ANSWER: No! The Bible does not even mention the notion or title of “Pope.” Neither does it mention or authorize the ecclesiastical structures prevalent in both the Catholic and Protestant organizations of today. These ideas, having their roots solely in the teachings of men, are clearly in violation of plain scriptural teaching as outlined above. Besides this, Peter had no successor; nor can he have any today! To be qualified to be an apostle, one must be an eyewitness of the resurrected Christ (Acts 1:22) as were the twelve (Acts 1:21) and the apostle Paul (Acts 26:13-18). None living today (including the Pope) have seen the resurrected Christ! Therefore, none today can be qualified to be an apostle or the successor to an apostle! We can be sure, then, that those who claim apostleship today do not represent the church of the New Testament!