{"product_id":"the-primacy-of-peter","title":"The Primacy of Peter","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy Charles Journet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Peter is, there is the Church. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Ambrose)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChrist made a promise \u003c\/b\u003eto the Apostle St. Peter: “And I tell thee this in my turn, that thou art Peter, and it is upon this rock that I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” In 1952, the Lutheran theologian Oscan Cullman published his \u003ci\u003ePeter: Disciple, Apostle, Martyr\u003c\/i\u003e, arguing that Christ granted to St. Peter a personal and temporary position as foundation and deputy-shepherd, and this divine favor entailed no scheme of succession. In 1954, Charles Journet’s response to this first appeared in English. \u003ci\u003eThe Primacy of Peter \u003c\/i\u003eargues that Christ appointed Peter the vicar of His Church on earth, the supreme head with respect to jurisdiction, and this privilege extends perpetually to all his successors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe papacy is an obvious and serious issue separating Protestants and Catholics. In these pages, Journet offers the opportunity to decide between two ways of understanding this mystery; he conducts a dialogue, not in the interest of “listening,” but in the interest of truth. For, “if it is true that God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, if the Word was made flesh, if he watches each day until the end of time over the revelation he once made to the world, if the Gospel is more than an historical document and is a living and perpetual mystery of faith and love, the point of view which reveals its fullest, most mysterious and most divine meaning is the one which is the only true meaning.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Journet \u003c\/b\u003e(1891–1975) was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and cardinal. In 1926, with his close friend Jacques Maritain, Journet founded the influential theological journal \u003ci\u003eNova et Vetera\u003c\/i\u003e. His works in English include: \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knowledge of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Faith \u003c\/i\u003e(all available from Cluny).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954123\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320584601888,"sku":"978-1685954123","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/Product240.jpg?v=1773076012","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-primacy-of-peter","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}