Saint Peter

====John 21:15–17====
The first passage is John 21:15–17 which is: "Feed my lambs... Tend my sheep... feed my sheep"<ref>{{Bibleref2|John|21:15–17}}</ref> (within the Greek it is Ποίμαινε i.e., to feed and rule [as a Shepherd] v. 16, while Βόσκε i.e., to feed for v.15 & v. 17)<ref>[http://tr.biblos.com/john/21.htm "Greek New Testament"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705054846/http://tr.biblos.com/john/21.htm |date=5 July 2011 }} Greek New Testament. John xxi 11 June 2010.</ref>—which is seen by Catholics as Christ promising the spiritual supremacy to Peter. The ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' of 1913 sees in this passage Jesus "charging [Peter] with the superintendency of all his sheep, without exception; and consequently of his whole flock, that is, of his own church".<ref name= CEPope/>