"Jesus Made Peter His First Priest" St. Ephrem of Syria on Matthew 16 In Light of Papacy Debates

📘 (Part 1)    • Part 1: Is Matthew 16 About Papal Sup...   (Is Matthew 16 About Papal Supremacy or Christ Instituting A Royal Priesthood Through Peter? -- Exploring Dr. Michael Barbar's Scholarship on Matthew 16)
📙 (Part 2) https://youtube.com/live/dTvbAkaofws (St. Ephrem of Syria's 'New Simeon Argument' Is Important in the Papacy Debates)
📕 (Part 3) Popes, Patriarchs, & Metropolitans: Exploring the Nature of Primacy Among the Bishops: (Upcoming)

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00:00 Dr. Barber's Work on Matthew 16 is Protestant?
00:50 St. Ephrem's New Simeon Argument (keys = priestly)
06:40 Theodoret of Cyrus' New Eliakim Argument (Isaiah 22/MT 16)
11:21 St. Augustine: Priesthood Came Through Peter
19:16 St. John Chrysostom on Peter is Teacher of the Whole World