Ep. #140 – A Biblical Case for the Papacy w/ Suan Sonna
Summary
What is the nature of the Church Christ founded? What are some biblical arguments for the papacy? How do both Jewish and non-Catholic sources support a Catholic interpretation of the first-century evidence? Suan Sonna joins us to defend the Papacy as an essential element of the Church Christ founded.
Guest Bio
Suan Sonna is a philosophy student at Kansas State University whose main interests are the metaphysics of God, moral and political philosophy, and ecclesiology. He currently runs the Facebook page, podcast, and YouTube Channel Intellectual Conservatism.
Topics
- How did you get involved in studying the Papacy?
- What’s your overarching thesis?
- How does the messianic and apostolic constitution of the Church play into your argument?
- How do you establish Petrine Primacy?
- Even some who grant Petrine Primacy will deny that the office was meant to have successors or possibly exercise infallibility. How do you address this?
- What do you say in response to the claim that since the patristics all missed the connection between Matthew 16 and Isaiah 22, it’s not a strong connection?
Resources
Intellectual Conservatism (Suan’s YouTube channel)
The Best Case for God’s Existence with Robert C. Koons (an episode of intellectual conservatism)
The Biblical Case for the Papacy w/ Suan Sonna (~3 hours on Pat Flynn’s show)
Simon Peter’s Denial and Jesus’ Commissioning Him as Successor in John 21:15-19: Studies in Their Judaic Background by Roger David Aus
Related Episodes
Ep. #61 – Exegetical Support for Petrine Primacy w/ Fr. Gadenz
Ep. #95 – Two Papal Difficulties (Nicaea & John XXII) w/ Matt Sewell
