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Matthew 16:17-19 "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter (that is, Cephas, meaning 'rock'), and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
This is the thesis, pro needs to prove succession is logically implied in this passage, con needs to deny this. It is evident Peter, being the foundation/rock the church is built, is given a divine appointment by Christ. Con does not refute this. What is vague is if this creates the Papacy. If Con went harder against this, that the divine appointment of Peter does not equal the creation of the Papacy, then con wins. Pro ignites his position with saying, "the gates of Hell will not prevail against it" means the church is to exist continuously in union with its foundation. Pro narrowly wins in R2 with Main Point #1 and in the opening of the Conclusion. The Catholic logic holds in this tight theological debate.