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I didn't put St. Peter in that position, FRiend; Jesus did. Read Matthew 16:18. I didn't force Jesus to give St. Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven; nor did I force Him to rename Simon as "rock". Why is this so difficult? Why tie oneself into pretzels trying to deny the plain sense of the Scripture? Jesus renamed Simon "rock"--whether huge or small, it makes no nevermind--and then promised to build His Church on that rock (i.e. on Peter).

Makes a huge difference since we can see the existence of your religion which follows Peter...

Sure Jesus made Peter a little rock...But Jesus distinguished between that little rock and the rock of Gibraltar...He built the church on that mountain of a rock, not a stone...

Makes a huge difference since we can see the existence of your religion which follows Peter...

What, exactly, does THAT mean?

Sure Jesus made Peter a little rock...

Jesus named him "rock", but didn't specify the size; the idea of "petros = little pebble" is Protestant commentary, and a mighty stretch (especially since "little pebble" and/or "small, detached rock" is represented by the word "lithos", not "petros"--NOWHERE in Scriptrure is "petros" used to represent anything but Simon Peter). But as I mentioned earlier: the size is ultimately irrelevant.

But Jesus distinguished between that little rock and the rock of Gibraltar...

:) Really? The rock of Gibraltar? I thought they were at Caesarea Phillipi! How did they get to the extreme Western tip of Europe, so fast?

He built the church on that mountain of a rock, not a stone...

Okay, sola Scriptura fan: chapter and verse, please, as to where in the Bible it says this? :)