Jesus, Peter & the Keys by Scott Butler - Catholic Apologetics Book, Paperback, 431 pp.
Jesus, Peter & the Keys - Scott Butler, Norman Dahlgren - a Catholic apologetic book that contains a staggering amount of biblical and patristic evidence supporting the Roman Catholic dogma on the papacy.
Foward: This book is an excellant resource for anyone who wants to explain the Catholic doctrine on St. Peter and the Papacy. The authors' arguments for the Papacy are especially excellent aids for ecumenical dialogue. The most amazing feat of these researchers is the discovery of such a large number of Protestant Scripture scholars whose exegesis of key biblical texts about St. Peter coincides with the Catholic interpretations of the centuries.
This collection of a wide array of Protestant and Catholic scholars on the role of St. Peter will open avenues of common dialogue and shared experience in place of past rancor. The Patristic texts also push the conversation forward in a positive way. The book offers the reflections of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox witnesses to the early Christian texts and their influence on a better understanding of the office of St. Peter and his successors.
Reading this book will increase understanding in an area of faith that still divides Christians because it shows the beliefs about St. Peter which are common to these three traditions. May God bring much fruit from it. (Fr. Mitchell Pacwa, S.J., University of Dallas) Paperback: 431 pages
