If Apostle Peter is The Rock that Jesus would build His church upon what about his successors? Are they rocks too?

[Guest1]

Are his successors also rocks?

 

[BornInMarch]

Yes. They take up the same role he did.

 

[pianistclare]

Peter the Rock | Catholic Answers Tract

 

[JimG]

Jesus changed Simon’s name to Cephas, or Peter, which have the meaning of Rock. So Peter kept the name that Jesus gave him. His successors have the same office and the same jurisdiction over the Church as did Peter, but none have chosen to take the same name.

 

[BoomerangToo]

No, the Popes are not the Rock. They are the successors of the Rock. The Rock is Peter: Kepha, “The Rock.” No Pope has dared to take the name of Peter.