When the Church encounters disputes, (in Acts 15:6) the apostles and the elders met together to consider such matter and Peter stood up and said: I should be the one through whom the Gentiles would hear the message. Only Peter was given the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 16:19). Peter's primacy is biblical. Hence the primacy of Pope in Apostolic Succession. The finalization of New Testament canon was determined by the Catholic Church in the Synod of Rome (382AD) and the Council of Hippo (393AD) and the Council of Carthage (397AD). The Church already exists prior to the completion of the New Testament. Protestants get their New Testament from the Catholic Church.
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