Paul’s Authority

544.465 - 565.733 R.C. Sproul

I don't think you can deduce from this that Peter is somehow catapulted into the position of some kind of pope. in the early church. This is our dispute here with the Roman Catholic Church, of course. And, of course, they want to locate him as the first bishop of Rome, which is a questionable matter from a historical perspective. But Peter did have a preeminent position in the Jerusalem church.