Is Peter the Head of the Church on Earth?

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "...[N]o one is disPutin g who is absolute head of the Church..."

Absolutely?

[Upon this Rock I Will Build My Church Grace to You] "...For more than fifteen hundred years the Roman Catholic church has maintained that this passage teaches the church was built on the person of Peter, who became the first pope and bishop of Rome and from whom the Catholic papacy has since descended. Because of this supposed divinely ordained apostolic succession, the pope is considered to be the supreme and authoritative representative of Christ on earth. When a pope speaks ex cathedra, that is, in his official capacity as head of the church, he is said to speak with divine authority equal to that of God in Scripture.

Such an interpretation, however, is presumptuous and unbiblical, because the rest of the New Testament makes abundantly dear that Christ alone is the foundation and only head of His church.

Peter is from petros, a masculine form of the Greek word for small stone, whereas rock is from petra, a different form of the same basic word, referring to a rocky mountain or peak. Perhaps the most popular interpretation is therefore that Jesus was comparing Peter, a small stone, to the great mountainous rock on which He would build His church..." Full text: Upon this Rock I Will Build My Church Grace to You

Also see:

No Altering Commandments

No Idolatry & False Teaching

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "Christ is the spiritual, heavenly Head of the Church..."

SD: [Christ is the head of his church….The statement is true or it is false.]

Cruciform: "It's false..." link Eph. 5:23; Col. 1:18

Response to comment [from a Catholic]: ""Any such "interpretation" is informed by the rest of Scripture as a whole..."

Then you will be able to support your claim with scripture.

"Christ is spoken of as head of his body the church (Eph. 5:23; Col. 2:19)....The church is Christ’s body and he is her head (Eph. 4:15f.): the two cannot be severed. In this unity of head and body, Christ the head directs the growth of the body to himself: he is not merely the source of being of the body (1 Cor. 10:16f.) but also the consummation of its life (Eph. 4:15f....Hence to give allegiance to any other spiritual mediator, as was being done at Colossae, cuts the vital link between the limbs and Christ the head who is the source of all their being (Col. 2:18f.)." f.h.p. (1996). Head. In D. R. W. Wood, I. H. Marshall, A. R. Millard, J. I. Packer & D. J. Wiseman (Eds.), New Bible dictionary (D. R. W. Wood, I. H. Marshall, A. R. Millard, J. I. Packer & D. J. Wiseman, Ed.) (3rd ed.) (448). Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

"Anything without a head is dead, and anything with two heads is a freak." ~ Adrian Rogers

"1 Cor 10:4 that spiritual Rock. The Jews had a legend that the actual rock Moses struck followed them throughout their wilderness wanderings, providing water for them. Paul says they have a Rock providing all they need, but it is Christ. Rock (petra) refers to a massive cliff, not simply a large stone or boulder, signifying the pre-incarnate Messiah (Christ), who protected and sustained His people. Cf. Matt. 16:18." The MacArthur Study Bible. 1997 (J. MacArthur, Jr., Ed.) (electronic ed.) (1 Co 10:4). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed [Rom. 9:32–33].

"The quotation here is from both Isaiah 8:14 and Isaiah 28:16. The Jews stumbled. To the Gentile the cross is foolishness. The one who believes, either Jew or Gentile, will be saved. The humble mind will come in simple faith. The natural man will still try to produce salvation by some natural process. He will try to reconcile the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man as if the puny mind of man is capable and infallible." McGee, J. V. (1997). Thru the Bible commentary (electronic ed.) (Ro 9:33). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

"You can build on him (1 Cor. 10:4) or stumble on him (1 Pet. 2:8). He'll be a stepping stone (Ps 18:2) or stumbling stone (1 Cor 1:23, Luke 20:18)." ~ Adrian Rogers

Is Peter the Head of the Church on Earth?