Petros/petra?

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phatcatholic:
Huiou Theou…did you see my last two posts?
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Nice work, Phat. Thanks. Have y’all noticed during the Papal events that the Catholic Church emphasized again and again Peter’s confession. Of course, we do not separate the person of Peter from that confession.
 
I have been among the many individuals who have been following this thread for the past six weeks. It has been most informative.

I was wondering:
  1. Who was Jesus addressing when he established papal authority? He was in a conversation with his disciples. Simon had been given his new name, Cephas, long before this confession of faith. Wasn’t Jesus just confirming his decision about Simon in the presence of the other disciples?
  2. In Mt 16:19 was it Peter or Peter’s confession that was given the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Was it Peter or Peter’s confession that was given the authority to bind and loose on heaven and earth.
Peter was one of 265 stones, rocks, etc, (and counting) upon which Christ has built his Church!
 
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phatcatholic:
Huiou Theou…did you see my last two posts?
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No, I didn’t link to the thread :o , and didn’t know it updated.
Great work. καλον phatcaholic!

MarkAnthonyCozy,
I don’t think we ought to answer your question in this thread, maybe start another one. The idea of the thread is to focus on just the words Petra and Petros, and what the words themselves actually mean.

The interpretation, or reasoning for using the word (at all) gets hashed over and over, and having a long argument here is really just going to clutter the information Mercygate is gathering in this thread.
 
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mercygate:
Who (and when) first interpreted Mt. 16:18 based on the gender distinction between Petros and petra to indicate that it is not Peter but Peter’s confession upon which Jesus would build his Church?
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The Church Fathers defined it BEFORE we even had a Bible!

Church founded 1st century.

Bible put together at end of 4th century.
 
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