Who said where peter is there is the church

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Read Still More Testimonials. Become our Customer. Though hardly accurate, the image is derived from the gospel passage we just heard today, where Jesus bestows special prerogatives on Peter. First, St Peter is given a new name, which in Scripture denotes a change in status or position. This has often been the contention of Protestants who see in the conferment of this name, not a great honour but a subtle insult.

Protestants argue that Christ is the only foundation 1 Cor attempting thereby to unseat Peter. Peter is Kepha , He is the rock. In fact, Syriac Christians, who continue to use Aramaic in their scriptures and liturgy, also claim that Jesus, the Rock of Salvation, conferred his own name and title on Peter. This must simply be the greatest honour accorded to any man. Having been conferred a new title and name, St Peter is also given the metaphorical keys by Christ.

Keys represent primacy and exclusive dominion and this authority was granted to Peter alone. These are keys not of any earthly palace but of heaven itself, which is another way of saying that the issue is linked to salvation. The term binding and loosing was also familiar in Rabbinic tradition. They represented the legislative and judicial powers of the Rabbinic office. These powers Christ now transferred in their reality here to Peter.

To say that St Peter has the key means he can declare certain things to be lawful and others unlawful; that is to bind or to loose, or to prohibit or to permit, or to forgive, and to teach and to govern with the authority of Christ in matters that are necessary for our salvation.

The New Testament contains five different metaphors for the foundation of the Church Matt. Some have tried to argue that Jesus did not mean that his Church would be built on Peter but on something else.

Some argue that in this passage there is a minor difference between the Greek term for Peter Petros and the term for rock petra , yet they ignore the obvious explanation: petra , a feminine noun, has simply been modified to have a masculine ending, since one would not refer to a man Peter as feminine.

The change in the gender is purely for stylistic reasons. These critics also neglect the fact that Jesus spoke Aramaic, and, as John tells us, in everyday life he actually referred to Peter as Kepha or Cephas depending on how it is transliterated.

It is that term which is then translated into Greek as petros. Each time Jesus commissioned him to feed his lambs and sheep, that is, the members of the Church. This scene complements the one in Matthew.

There, Jesus called Peter to be the rock of the Church. Peter was one of the Twelve Apostles, all chosen by Jesus to be the foundation of his Church. At the head of the Twelve, Jesus placed Peter.