Views Concerning The Church and the Sacraments During the Second Period (300-750 A.D.): The Doctrine of the Church (18): The Papacy.

While Peter himself passes over his prerogative in silence, and expressly warns against hierarchical assumption, Leo cannot speak frequently and emphatically enough of his authority. While Peter in Antioch meekly submits to the rebuke of the junior apostle Paul (see Gal. 2:11), Leo pronounces resistance to his authority to be impious pride and the sure way to hell. Obedience to the pope is thus necessary to salvation. While Peter himself passes over his prerogative in silence, and expressly...