And reality has news for you: (1) Jesus Christ founded His One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church and vested its Universal Powers of Jurisdiction, Orders, and Magisterium in the Petrine Office. Moreover, the Petrine Office is United to the Roman Episcopacy by Divine Disposition. Pastor Aeternus “Therefore, if anyone says that it is not by the institution of Christ the lord himself (that is to say, by divine law) that blessed Peter should have perpetual successors in the primacy over the whole church; or that the Roman pontiff is not the successor of blessed Peter in this primacy: let him be anathema.” (2) Saint Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans prior to his travel (and Saint Peter’s) to Rome. (3) Scripture, Patristics, and the historical record establishes Saint Peter and Pauls’ Roman residency and Martyrdom. (A) Scripture Acts 19:21 When this was concluded, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia, and then to go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must visit Rome also.” Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage. For just as you have borne witness to my cause in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome.” Acts 28 11 Three months later we set sail on a ship that had wintered at the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the Dioscuri[b] as its figurehead. 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days, 13 and from there we sailed round the coast and arrived at Rhegium. After a day, a south wind came up and in two days we reached Puteoli. 14 There we found some brothers and were urged to stay with them for seven days. And thus we came to Rome. 15 The brothers from there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul gave thanks to God and took courage. 16 When he entered Rome,[c] Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. 2 Timothy 1:16 “May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus because he often gave me new heart and was not ashamed of my chains. 17 But when he came to Rome, he promptly searched for me and found me” 1 Peter 5:13 “The chosen one[g] at Babylon sends you greeting, as does Mark, my son.” (B) Patristics/Early Ecclesial Writers (1) Saint Ignatius of Antioch “Not as Peter and Paul did, do I command you [Romans]. They were apostles, and I am a convict” (Letter to the Romans 4:3 [A.D. 110]). (2) Saint Dionysius of Corinth “You [Pope Soter] have also, by your very admonition, brought together the planting that was made by Peter and Paul at Rome and at Corinth; for both of them alike planted in our Corinth and taught us; and both alike, teaching similarly in Italy, suffered martyrdom at the same time” (Letter to Pope Soter [A.D. 170], in Eusebius, History of the Church 2:25:8).