You can either take that interpretation or you can be consistent with the rest of the Bible and conclude Matt 16:18 is referring to the confession of Peter that Christ is the son of the living God is the cornerstone/foundation. Peter is a small rock, like the rest of believers, who make up the Church. The self-serving Catholic interpretation ignores many passages throughout the Bible including 1 Peter 2:5-6, Acts 4:11, and 1 Cor 3:11. Christ is the cornerstone.
You wrote:
“You can either take that interpretation or you can be consistent with the rest of the Bible and conclude Matt 16:18 is referring to the confession of Peter that Christ is the son of the living God is the cornerstone/foundation.”
That’s not consistent at all since that’s not what Christ said.
“Peter is a small rock, like the rest of believers, who make up the Church.”
No, that old, tired and erroneous argument is known to be wrong even according to reputable Protestant scholars such as D.A. Carson.
“The self-serving Catholic interpretation ignores many passages throughout the Bible including 1 Peter 2:5-6, Acts 4:11, and 1 Cor 3:11. Christ is the cornerstone.”
Nope. It doesn’t ignore anything. It just gets it all right.