The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 041 (July 07, 2025)

Protestant Christians are uncomfortable with the idea that the pope is the successor of St. Peter.

They’re also uncomfortable with the idea that Jesus gave Peter authority as the leader of the Twelve apostles.

They’re sometimes fine with the idea that Peter was the leader of the Twelve—informally—but not with the idea that Jesus gave him the role of being the Twelve’s formal leader.

In this episode, Jimmy Akin reveals that Jesus actually gave Peter a unique role as the formal leader of the Twelve in THREE of the four Gospels.

And he reveals the surprising but logical reason why the remaining Gospel doesn’t have such a passage, even GIVEN that Peter was the leader.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:45 – Intro
01:19 – 1 Matthew’s Gospel
06:09 – 2 The Gospel of Luke
14:34 – 3 The Gospel of John
19:10 – 4 The Gospel of Mark?
23:39 – 5 Conclusion
24:43 – Closing/Outro
25:49 – End