...schools in learned debate. On this occasion he spoke the decisive word to Dr. Eck : " I do not recognise any man as the head of the church militant but Jesus...principal warriors, Luther and Eck, stand opposite to each other in the hall of the Pleisenburg, the first advancing boldly to the attack, the other dextrously...

...notions, but from my miracles and doctrines. 166 PETEB'S CONFESSION. [3rd PASS. S "I say unto thee, thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." ttdTm^. As much as to say, I have given thee the name of Peter or Man of Rock, and thou shalt be the...

...been written, may it be said, that she is not merely the only one founded on the words of the Messiah, "Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church :" but also, that we are indebted to her for the recognition and expansion of the democratic theory...

...councils, the opinions of scholastics, and even from those celebrated words of Christ to Peter — " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." Luther took higher and bolder ground, denied the infallibility of councils, and appealed to Scripture...

...dome, like a cloud poised by the wind ! Such life-like mosaics, and the words spanning the circle, "Thou art Peter ; and on this rock will I build my church." Such a flood of marble floor ! such a gorgeously canopied altar rising out of it ! Protestant sentiments...

...themselves, or one another? For instance, on that text which Rome claims as at the foundation of her power, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church," one father says, " Faith is the rock ; " another says, " Christ is the rock," and then in another place...

...taken this for the representation of indivisible unity, Christ intended to design it by these words : " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church," that the eternal temple, raised by the gift of Divine grace, should have a solid basis in the firmness...

...was to be the foundationstone of the church, because our Saviour was speaking to him when He said, "Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church ; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." THOMAS. But did not the words seem as if they...

...glorify with gold, and silver, and precious stones ; " iii. 184 — 186, iv. 98, 99 Matt. xvi. 18 ; " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church," &c. ; iii. 148, 149, 560-590, iv. 258 xxi. 42. 44, Luke xx. 17, 18 ; " Whosoever falleth on this stone...

...revealed this unto thee ; it is the gift of my Father which is in heaven. He then proceeds, " And I say, Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church." * This form of expression (usual then) may be thus explained in more modern terms—As sure as thy...