[LovedSinner]

Matthew 16 does not support Catholicism. “The rock” is not Peter, even though this is what Catholicism teaches.

If "the rock" is not Peter, then why does Jesus change Simon's name to Peter, which means "rock" in Greek?

[verga]

If "the rock" is not Peter, then why does Jesus change Simon's name to Peter, which means "rock" in Greek?

Don't forget he also calls him Kephas, as does Paul. In Aramaic that means rock.