The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-08

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coils'i'u,eu inc supreme neau ol 'Ne
entire cHuIcH' tHe "po7. les me uueu'
sometimes Ihe lalhers OF Ihe churcH,
commenting on the ABOVE Worus vi
Christ to Peter say that the church
was rounded on the Ialth OF 81. FeIeI'
whereby they understand not the Iallh
OF Peter IN the abstract out III the
concrete VIZ: that the prlmacy was
conferred on Peter on account OF the
faith Whlch ne on TINS occasion as
played
If Peter is actually the foundation
of the church, /. e. supports and gov
erns It, his primacy is manifestly not
a primacy Of honor, but Of jurisdiction.
Nor are certain portions only Of the
church dependent on him, but the en-
tire church. And in fact, if Christ
Himself has thus made Peter the foun-
dalton Of the church, all his power pro-
ceeds directly from Christ, and not
through the medium of the apostles or
the people. Hence It follows chat Peter
is the immediate vicar of Christ, and
that the constitution of the church is
essentially monarchical
2. TO Peter, moreover, was promised
the power Of the keys, which implies
the supreme power in the church For
I nd wi
give to thee the keys of the kingdom
of heaven, whatever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound also in heaven
and whatever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed also in heaven CMath'
XVI l9) Christ addressed these words
to Peter alone. That the promise eX-
pressed in these words was made to
Peter alone is no less evident from the
context than that the power conferred
on the church as such was promised
to the apostles alone
The power Of the Keys promised to st.
Peter signihed the supreme power IN
the church for the Keys are naturally
the symbol of power Us. XXI ~. The
supreme power is meant since 1t is
promised TO Peter alone, and Is to ele-
vate him above the other apostles in
the same degree as he had Just DIS
tinguished himself by his confession OF
faith in Christ. Not without cause did
Christ here make use Of that symbol
under which His own sovereign power
is designated CAP. l. 10; III y Not With
out cause did he use this symbol IN re-
ference to Peter alone although the
other apostles are also to receive extern
slVe powers; since Peter alone mad Deen
chosen by Him as the rock on when
His church was to be founded
The power promised 10 Peter Is fur-
ther designated as the power OF plnd-
ing and loosing. TO bind In the IAN
guage OF scripture sometimes signihes
to command sometimes to punish; TO
loose on the other hand' means TO Tree
from an obligation, TO aosolVe from
gullt OF punishment When the power
OF binding and loosing was promised TO
the other apostles on later occasion
tMath' XVII lS) It was not promised
TO them in the same degree as to Peter;