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is the one who has the right to bind or loose that
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Jesus is talking about here.
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Protestants rejected that interpretation and they said
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well no he's talking sure he's talking to Peter in
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one sense but he was really talking to all the apostles,
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and in fact, the issue of binding and loosing
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is given to the apostles not just to Peter.
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So there's a debate between Protestants and
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Roman Catholics traditionally over this passage.
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I think the debate kind of misses the point because I think
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Matthew's point is basically just to have Jesus be the one
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who founds the church and puts it into the hands of his disciples.