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Rule Of One In The Old Testament Supports Papal Primacy In The New
In the Old Testament God repeatedly chose a monarchic form of government to rule His people. He conferred upon His representative (e.g. Moses, Joshua) supreme authority over the rest of the people, which they exercised under God who was the ultimate king. It thus makes sense that in the New Testament God would establish His Church with one person (St. Peter, the first pope) serving as Christ’s primary representative and holding supreme authority over the rest.
St. Robert Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice, Book 1, Chap. 2: “But setting these things aside, what form of rule God wished to confirm by His own authority can also be gathered — and especially from this source — from that Republic which He established among the Hebrew people. For the government of the Hebrews was not, as Calvin claims (but does not prove), aristocratic and close to a polity [rule by many, elders and nobles], but plainly a monarchy. The princes among the Hebrews were first patriarchs, such as Abraham, Jacob, Judah, and the rest; then leaders (generals), such as Moses and Joshua; next judges, such as Samuel, Samson, and others; afterwards kings, such as Saul, David, and Solomon; and finally again leaders, such as Zerubbabel and the Maccabees.”
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