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Evidence audit — Peter’s authority in Matthew 16 is distinctive, but whether it is unique, representative, or shared is a compound question

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INTERPRETATION_AUDITAUDIT_INT_MAT_16_AUTHORITY_CHARACTER
Interpretation Dependency Profile

Disputed Weighting Of Textual Data

Premises mapped: 3 · Development threads: 2

Curated chronology: v57 curated corpus · Historical Origin Unknown

This profile distinguishes the current Archive evidence chain from historical origin. The earliest loaded witness is not a claim that the idea originated there.

Open complete dependency profile

Chronology boundary: “Earliest in the curated Codex corpus” is not a claim of historical origin. Missing earlier records cannot be treated as evidence that a premise did not exist.
Interpretive Evidence Audit

Disputed · Curated Pass With Limits

Audited target: Peter’s authority in Matthew 16 is distinctive, but whether it is unique, representative, or shared is a compound question

Inference depth: Moderate

Original-meaning weight: Disputed

Support review

Textual: {"rating":"REVIEWED","notes":["Direct Matthew 16 wording was separated from added premises."]}

Linguistic: {"rating":"REVIEWED_WHERE_RELEVANT","notes":["Greek claims are limited to demonstrable lexical/grammatical observations; no Aramaic reconstruction is treated as extant wording."]}

Historical Context: {"rating":"SEPARATE_LAYER","notes":["Later doctrinal and patristic evidence is used as reception/development evidence unless independently relevant to original context."]}

Dependencies

Type: NONE_MATERIAL

Note: See the v57 dependency profile for explicit premise-by-premise analysis.

Inferential steps

Peter receives keys and singular address.
Binding/loosing also appears in plural in Matthew 18.
These data establish either exclusive supremacy or complete non-distinctiveness.

Counterevidence review

Peter as unity-origin together with equal apostolic partnership
extends Petrine promises to others while retaining some Petrine preeminence

Strongest competing case

See linked serious Catholic, Orthodox, Reformed, and patristic formulations where relevant; direct-text claims are not overridden by those labels.

Audit conclusion

Publish with the stated classification and boundaries. Reception records remain separate from original-meaning evidence, and later doctrinal arrows remain visible rather than being folded into Matthew 16.

What this audit does not establish

A settled doctrine of succession.
A Roman location.
That shared authority eliminates meaningful primacy.

What this does not establish

A settled doctrine of succession.
A Roman location.
That shared authority eliminates meaningful primacy.
Release Introduced
v57
Status
CURATED_PUBLIC