According to Roman Catholics, their new pope, Robert Prevost or Pope Leo XIV is the 267th successor of the first pope, the Apostle Peter, who was the rock upon which Jesus Christ built His church. Is the church of Jesus Christ built on the rock of the Catholic papacy? Was Peter the first pope? Is all of this true or is it, like so many things Catholicism teaches and Catholics believe, totally unbiblical and absolutely heretical?  

In Matthew 16:13-16 we are told that when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” His disciples answered, “Some say that you are Elijah come back from Heaven or John the Baptist, Jeremiah or one of the other prophets come...