...of the Church's true confession, to whom but a week before the promise had been given, " Upon this rock I will build My Church, and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven;" he feared as he entered into the cloud; who then dare presume upon...

...well know that this sentence of the gospel is very ill understood : ' Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; . . . and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.' On account of these words of the Lord, an ignorant multitude, neglecting...

...blood hath not revealed it unto thee, &c." " I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church." " And I will give unto thee." This " unto thee" refers without doubt to him to whom He had said, " And I say unto thee." It is then...

...well know that this sentence of the Gospel is very ill understood : ' Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church ; . . . and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." On account of these words of the Lord, an ignorant multitude, neglecting...

...our Lord expressed himself in this way after he had said to Peter,* "Thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church;"—" and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." Now, whatever may have been the exact and full meaning of these words,...

...grounds have they for this assertion ; Two texts, of Scripture ; viz., " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church ;" and, " I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and...

...as a kingdom, of which Christ is the king : Thus, in our Lord's words, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven ;° where the Church and the Kingdom of Heaven mean the same thing. As...

...Let us inquire into the meaning of the words which were exclusively addressed to Peter : " Upon this rock I will build my Church," and " I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." " Upon this rock I will build my Church." What did our Lord mean by...

...examples to the flock. Whereas they object, that Christ said to Peter, " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven," &c. p««%chirfof and, " Feed my sheep ;" and thereupon that St Peter...

...grounds have they for this assertion ? Two texts of Scripture ; viz., " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church ;" and, " I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and...