NO FRANCIS! THAT'S NOT HAPPENING
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Except Peter never claimed to be pope or head of the church.
You're wrong about that. It's literally in the Bible. "Peter was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Roman Catholic tradition holds that Jesus established St. Peter as the first pope (Matthew 16:18). Jesus also gave him “the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 16:19), which is why he is often depicted at the gates of heaven in art and popular culture."
Matthew 16:18 "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."
Which Church is He talking about? Not the "Christian" church, that wasn't it. It was the "Catholic" Church, which means "Universal."
This explains it further: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/was-the-early-church-catholic-or-just-christian
The “rock” was Peter’s confession that Christ was God. The “rock” is not Peter. Jesus even uses two different words - Cephas and Petros to make the distinction. Plus, if he were head of the church, why could Paul rebuke him when Peter tried to make the gentiles come under the Jewish law?
Edit he might have used lithos, I can’t recall. Petros for Peter, lithos for the rock on which the church is built.
You are not entirely correct about that.
"Controversy has surrounded one particular text that is linked with the Aramaic nickname name כפא (Cepha), meaning "rock," that Jesus gave the man previously known as Simon.[John 1:42] The Greeks translated it as Πέτρος (Petros), a new form, appropriately masculine, of the standard feminine word πέτρα (petra), also meaning "rock;" and the Latins translated it as Petrus.[4]
While the reasons for disagreement on the nature of the primacy are complex, hinging on matters of doctrine, history and politics, the debate is often reduced to a discussion of the meaning and translation of Matthew 16:18: "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18, Douay-Rheims Bible
In the Greek text, the new name given is Πέτρος (Petros), and in the second half of the same verse the word translated as "rock" is πέτρα (petra). A literal translation, in the style of the King James Version, of the words presumably used by Jesus would be "Thou art Rock, and upon this rock will I build my church".[5] To preserve a supposed pun, the Greek text chose to translate Peter's name as "Πέτρος" rather than as "Κηφᾶς" (Cephas).
One common Protestant argument historically has been that the translation from the New Testament in Hebrew into Greek is tenuous at best as there is no real evidence or indication that the New Testament (in Greek) was ever translated from Hebrew or Aramaic texts; for that argument see Aramaic primacy. According to the Protestant transliteration argument,[citation needed] in the language that Jesus spoke, the same word, כפא (cepha), was used for both Peter's name and for the rock on which Jesus said he would build his church. Since the Protestant Reformation, many non-Catholics have challenged the Catholic Church's position, questioning whether the feminine πέτρα refers to Peter, and claiming it may instead refer to either Peter's confession of faith or to Jesus himself.[6][7] "
I don’t see that what you have written has proven your point at all.
And now for my other point. Where did peter ever claim to be HEAD of the church? He only ever refers to himself as an apostle and a servant.
Edit: are you so christian you need to downvote opposing viewpoints? I have not been rude to you.