Anyone been to Banias in Holy Land?

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I am trying to answer some questions, one of which relates to Peter as the Rock of the church. What I am having trouble with is the section talking about in Banias there is a boulder which the God Pan was on, and a heap of small rocks from a cascade. Has anyone been there and can they describe the ‘rock’ more clearly. From what I can gather the rock is a cliff face rather than a boulder. I’m confused with this part.

politically-concerned-christians.org/Questions/5Q_6_Catholic/03_The_Rock.html
 
Do you know what this guy in the article is on about then, about all the loose chips of stone from a cascade, has he got the wrong place do you think?
 
Stop going to that website. This ministry is trying to seduce you away from the Church. They are asking you carefully selected questions, using carefully selected Bible verses, and telling you about carefully edited bits of history.

I went to their “last question.” They repeat the old lie that the Mass repeats Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross, over and over. That would mean that we re-sacrifice Christ; that we nail Him to the Cross again and again, each and every time the Mass is celebrated. That would mean that my Parish alone nailed Him up 6 times today! :eek: :rotfl:

But that is not what happens at Mass, as I hope you know. (If you don’t, watch this: catholic.com/video/do-catholics-re-sacrifice-christ)

Stick around here. Read the Ask an apologist forum and the Apologetics forums. Stick to genuinely Catholic websites. Study your own faith until you know enough to refute their tired old lies. Then go back! 😉
 
I’m not getting seduced away from the Church. I want to answer the questions for a guy involved in this group. The man who wrote it is an ex-Catholic and anti- Catholic. This is my apologetic’s project for now.
 
I apologize, asd72. 😊 There I go, jumping to conclusions again.

Since one big rock and a pile of small rocks was mentioned, I’m betting that the question behind this has to do with petra vs. petros. It may be an effort to dismiss Peter as the first Pope by saying that Jesus pointed to the little rocks when He said “You are Peter…” but to the big one when He said “…and on this rock I will build my church.” An old argument that, because in a single dialect of Greek which was neither spoken in the time of Christ nor anywhere near Jerusalem, petros meant small rock where petra meant big one, Jesus wasn’t founding His church on Peter.

If that’s the case, you can ask him why every time Jesus said “you” after that statement it’s in the singular. Jesus was talking to one person. If He had been talking to all the apostles, the “you” would have been plural. (And, why did Jesus give the new name, Peter, to this man who was called Simon before?) The Aramaic version of rock is Kepha - and Peter is called Cephas 6 times in the Bible.

If I’ve been jumping to conclusions yet again, I got nothin’. I remember hearing something about that site a few years ago, about its pagan use, and what Jesus meant by going there… but that’s all I remember, unfortunately. If it’s the site Thomas Smith was speaking about, that is… is it in or near Caesarea Phillipi?

Good luck. Again, I’m sorry to have mistaken you for a “babe in Christ.”
 
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