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In the Roman Catholic Church, Jesus' words "upon this rock I will build my church" are interpreted as the foundation of the doctrine of the papacy, whereby the Church of Christ is founded upon Peter and his successors, the Bishops of Rome. [20] Jesus' next statement, "and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
A literal translation, in the style of the King James Version, of the words presumably used by Jesus would be "Thou art Rock, and upon this rock will I build my church". [a] To preserve a supposed pun, the Greek text chose to translate Peter's name as Πέτρος rather than using the Aramaic name Κηφᾶς (Cephas).
Or as Cornelius a Lapide puts it, it is as if Christ had said, "for I will make you the rock of the Church, so that on you and your faith, and your government, the fabric of My Church may rest securely as upon a most solid foundation of rock". [1] There are echoes of Abraham receiving his name in Genesis 17:5 as well. [2]
Upon This Rock may refer to: The phrase "Upon this rock I will build my church", taken from the Confession of Peter in the Gospel of Matthew. Film and television
A stained glass window in a Catholic church depicting St. Peter's Basilica in Rome sitting "Upon this rock," a reference to Matthew 16:18. Most present-day Catholics interpret Jesus as saying he was building his church on the rock of the Apostle Peter and the succession of popes which claim Apostolic succession from him.
In the Gospel of Matthew, following this episode, Jesus also selects Peter as the leader of the Apostles, and states that "upon this rock, I will build my church". [32] In Matthew 16:18 Jesus then continues: "That thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church".
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In a slightly later text (AD 220) "On Modesty", Tertullian writes at length about the significance of Matthew 16:18-19, "On this rock I will build my Church", and similar, emphasizing the singular, not plural, right, and condemning "wholly changing the manifest intention of the Lord, conferring (as that intention did) this (gift) personally ...