MR 5.A analysis on Ascension

The pope is in a sense a monarch. Jesus intended it to be this way as he gave his authority to the apostles and them only however Jesus did not plan for the corrupt popes. The historic view of the papacy has been etreemely marred by, as Fr. Longeneck said, money and abuse of power. However, looking at the papacy biblicly, we see evidence for the papacy as it stands today. The Nicene Creed says that authority was passed down through the appostles not randomly as a democracy would have. Therefore, the church could be lead by the few ordained by the appostles. Fr. Dwight says that the church resembles christ's kingdom, and therefore needs a sole ruler on earth to control and guide his church until judgment day when Jesus reclaims complete control of the church.