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I thought you gave me the “last word” last time. Maybe this time...

He didn’t call Peter “Lithos” because Petros was his name. Petros means a piece of a rock. Petra means massive, immovable rock.

Besides being called Petra in Mt.16.18, Christ is also referred to as Petra in Ro.9.33, 1Co.10.4 and 1Pe.2.8.

Petra is also used for the foundation in the parables of Mt.7.24-25 and Lk.6.48.

Nowhere is Christ referred to as petros. And nowhere is Peter referred to as petra. Sorry, your whole Church is based on a misinterpretation of Scripture.

WRT the Peter vs. Rock argument, where Catholicism erred - nearly from the start of the bishop of Rome's dominance - was in concluding that Jesus' statement of building His church upon Peter and not Peter's statement of faith meant that whoever the bishop of Rome was from that time onward was automatically conferred the same authority as Peter. They actually HAVE to read it that way since Peter died not that much longer after Jesus ascended and they must prove "apostolic succession" even though they have very spotty records of who was or was not occupying that seat over the centuries.

Catholics have to retrofit the supremacy of the Popes of Rome back to Peter in order to assert their authority. But what we do know about apostolic succession is that it was NOT a handing down of a position of Apostle - automatically conferring all the power and authority of the Apostle Peter to whomever got elected - but a handing down of the message of the Gospel.

Nowhere is Christ referred to as petros. And nowhere is Peter referred to as petra. Sorry, your whole Church is based on a misinterpretation of Scripture.

Darn.....2,000 years of not knowing a big rock from a little one....good thing they weren't engineers, can you imagine a railroad bridge built out of pebbles.....disaster!!!