Church Fathers' meaning of Cephas?

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I came across this old thread on MereComments:
merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2008/09/quenching-the-s.html?cid=6a00d8341c5ee953ef010535d95887970b#comment-6a00d8341c5ee953ef010535d95887970b
and a commenter cites that most of the Church Fathers considered Cephas (Rock) to refer to Christ and not Peter.

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merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2008/09/quenching-the-s.html?cid=137359865#comment-6a00d8341c5ee953ef010535d1fdc0970c

(Comment made on November 02, 2008 at 05:05 AM)

Opinions? Thoughts? Is this valid? If it’s true, is Peter still the Rock, and is Peter’s successor still the Vicar of Christ?

(If this post is in the wrong area, I apologise. I assumed it would fit in with Holy Scripture. Please modify accordingly.)
 
So that poster is merely engaging in cherry picking certain quotes. Thanks for your citations.
 
Tenofovir said:
So that poster is merely engaging in cherry picking certain quotes. Thanks for your citations.
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Pretty much seems so. Also, it’s helpful to know that the Church doesn’t reject the common notion that the rock is also Peter’s confession. :o*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.

CCC#552 Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve; Jesus entrusted a unique mission to him. Through a revelation from the Father, Peter had confessed: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Our Lord then declared to him: “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” Christ, the “living Stone”, thus assures his Church, built on Peter, of victory over the powers of death. Because of the faith he confessed Peter will remain the unshakable rock of the Church. His mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to strengthen his brothers in it.*
 
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