To: Deo volente; Iscool; Cronos; Mad Dawg; dsc
"...He could have, but the effect would not have been the same. Hello! The whole point was to change Simon’s name into Peter, and by saying “upon this rock” (as opposed to “upon you”) Christ made clear why the name was being changed: because Peter was now “this rock” upon which the Church would be built!"
Except that Jesus had changed his name the very first time he meant him.
JOHN 1:42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).
That is one of the problems with choosing Apologetics in preference to Scripture.
2,963 posted on
07/28/2010 8:38:36 AM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: OLD REGGIE; Deo volente; Iscool; Cronos; Mad Dawg; dsc
You quote from one Gospel, John and then quote from another, Matthew and ask why they are not clones of each other??
Can you quote the scripture from John that says "You are Kepha and on this Kepha I shall build my Church"?
2,976 posted on
07/28/2010 9:05:55 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Omnia mutantur, nihil interit)
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