All of your arguments have already been refuted
in what I posted and linked to.
All of your interpretations on Matthew 16:18 are known to be wrong by even Protestant scholars. What you’re defending has no defense. All of your arguments have already been refuted in what I posted and linked to.
Wrong, wrong and wrong, as usual. The opinions of a few Protestant scholars are just those (and I can cite such that oppose them) and cannot stand in the light of the supreme basis for interpretation of who this rock is, as understood by the NT church. Which understanding is manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed, which is Scripture, in particular Acts through Revelation, which best shows how the NT church understood the gospels. In which, as cited, only Christ is set forth as the rock upon which the church is built. This is simply incontrovertible, but if you want to try to show where Peter is shown and said to be that foundation, versus the object of his declaration, then be my guest. But it cannot stand.
Thus your recourse to "scholars," and which vary in quality, and linguistical arguments which never cease. However, if scholarly weight is helpful, that I will invoke Robert Dean Luginbill, Ph.D., who has some fitting credentials 2010-present University of Louisville Professor of Classics 1997-2010 University of Louisville Associate Professor of Classics 1991-1997 University of Louisville Assistant Professor of Classics 1990-91 University of Southern California, Lecturer in Classics 1984-90 University of California Irvine Ph.D. in Classics 1990 M.A. in Classics 1986 1982-84 Talbot Theological Seminary M.A.B.S in Hebrew Old Testament 1984, highest honors 1980-82 University of Illinois Champaign B.A. 1982, highest distinction in Classics 1975-79 United States Marine Corps final rank: Captain USMCR 1973-75 University of Illinois Chicago B.A. in History 1975, honors 1971-73 Northeastern Illinois University Books: Thucydides on War and National Character (2nd ed.: B & B 2015) Author of Illusions: Thucydides' Re-writing of the History of the Peloponnesian War (Newcastle upon Tyne 2011) Articles and Reviews: /Ichthys.com/ichthys.com/mail-Rock Rooster Cross.html..
And who, among other places, deals with this issue here (see Question #2), by the grace of God.
What you’re defending has no defense. All of your arguments have already been refuted in what I posted and linked to.