The power of the keys, binding, loosing, was also given to the other Apostles. St. Peter is the keeper of the keys, as they were singularly given to him. The other Apostles, however, share in this power. This is not a denial of St. Peter being the head of the Apostles, possessing jurisdiction and leadership.
TehBlackhole wrote:
St. Isidore
> “So Peter first received the power of binding and loosing, and he first led people to faith by the power of his preaching. Still, the other Apostles have been made equal with Peter in a fellowship of dignity and power. They also, having been sent out into all the world, preached the Gospel. Having descended from these apostles, the bishops have succeeded them, and through all the world they have been established in the seats of the apostles”
> -St. Isidore of Seville, De Ecclesiasticus II.5
The St. Isidore quote would merit further examination in context and in its original language.
Compare it to what St. Isidore says here:
Quote:
Then the Lord said to him, “Upon this rock”
which you have proclaimed “I will build my church,”
for (I Corinthians 10:4) “the rock was Christ,” on which
foundation even Peter himself was built.3. He was called
Cephas because he was established as the head (caput)
of the apostles, for in Greek means ‘head,’ and
Cephas is the Syrian name for Peter.
https://sfponline.org/Uploads/2002/st%2 ... nglish.pdf[The Geek could not be copied and pasted, that's why there are weird symbols there]