The very same Peter that Christ shortly after in the same conversation said to Peter: Matthew 16: 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Then there is Gods statement in Isaiah 44:8, "Is there any God besides Me, or is there any other Rock? I know of none."
1 Cor. 10:4, "and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock (petras) which followed them; and the rock (petra) was Christ."
God says there is no other Rock and Paul says in 1 Cor. That Christ is the Rock. All that verbeage to get to an erroneous conclusion when all we had to do was listen to God.
>> “ All that verbeage to get to an erroneous conclusion when all we had to do was listen to God.” <<
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And therein lies the total story of the “catholic” church, form its founding in the 4th century, to the present. An edifice of deception.