Get a Strongs concordance and work the word Peter in the greek His name means little pebble. Jesus actually was referring to himself as THE ROCK. The churchb
is built on Jesus Christ not Peter. In fact Peter disappears from the records after a disagreement with Paul. I don't denigrate Peter but he isn't the the head of the church, Christ is.
I'll check one out. I'm a life long Catholic, but I also believe that I can learn from Bible Christians and what they have to say. To be honest, I will check out a Strong's concordance, but I will also find out what the Church teaches on the subject. Up to now, what I've found is that they do have a good explanation on why they believe what they believe on certain issues.
Please know I'm not speaking with a spirit of superiority or trying to preach to you. You work with the Word of God and I totally respect that.
In that spirit, I just thought I'd quote what the Catholic Church teaches on the subject of Peter and his role in Christ's institution of His Church.
This is from what is called "The Catechism of the Catholic Church," which is kind of an out line that explains Church teaching on all the different topics.
" "The keys of the kingdom"
551 From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission. He gives the Twelve a share in his authority and 'sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal." They remain associated for ever with Christ's kingdom, for through them he directs the Church:
As my Father appointed a kingdom for me, so do I appoint for you that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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 unshakeable rock of the Church. His mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to strengthen his brothers in it.
553 Jesus entrusted a specific authority to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." The "power of the keys" designates authority to govern the house of God, which is the Church. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, confirmed this mandate after his Resurrection: "Feed my sheep." The power to "bind and loose" connotes the authority to absolve sins, to pronounce doctrinal judgements, and to make disciplinary decisions in the Church. Jesus entrusted this authority to the Church through the ministry of the apostles and in particular through the ministry of Peter, the only one to whom he specifically entrusted the keys of the kingdom.
Get a Strongs concordance and work the word Peter in the greek His name means little pebble. Jesus actually was referring to himself as THE ROCK. The churchb is built on Jesus Christ not Peter. In fact Peter disappears from the records after a disagreement with Paul. I don't denigrate Peter but he isn't the the head of the church, Christ is.
I'll check one out. I'm a life long Catholic, but I also believe that I can learn from Bible Christians and what they have to say. To be honest, I will check out a Strong's concordance, but I will also find out what the Church teaches on the subject. Up to now, what I've found is that they do have a good explanation on why they believe what they believe on certain issues.
Please know I'm not speaking with a spirit of superiority or trying to preach to you. You work with the Word of God and I totally respect that.
In that spirit, I just thought I'd quote what the Catholic Church teaches on the subject of Peter and his role in Christ's institution of His Church.
This is from what is called "The Catechism of the Catholic Church," which is kind of an out line that explains Church teaching on all the different topics.
" "The keys of the kingdom"
551 From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission. He gives the Twelve a share in his authority and 'sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal." They remain associated for ever with Christ's kingdom, for through them he directs the Church:
As my Father appointed a kingdom for me, so do I appoint for you that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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 unshakeable rock of the Church. His mission will be to keep this faith from every lapse and to strengthen his brothers in it.
553 Jesus entrusted a specific authority to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." The "power of the keys" designates authority to govern the house of God, which is the Church. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, confirmed this mandate after his Resurrection: "Feed my sheep." The power to "bind and loose" connotes the authority to absolve sins, to pronounce doctrinal judgements, and to make disciplinary decisions in the Church. Jesus entrusted this authority to the Church through the ministry of the apostles and in particular through the ministry of Peter, the only one to whom he specifically entrusted the keys of the kingdom.