What Does the Bible Say About the Pope?

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Pope comes from the Latin word Papa, also a child's word for father. The title is given to the

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Bishop of Rome, leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The office of the Pope is called the Papacy, also known as the

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Apostolic See, based on the understanding that the Pope is the successor of the Apostle Peter, considered to be the first Pope.

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Following Peter is this unbroken chain of apostleship, as Peter passed his authority on to his successor and on down the line.

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According to Roman Catholic doctrine, today's Pope is regarded as perfect and without error, his revelations, judgments, and decrees as authoritative as the

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Bible itself. But while Peter was hugely influential in the building of the Church and spread of the Gospel, he was not given authority that superseded the other apostles.

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At one point he was rebuked by the Apostle Paul, and he called Paul's writings as authoritative as the rest of Scripture.

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Peter was also married, which is forbidden for the Pope, and he would not have called himself perfect. The Apostle John wrote that if anyone thinks they have no sin, they are deceived, and the truth is not in them.

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Now we are to submit to apostolic teaching even today, but it is the authority of the apostles who wrote the

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New Testament, upon whom Christ built His Church. Paul stated that he was the last apostle, no others would be appointed after him.

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If anyone teaches a doctrine different than what those apostles taught, they are a false teacher. So the

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Pope is not the father of the Church. The only head of the Church is the Lord Christ. Roman Catholicism says that if a person does not receive the authority of the

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Pope, they are anathema and cursed to hell. But the Bible says that curse is for anyone who teaches a different gospel, when we understand the text.