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  1. From L. Michael White (Professor of Classics and Director of the Religious Studies Program University of Texas at Austin): There is some thought, though certainly in the minority, that the name "Peter" might be ironic (like calling a 6'7" 310 lbs guy Tiny) given how often Peter is admonished in gMark and how often he appears to be clueless. It's also famous for being part of the basis of the Catholic Church claiming primacy over all other churches via their claim that Peter was the first "Pope". Of course this is a rather anachronistic claim since early churches didn't seem to have a single "leader" but a council of presbyters, along with the fact that no single church was viewed as "Primary" over the others until centuries later when when the Roman Empire would be split between Rome and Constantinople. Peter Brown, in The Rise of Western Christendom says that while churches of the West might think of the bishops of Rome as successors of Peter and Paul and heirs of Roman order, it would "be a serious anachronism to see the bishops of Rome as central to the Latin churches of the West." The succession from Peter is an idea that first appears around 180 CE, in Irenaeus' Against Heresies, where he compares the many "heretical" groups at the time to the "universally known church founded and organized by the two most glorious apostles Peter and Paul.". One problem with this idea is that, according Paul's own letter to the Romans, there is an already existing Roman church which he did not found. There is additionally no early information that Peter founded a church in Rome. Even Peter's early alleged successor, Pope Clement does not make that claim in 1 Clement. Irenaeus' assertions about the "apostolic church" with a continuous lineage of "bishops" dating from Peter's time to his own, looks to be a device to contrast against the illegitimacy of all groups who did not recognize episcopal authority like his own as Bishop of Lyons. He was describing the kind of church he would like to see, not the church as it was in his time. His idea of a Roman episcopal genealogy begotten by Peter and Paul naturally appealed to bishops of Rome in later times, but it has no verifiable basis in history. The very "heretics" he was writing against were acting freely in Rome itself, showing any supposed supreme leader lacked control over dissenters.
  2. Zelenskyy confirms a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk region https://ground.news/article/zelenskyy-confirms-a-new-ukrainian-offensive-in-russias-kursk-region_e210fb?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
  3. 2nd best army in the world, moving to donkey powered transportation https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1887911147216548070
  4. If anyone likes a map to visualize https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1887917264248426614?t=lW1aNdlykabt0urO0dYUmA&s=19
  5. Saw some "leaked" peace plan but it looks like it was just made up by a pro Russian tabloid https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1887704186566909989?t=8EkIwYypOKjfeLh0IaOEWQ&s=19
  6. Sounds like he's going to still be someone's bitch, I guess at least it won't be a sip.
  7. https://x.com/NickHarrisFWST/status/1886478638121435237?t=_LgK0gSKtDCsDRZ-qVpo2A&s=19
  8. For a surgical consult?
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