So what specifically are you having trouble with re: the edits?

I feel like the question asks a pretty clear and legitimate question ("Why does the Catholic church believe Jesus picked Peter, of all the disciples, on which to build his church for all perpetuity?") (Though tbh a similar question could be asked in the more narrow protestant sense)

@FMS you here, just realized I hadn't pinged you here yet

(so, I'll be honest, this question isn't a great one, but not for the reasons you lay out in your answer. The problem is that it focuses on the wrong thing IMO. It either needs to ignore the catholic aspect and focus on why Jesus chose Peter OR ask about why the Catholic church believes in the perpetuity of Peter's office. Neither is asked here making the question a bit confused.)

@waxeagle Thank you for joining chat. I guess the confusion to you is different than my question but it highlights the issue, i.e. the problem in the OP itself, and what we do about it.

'I guess the confusion to you is different than my question* = is different than mine (meant to say).

@FMS the question is legitimate, if confused. That's the problem though. You spend a lot of time discussing the question, that should be done in the comments or on meta, not in answer.

Let me see what I' ll do and then you can advise. Thanks.

The other thing I'd highly recommend, is reading the other answers and figuring out what you have new to add.

The other thing that is important when answering Catholic questions, (and really any question) is to be looking for non-scriptural sources for information. What do bishops/scholars/major priests/cardinals/popes have to say on this subject. Surely there is some excellent liturature on this subject from the right perspective. External sources aren't required but they are highly, highly, highly recommended

@waxeagle If you have read my answer and compared with the others, it takes a very different approach and I support it with scripture and CCC. @JayarathinaMadharasan started well but went on to answer why Peter was a good choice from Peter's qualities. My answer is very simple: It's God's choice. God the Son's in union with the Father. St. Peter brings nothing to the choice.

my understanding of Catholic doctrine is that scriptural support is hardly authoritative though. Typically you don't rely on personal revelation when talking about Catholic doctrine

I'm giving general advice in addition to specific advice here.

And you understanding is incorrect. cf. CCC 880. It is supported by scripture.

@FMS to be clear, I'm not saying that it's not. I'm saying that when answering Catholic tagged questions, answering with personal revelation type answers is not appropriate

Isn't everybody faulty? I didn't realize that God was typically in the habit of picking people that were excellent in all ways. Most of them [prophets in the OT] actually seem to have major character flaws.

Oh, this is about a question on the site. My bad.

@fredsbend yeah, the question is asking about that

@waxeagle answering with personal revelation type answers is not appropriate - I have not done that even though you may take it that way.

@fredsbend Thank you! My point. faulty has no bearing whatsoever.

This is the answer immediately after rephrasing the question: Because Jesus chose him for this specific role. cf. e.g. CCC 552 & 553 and CCC 880 & 881.

@FMS your citations are all scripture. That's what I mean, You're interpreting the scripture, not a priest

(though I think I missed the catechism link there, are those the scripture proofs for those specific catechism bits?)

You will notice, I believe, that @JayarathinaMadharasan's answer, the one with most votes, does not have any reference to CCC.

@waxeagle As above, the answer is one line referencing CCC which references scriptures. The rest of my post is just further argument in support.

@FMS I'm not evaluating his answer. I'm evaluating yours, note that I've not deleted your answer, haven't voted on any of the answers on the question. I'm not making any substantive comments about any of the answers there other than yours (other than to say to read them and see what you have to add additionally to them, which is general advice anytime you add an answer late)

I'm giving you what I consider to be objective criteria about what makes a good, coherent answer.