[1000 silverlings]

Peter is not called the Rock. Christ is referencing Peter's confession, not Peter. Every Christian must believe that Christ has come in the flesh, and the belief must come as a revelation from God. That is the sure foundation on which the church of believers are built

[Claud]

Peter is not called the Rock. Christ is referencing Peter's confession, not Peter.

In a sense that is true, and the Church Fathers said as much, so who I am I to argue with them.

But if the Rock is only Peter's confession, and not Peter himself, why did Christ change Peter's name?