...depends on the meaning of the passage, which I have quoted above : " and I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." To whom, or to what are the words, " this rock" to be referred ? To Peter himself, if we may believe...

...wrote down what he gathered from the preaching and instruction of Peter, of whom our Lord had said, " thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." What Peter knew of Christianity — and he must...

...our blessed Saviour was ordering his church, and instituting episcopal dignity he said to Peter: ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church.-' Hence comes the order of bishops, and the constitution of being of the church, that the church be founded...

...begun through the instrumentality of Peter, in this event was fulfilled the declaration of Christ, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church." To us, it may appear surprising that so much should have been effected in one day. It was nine in the...

...Roman catholic and apostolic church owes her primacy, but to the words of our Saviour in the gospel ; ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church,' thereby huilding the church upon him, as upon a rock, which nothing can shake, and that the Roman church,...

...Roman catholic and apostolic church owes her primacy, but to the words of our Saviour in the gospel ; ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church,' thereby building the church upon him, as upon a rock, which nothing can shake ; and that the Roman...

...gates of their enemies, their towns, their fortresses, Genesis xxii. 17. Jesus Christ says to Peter, " Thou art Peter; and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it," Matt. xvi. 18. This may mean either the powers...

...the place of torment in Hades. Thi* U what is properly called Hell. Christ says in Matt. xvi. 81 " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." That is, the church which Peter founded at Jerusalem...

...our blessed Saviour was ordering his church, and instituting episcopal dignity, he said to Peter : ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church.' Hence comes the order of bishops, and the constitution or being of the church, that the church be founded...

...ilh pascendas mandat oves suas. ] Et quam" The Lord saith to Peter : I say unto thee, saith he, that thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of...