[G Larry]

Continuing:

A simpler line of reasoning gets away from original languages and examines the immediate context of the passage. Notice, our Lord says to St. Peter in Matthew 16:17-19:

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Jesus uses the second person personal seven times in just three verses. The context is clearly one of Jesus communicating a unique authority to Peter.

Further, Jesus is portrayed as the builder of the Church, not the building. He said, “I will build my church.” Jesus is “the wise man who built his house upon the rock” (Matt. 7:24) in Matthew’s Gospel. Once again, it just does not fit the context to have Jesus building the Church upon himself. He’s building it upon Peter.

[HossB86]

Continuing:

Repeating:

Yet another incorrect source based on incorrect interpretation. Just remember: your "church" is claiming its "foundation" to be a fallen sinner Christ himself admonished as 'Satan' --

Yet, for being fallen, his statement of FAITH is the foundation of Christ's church... believers saved by grace through faith alone... as was Peter.

Say whatever you like -- The Roman Catholic Cult is and will always be a cult.

I cannot take seriously any so-called 'church' that teaches that Catholics and Mohammedans worship the same god... and since that's what your 'church' teaches, anything else that that comes from that sewer is just that... filthy lies.

Check your catechism. I'm not saying it to say it... it's what your church teaches and what faithful Catholics are supposed to believe.

So, keep telling me about how Peter is THE Rock and this verse 'proves' the Papacy.... and I'll continue to know the true 'source' of the lies that are parroted by, sadly, so very many.

Hoss

[CynicalBear]

CCC 424 Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church. "To preach. . . the unsearchable riches of Christ"