The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-05-31
A Methodist Minister of Philadelphia in
a Pulpit Discourse Denies
Peters Supremacy.
The Rev. w. Downey Asserts That the Bible
Contains Only Three Texts
on the Question.
Proofs From Scripture Adduced to Refute
the False Statements Made
by the Wesleyan.

LII IL FecllI ulSCOuESc Ill IuluuelDultt,
Rev. w. Downey. of the M. e church,
spoke on ''Peters Supremacy. Briefly
he said that he could not find any
proofs in the Bible for the claims
made by the Catholics regarding their
first Pope, but that Peter was more
talkative than the other ap stiles.
"Some men get along" exclaimed
Rev. Downey, because they have Il
great amount of gab; because they
have brass Peter was always the
prominent speaker There is no distinc-
ticr in the New Testament. as to great
ness among the apostles. There is not
a word anywhere that places one above
the other. Search the church through
and through and there could not be
found man less fitted to be the leader
OF the church of Christ. Ii the church
lad been founded on Paul and called
the Pauline instead of the Petrine
church, there would have been VIII lie
lot OF argument on Paul's side. The
Roman church is built on a man, but
mine on Jesus Christ. That church
degraded man throughout the centu-
rIes, while mine is, believe, til !,
I-np11'c h0nn A is
dcnce OF What North Aner,a will he
il the X man church succeeds here.
May the time never came wh.n the
stars and stripes will be t!ailed in the
dust and the banner of tile Vatican
floats over them.
Had MIR. Downey taken his King
james Protestant Bib,e and read it,
diligently, honestly and sincerely. he
would not have remained long in doubt
rs to st. Peter heny the chief of tll ].
apostles. says the Catholic Standard
and Times.
Beginning with the lists of tn,
twelve as they appear in The New
bSt ANttltuCN lA.,
~: Nov the names of the twelve
apostles are these: The first, Simon.
WHO is called Peter" The Others fol
low with Mr.. Downey's favori.e Ju-
G:ls. last.
st. Mark in his Gospel begins the
list thus Gii.. 16): ''And Simon, he
Dnfn f1,0 nf1 fol
differently from in Matthew. but Jul
das is again last.
st. Luke wi. ~ starts with, "Si.
mon. whom He also namel Peter"
The others differ from both Matthew
end Mark, but Judas is again last.
Acts l.. 13, tells us of the assembling
Of the eleven to fill the "bishoprc'
verse 2Ol. made vacant by Judas
treachery and death, and Peter is
again named first. the other ten in in
different order
Will any sane person say this is mere
accident or coincidence? The evangel-
lists designedly put "the first first and
t'iS lstSt. IL w WIN
design that our Lord changed Simon's
Eame to Peter. "the rock That is
also self-evident. Our Lord met "Petcl
f. and Andrew" and begins to collect His
apostles Matt. ivs. 1S) Peter (the
Gabbler. as Mr.. Downey would call
HIM answered for all when our Lord
walked on the water. and he walked
to Him. but his faith failed him. But
in thus answering for all at all times
did he not assert his primacy, aGd
Goes not the fact that all waited on
his word show Their acquiescence in
his position?
But there are more texts yet though
Mr.. Downey's three have already grown
considerably. In Matt. xv.. IS. Peter
again answers for all and again in the
much discussed text of tho "rock.'
Then we come to Matt xviii and find
Tcter first again. James and John in
the scene of the TRANSPORTATION, and
talkative Peter again speaks. In the
same chapter we find that those who
received tribute money went to Peter
end said. "Doth not your Master pay
t1ibute?" Did not they recognize Peter