Review article
Is Primacy Truly founded on the Bible? A View from a Recent Catholic Ecumenical Perspectiv
Niko Ikić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5634-0387
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Seen from various ecumenical perspectives the question in the title seems to have an eternal character. One side tries to prove the primacy upon biblical texts by stretching them pretty far, and others try to disprove it by stretching them even further. We should not forget that all of them have the Holy Scripture as their common source and their interpretations can be very different. How is the view from a recent Catholic ecumenical perspective with regard to the Biblical foundation of the primacy?
This paper seeks to answer the question from the perspective of scriptural foundation and its modern interpretations which can provide a starting point for ecumenical rapprochement. The paper is limited to ecumenical emphases from the Catholic interpretation. In the Biblical aspect of seeking there is distinction between direct and indirect texts that prove the establishment of Petrine ministry. The direct representative texts are taken from Matthew, John and Paul. Newer theological visions are offered by some well rounded commentaries especially from German sources, which represent an essential backbone for research on this subject. In recent Catholic evaluation of the Biblical foundation of primacy there is less exclusivity and more compatibility with other interpretations. The basic thesis states that Jesus established the primacy in the Bible as a root that grows or as a seed that develops, and that its dogmatically formulated form was developed later.
Keywords
Petrine ministry; primacy; Biblical foundation
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111477
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Publication date:
27.11.2013.
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