Is the Pope the "head of the church"? Does Matthew 16 teach apostolic succession or doctrinal succession? Should there be an earthly man at the top of the church? In this episode, Pastors Zac and Brandon discuss the Reformed view of church polity as compared to the Roman Catholic view.
For more information, see:
Was Peter the First Pope (Matthew 16)? by Cincy Reformed
Belgic Confession, Art. 27-31
Canons of Dort, 1.7
The Church by Edmund Clowney, ch. 14
Institute of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, Book 4, ch. 2-11.
How Jesus Runs the Church by Guy Prentiss Waters
Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism by R.C. Sproul
Far From Rome, Near to God: Testimonies of Fifty Converted Catholic Priests by Richard Bennett
A Reformed Catholic by William Perkins