Also Jesus sets this precident Himself by teaching His disciples that the Pharisees sat in the seat of Moses and therefore had religious authority. In this light, it's not really a stretch of the imagination that there would also be "the seat of Peter."
While the first one is in scripture, you misinterpret the text. Please take note that the latter notion, a "seat of Peter" simply is not in scripture. However, Jesus had something to say about man-centered traditions and interpretations of scripture.......
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Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? (KJV)
I'll take Jesus' words that Gods Word trumps bad theology, even if "the church" teaches it. Could you exegete the text to show the pharisees had any authority outside the Law?
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The Church is the foundation of truth, again, not by her own virtue, but because the Holy Spirit keeps her free from error.
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Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (KJV)
Papal infallibility is also rooted in precident. Even Protestants won't deny the Peter spoke infallibly in his address to the apostles (Acts 1:15) and his sermon following Pentecost (Acts 2:14-39). He then went on to write infallibly two epistles.
Wrong. This would elevate all authors of Scripture to that same level you ascribe Peter alone. Indeed, we reformers do hold to the infallibility of scripture, we just don't hold to infallibility of the traditions of one bishop.
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Peter's innappropriate conduct in Antioch does not subtract from the fact that he infallibly wrote two epistles that are found in today's Bible.
Big difference between some guys in A.D.1485 and Peter. Nobody after the Apostles made it into canon. Those two epistles are infallible because they are part of Gods Word. Remember the dilemma I posted here, Gods Word vs. mans addendum
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But are the Popes really the successors of Peter? Yes! The apostolic succession began with the appointment of Mathias in Acts, clearly indicating that the Apostolic age would go on and never die.
Sorry. The passage simply shows a new apostle was picked. Apostolic succession as a necessity for truth to remain requires eisegesis.
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The belief in papal infallibility can only stem from a belief that Christ established a church (not a Bible) and endowed her with teaching authority.
Where did you get this belief from?
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Because Protestants don't believe in a Church with authority of it's own, the idea of ecclesiastical infallibility is alien to them.
False. Strawman. I, and several others I know hold to the belief the church has always been represented on earth. We just don't believe that Rome is the sole representative of that nor the infallible authority governing such.
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As for me, my trust in Christ's Church is de facto my trust in the Holy Spirit who guides her, and my trust in Christ who established her and endued her with teaching authority in regards to doctrine and all matters of life.
Precisely your problem. You accept what somebody else teaches over Gods Word. Not one mention about Gods Word in that entire paragraph.
