Is the Pope really the vicar of Christ or the devil?
The office of Pope was established by Jesus Christ when He appointed Peter the leader of His church.. St. Peter Jesus said “You are Peter (Kephas) and upon this rock (kephas) I will build my Church.” Matt. to Rev. – Peter is mentioned 155 times and the rest of apostles combined are only mentioned 130 times. Peter is also always listed first except in 1 Cor. 3:22 and Gal. 2:9 (which are obvious exceptions to the rule). Matt. 10:2; Mark 1:36; 3:16; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:3; 2:37; 5:29 – these are some of many examples where Peter is mentioned first among the apostles. Matt. 14:28-29 – only Peter has the faith to walk on water. No other man in Scripture is said to have the faith to walk on water. This faith ultimately did not fail. Matt. 16:16, Mark 8:29; John 6:69 – Peter is first among the apostles to confess the divinity of Christ. Matt. 16:17 – Peter alone is told he has received divine knowledge by a special revelation from God the Father. Matt. 16:18 – Jesus builds the Church only on
Seeing that he is not part of the Church of England he isn’t a Vicar. Also, Catholics don’t believe he has direct communications with Christ or God, it is his job to pray and oversee many of the operations of the majority of the Roman Catholic Church. It is powers granted by his position that allow him to delegate the authority in the Church, but he is the only one allowed to do this, he has final say in all Church related business, activities and personnel, the Pope has the authority to remove anybody from the church also, this includes excommunication from the church, which is extremely rare now days. As for Vicar of the Devil that is a statement made by other Christians who don’t recognise the Catholic Church in general as a legitimate christian religion.
