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Adopted said:
I'm afraid that I've been thinking (some will say speculating) about Scripture again.
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It follows then, that Peter is given by the Spirit of God witness, authorship or apostolic authority for fully 18 of the 27 New Testament books. They are, 1 and 2 Peter, the Gospels of Mark and Luke, the book of Acts and all of the Pauline Epistles! No one can deny that this is an unprecedented blessing, as Peter was given a unique and unspeakable, eternal honor in the participation and presentation of the majority of New Testament Scripture and gift of God's Holy Word to the Church.

Does this make sense to anyone, or am I way out of bounds here?
Sorry, but I think you are Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of bounds here. First of all, there is no good argument to be found that Peter was singled out among the Apostles as one who was to be given special privilege, authority, knowledge, abilities, etc.

See these articles:
The Papacy and the ‘Rock’ of Matthew 16
The Church Fathers' Interpretation of the Rock of Matthew 16:18

Secondly... Peter was long dead before the Canon was officially recognized by the Church. It is accepted that the last living Apostle was John, not Peter. Thus if anyone could have been instrumental in gathering together, or whatever you are proposing, the writings of the Apostles, etc., it would have been him. But I seriously doubt he had the means or ability to do any such thing.

Lastly, in regard to "It follows then, that Peter is given by the Spirit of God witness, authorship or apostolic authority for fully 18 of the 27 New Testament books." . . . your conclusion is illogical! It simply does not "follow" your premise whatsoever. What does the alleged "witness of Peter's apostolate" found in the Bible have to do with him being given a special office and/or task to form the Canon of Scripture? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/scratch1.gif" alt="" /> Even a little disturbing is your remark that the only mention of Paul's apostolate is Paul himself... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif" alt="" /> What happened to divine inspiration? Paul was the instrument used by the Holy Spirit in the writing of those letters he wrote, some of which he had a scribe do the actual writing. Further, it is Peter who also by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, elevates and recognizes the writings of Paul as being "Scripture"; equal to and to be esteemed among the other inspired books, which was evidently the predominant view in the churches already at that time. And a little bit of Bible trivia to be thrown in here.... it is Luke, not Paul, Peter, John nor any other who wrote the majority of the New Testament.

My advice? I wouldn't spend any more time trying to develop your theory. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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