Peter: A Good Choice for the first Pope?

Peter was not a good choice because:

- Peter denied the Lord Jesus three times (Matt. 26:69-75 "Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, 'You also were with Jesus of Galilee.' But he denied it before them all, saying 'I do not know what you are saying.' And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, 'This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.' But again he denied with an oath, 'I do not know the Man!' And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, 'Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.' Then he began to curse and swear, saying, 'I do not know the Man!' Immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him 'Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.' So he went out and wept bitterly.")
- Peter was a married man (Matt 8:14 "Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.")
- Peter was rebuked by the Lord (Matt 16:23 "But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.")
- Peter was rebuked by Paul (Gal 2:11 "Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed")
- Peter was not superior to the other apostles (2 Cor. 11:5 Paul states "For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.")
- Peter never accepted reverence (Acts 10:25-26 " As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I myself am also a man.") [No man should!] (Rev. 19:10) "And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! The the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (see also Rev. 22:9)]
- Jesus is the only head of His church, not Peter (Ephesians 1:22-23, "And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.") (See also Col. 1:19) There are no references in the Bible that Peter was selected to be the Vicar of Christ on earth. Peter never talked about any "successors" to him.