon this rock [petra] I will build my church." Peter was just a man; as another respondent showed, albeit with much misunderstnding, Peter had, at one point, been used by Satan to tempt Jesus into avoiding His suffering death. (No, it does not mean Jesus was calling Peter "Satan," but rather Jesus was speaking to Satan, not Peter.) Peter's faith in what had been revealed to him would be the foundation of His body on earth. What power is Christ said to have bestowed on Peter? "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matthew xvi, 19). On this remarkable bestowal of power, which has exerted such a mighty influence in the government of the church, but of which Mark, Luke and John know nothing, Greg comments as follows: "Not only do we know Peter's utter unfitness to be the depositary of such a fearful power, from his impetuosity and instability of character, and Christ's thorough perception of this unfitness, but we find immediately after it is said to have been conferred upon him, his Lord addresses him indignantly by the epithet of Satan, and rebukes him for his presumption and unspirituality, and shortly afterwards this very man thrice denied his master. Can any one maintain it to be conceivable that Jesus should have conferred the awful power of deciding the salvation or damnation of his fellow-men upon one so frail, so faulty, and so fallible? Does any one believe that he did?" (Creed of Christendom, p. 189). Because it was the Father's will.
Well the Pope wouldn't like to be called the followers of Jesus. They're the followers of the Apostle Peter. Their job is to pretty much spread the teachings of Peter, which is just a re-translated version of Jesus' teachings. Since Peter was actually in Rome to spread Christianity to the Roman people, you can think of the Pope as a really important worldwide one-man missionary, only he does other things like peace talks and giving to the poor.
He was originally a fisherman but became an apostle and later was appointed the first pope.
He was a fisherman.
he was a fisherman
Actually, there is no "black pope." The Superior General of the Society of Jesus is the official title of the leader of the Society of Jesus—the Roman Catholic religious order, also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father General. The position sometimes carries the nickname of the Black Pope, after his simple black priest's vestments, as contrasted to the white garb of the Pope.
Jesus gave the care of his mother, Mary, into John's hands(John 19:26, 27)
He worked as a fisherman on a boat with his brother Andrew.Matthew 4:18[ Jesus Calls His First Disciples ] As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simoncalled Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
Peter was named by Our Lord to lead his Church - the first pope. It was up to him to guide the other apostles in the order they received to make disciples of all nations. It was up to Peter to organize and guide the new church.
JESUS gave Peter two jobs: 1)first,when JESUS was calling Peter for the first time,the job assigned to Peter and his brother by JESUS was to fish the people meaning that to attract people to the Heavens (Mathiew 4:19-20) 2)second,after the resurrection of JESUS,He asked Peter if he loves Him and then told him to take care from His sheep as JESUS is the good shepherd(John 21:15-18)
Simon (Peter) and his brother Andrew were originally fishermen on the Sea of Galillee. Both brothers joined Our Lord's ministry and became apostles. Jeus appointed Peter to lead his new church after he died. Peter continued to be the head (pope) of the Church until he was crucufied.
He is the pope
Job and Jesus are never mentioned together in the Bible.