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Originally Posted by Peace-be-with-you  Ok, let's talk about Matthew 16:18: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church."
In reality Greek scholars—even non-Catholic ones—admit, the words petros and petra were synonyms in first century Greek. |
This is really opinion, not necessarily fact.
Petros is masculine gender and means pebble. Petra is feminine gender and means ledge or ledge of rock.
The words might be similar, but it does not mean they are identical.
Does not Aramaic only exist in theory... has that text been produced and authenticated? Is there proof that Matthew wrote in Aramaic? If so, where?
You are conjuring up superficial information to support a mere opinion based on something that does not even exist and based on something that you cannot be certain of... it is all speculation. How can you possibly believe in such a system?
Consider the numerous distinctions the Bible makes between
petros and
petra in the following passages...
Mat. 7:24, 25
Mat. 27: 51, 60
Luk. 6:48
Luk. 8:6
Rom. 9:33
1Cor. 10:4
Rev. 6:15, 16
Furthermore it does not make sense that Peter would be the foundation of the church as well as the one with the keys to open the doors.
I have also not seen a response to the following:
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If we will let the passages in other parts of the Bible that refer to the same subject help us decide who it is that the church is founded upon, we find that it is Christ. No one can lay a foundation other than the one that has been laid, namely Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11).
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1Co 3:11 For no one can lay a
foundation other than that which is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
There is absolutely no doubt that anyone suggesting that Peter is the rock upon which Jesus built His church and that Jesus made Peter the visible head of the church is wrestling the Scriptures to their own destruction. There is just no proof for it. If someone can make that stick... then we are all in a world of hurt, because all kinds of other speculative theories can be surmised from Scripture if we go about it via this method.
