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When jesus says this is the rock I will build my churce upon he may have been talking about Peter (translates to small stone)

"Peter" only translates to "small stone" in the Greek. However, Peter wasn't named "Petros." That was Matthews clever attempt at an obvious play on words that seems to have become a liguistic maze for Protestants. Jesus spoke aramaic and Peter's name was changed to "Kepha," which in aramaic doesn't mean "small stone." It literally means "large rock." Evidence of this is in the Epistles of St. Paul. In the original Greek text of Paul's epistles, he refers to Peter as "Kephas," which is the Greek transliteration of "Kepha." No one throughout the New Testament calls him "Petros."

Peter was a rock but Jesus also describes himself as the rock in many passages.

Like I stated in the prior post, I may be wrong about Peter but it is peripheral to salvation. If I am wrong, I will shake his hand and apologize to him in person.

I am a Christian because of my relationship with a perfect Christ. I am a member of my current church because of my human understanding of how God wants me to worship him. I will not have perfect understanding until I shed this mortal body.

I should have read through the former post a few times before I sent it. It was a very clumsy attempt and did not clearly communicate my point. I am not sure that I have this time either.