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Universal papal supremacy is the end of a multi-step dependency chain, not a sentence directly stated in Matthew 16

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INTERPRETIVE_CLAIMINT_MAT_16_UNIVERSAL_SUPREMACY

Evidence state: later development

Statement layerBerean synthesis
ConfidenceModerate
Curation stateCurated Human Reviewed
Claim

The Vatican I formulation of supreme, full, immediate, and universal Roman jurisdiction depends on multiple propositions beyond the bare Matthew 16 text: a Petrine office, perpetual succession, specifically Roman succession, and a particular scope of jurisdiction. Those steps may be argued, but none may be hidden inside the phrase “you are Peter.”

Interpretive Evidence Audit

Later Development · Curated Pass With Limits

Inference depth: Multi Step · Original-meaning weight: Later Development

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.

Open complete evidence audit

Quality-gate boundary: This audit measures evidentiary support and inferential distance. It does not make the Codex infallible or convert scholar/tradition authority into evidence.
Interpretation Dependency Profile

Context Model Dependent

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.

Supporting evidence

Source Id: SRC_VATICAN_I_PASTOR_AETERNUS

Role: primary Catholic dogmatic formulation

Id: INT_MAT_16_ROMAN_JURISDICTION

Role: prior dependency

Counterevidence / challenges

Source Id: SRC_MOSPAT_2013_PRIMACY

Note: primary Orthodox institutional counter-claim to universal jurisdiction

Source Id: SRC_OPC_WCF_25_30

Note: representative Reformed rejection of papal headship

What this does not establish

That a later doctrine is false merely because it contains added premises.
That Matthew 16 alone is sufficient evidence for every premise in the chain.
Release Introduced
v57
Passage Id
PASSAGE_MAT_16_13_20
Evidence Classification
later development
Status
CURATED_PUBLIC