Mt 16:15-19
He (Jesus) said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven.
That is a very clear authorization to Peter and his successors (the Roman Catholic Church).
You seem to ignore the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition of the Catholic Church and only want to make misleading statements.
The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said, “There are not even 100 people in this country who hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they think the Catholic Church to be.”
Keep in mind that the Catholic Church has been around for 2,000 years. Over the years, there have been an untold number of questions and objections raised about her teachings and practices. The answers are there. It’s worth your time to find them. (The Bible made me do it)
That Holy Communion may be received not only validly, but also fruitfully, certain dispositions both of body and of soul are required...The principal disposition of soul required is freedom from at least mortal sin and ecclesiastical censure. For those in a state of grievous sin confession is necessary. This is the proving oneself referred to by St. Paul (1 Corinthians 11:28). The only case in which one in grievous sin might dispense with confession and rest in content with perfect contrition, or perfect charity is when on one hand confession here and now is morally speaking impossible, and where, on the other a real necessity of communication exists.
Sacred Scripture is very important, but not the only tool in teaching us how to follow Jesus and do the will of GOD.
You have stated that you are not a practicing Catholic, why do you feel it is necessary for you to refute the teachings of the Catholic Church?
I hope that you will keep seeking answers. Like many things in life, it takes hard work and real effort to reach our goal of salvation and eternal life with GOD. I hope that you have the opportunity to receive the real presence of HIS BODY AND BLOOD in the Eucharist at a Catholic church as member of the Body of Christ.
As Jesus greeted the Apostles in today’s Gospel, PEACE BE WITH YOU.
Certainly not blank-check authorization that Peter & his successors were infallible or allowed to add or subtract from the canon of Scripture which Scripture itself condemns. No man, including Peter, the Pope, or a group of men called “the Catholic Church” is infallible. An example is just after the exchange you cite, when Jesus rebuked Peter (Mat 16:23). There was more correction for Peter later. In fact Peter was one of the most corrected of all the apostles.
Again, no church or organization is infallible because it is made up of fallible men. The second and third chapters of Revelation show Jesus loving but correcting the seven churches (the Catholic Church is in there). Jesus never counseled to blindly follow man, but he did say the Pharisees are “blind leaders of the blind” (Mat 15:14). Jesus counseled, rather than to blindly follow man, instead to beware of the Pharisees and the deceptions of man (Mat 10:17, 24:4; Mark 8:15, 13:5).
the Catholic Church has been around for 2,000 years
Organizational longevity doesn’t give any special extra-Scriptural authorization nor change the Scriptural warnings against such. The priesthood and Pharisees of the Jews were also of long duration, well-established in Israel, yet they were Jesus’ greatest enemies and the instigators of his crucifixion. Jesus said about them, “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Mat 15:9). Later, Jesus said, “they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders” (Mat 23:4). This is my complaint about this Church ordinance regarding forbidding communion – it is a doctrine of man and grievous, not a Biblical doctrine. 1 Cor 11:28 is an instruction about communion, but gives no one power to forbid taking communion.
Sacred Scripture is very important, but not the only tool in teaching us how to follow Jesus and do the will of GOD.
Be very careful there. Yes, there are many teaching tools, but nothing of God that takes away or adds to Scripture. God’s ultimate authority is the Bible, not man. God’s ultimate authority is a rule of law, not a rule of man. There is a double curse pronounced on anyone preaching any other gospel (Gal 1:8-9). In its last warning, Scripture warns, “If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (Rev 22:18-19).