We've gone through this on other threads. Are you even aware of the translation for Peter?
And Christ was talking about his Church, the Catholic Church, which has withstood over 2 millenia of attacks and is still here. Remember he gave the keys of the kingdom to Peter and said, "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Don't think I've gotten my scripture passages mixed up here.)
Thank you for your reply and no, I wasn't aware of this on other threads or of the translation for Peter.
My understanding is Peter's confession is the foundation to which Christ referred - 16:16 "And Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Why then would the church (by that I mean Christians) base their foundation on a man and not on Jesus? Yes, Christ did give the keys to Peter. Does that mean the church would be founded on him, a man? My reference isn't about denominations at all, it is about who all Christians worship.
And as the Church Fathers agree, in the same way that Peter was given the Keys to Kingdom, each of us who make the faith assertion that Jesus is the Christ also receives the keys.