[wagglebee]

But this scripture was written in GREEK not ARAMAIC and Petra(rock) and PETROS(small stone) are 2 different words. Conjecture about a fictitious Aramaic version is just that.

There is no conjecture about an Aramaic version,we are talking about what language our Lord was speaking in, NOT what it was later written in. Bear in mind that when Christ said this he was saying it to an unlearned fisherman, not a Greek scholar. Keep in mind that Saint Peter was given the gift of tongues (the REAL GIFT, not the demonic ramblings of some) until the Pentecost.

Most Early Church Fathers DID NOT take this verse to mean that the Church was built on Peter.

Which ones? Which of their writings said this?

They understood it to mean that the church was built on the Confession that Jesus is the Christ.

By this of course you mean Saint Peter's confession? It was not some generic confession, it was Peter's.

[Cronos]

Wagglebee, thank you for pointing “Bear in mind that when Christ said this he was saying it to an unlearned fisherman, not a Greek scholar” —> I missed that, that is very important. Jesus could not be accused of using a pun or anything in koine Greek when He spoke to Aramaic to an unlearned fisherman who most probably never left the banks of Galilee before he met Christ

[Mad Dawg]

John 1:42b:...,συ κληθηση Κηφας, ο ερμενευται Πετρος.

Is John's witness that the name was given in Aramaic to be discounted?

[Iscool]

Keep in mind that Saint Peter was given the gift of tongues (the REAL GIFT, not the demonic ramblings of some) until the Pentecost.

Sorry, but he was not...Peter spoke in his native tongue and the understanding was perceived in all of the foreign languages present...

It's all in the scriptures...