But if the RCC can get something this basic so wrong, why should we expect correct doctrine elsewhere in that institution?
And even more specifically, Christ is the rock...
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was Christ." -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-4"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
When David says...
"From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I." -- Psalm 61:2
...he's not speaking of Peter, but of Christ alone.
When and if the RCC divides the word of God correctly, then and only then will it give some evidence of God's blessing.
In my opinion, Jesus was making a play on words regarding Cephas (Peter) when he said he’d found his church on Peter’s determination.
He did.
We read about it in the first third of Acts. After that, Peter’s founding role had been completed. Day of Pentecost, mission outside Jerusalem, and the vision about Gentiles.
Mission complete.
In short, just because Peter was specially used in the founding of the church doesn’t mean that an entire hierarchical position is initiated. That’s just a silly, and unbilical, addition to the text that simply isn’t there.