A man bowed down before Peter…
but Peter stopped him:
“Stand up; I too am a man.” (Acts 10:25)
Peter rejected people bowing before him.
He did not accept worship for himself.
Today, those who claim to be the successors of Saint Peter,
extend their hand to have it kissed…
and allow others to bow before them.
That is not continuation.
That is contradiction.
So tell me:
is that the successor of Saint Peter…
or the opposite of Peter, like the emperor Nero?
The Roman emperors were called the Caesars.
The Caesars exalted themselves,
minting coins with their own images.
Today, those who claim to be Peter’s successors
seem more like the successors of the Caesars, since
they also put their image on coins
and receive reverence.
If this is the opposite…
then I have reasons to doubt.
And if that Rome influenced the texts of the Bible,
what guarantees are there that it did not alter the truth?
If Rome stripped peoples of their goods,
does that explain why the Bible says:
“To anyone who takes what is yours, do not demand it back”?












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