tuppence you seem upset by the Catholic Church for calling Peter rock.
This is because Protestants mistakingly believe only God can be called rock.
Isaiah 51:1 "Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the quarry from which you were digged;"
What does that mean?
In v. 2, we are told what is meant by line 1.
"Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth;"
So, look to the rock from which you were hewn - 'look to Abraham'.
He is the ancient 'father' of all the Israelites.
If Abraham is rock & father of Israel in the Old Testament then wouldn't it be fitting, if Jesus chose someone as rock & father of the New Israel, His Church, in the New Testament?
Also;
1Kings 18:31 "He took twelve stones, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD had said, "Your name shall be Israel." 32 He built an altar in honor of the LORD with the stones, and made a trench around the altar large enough for two seahs of grain."
We see from this verse that God saw each tribe of Israel as stones and He conveyed this through the Prophet Eli'jah.
first you said or Aieno said that all the apostles are Peter/Rock. Now you say that Christ is the Rock. Can you please make up your mind? Why are you backpedaling? Which one is it? Can you simply choose one position so that I don't have to go back and forth?
By the way, where in the text does Jesus say he is the rock? Please show me from the text where exactly Jesus says, "Upon myself I will build my Church." Just because Jesus uses the word "I", does not mean that the pronoun refers to the rock. I think you need some basic, elementary school grammar lessons.
Jesus says, "Upon THIS ROCK I will build my Church." Jesus will be doing the building, since he says "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." That is what the I pronoun refers to; who exactly is doing the building. But Jesus uses the phrase "THIS ROCK", meaning that he is referring to something outside of himself. Where exactly does the text suggest your faulty interpretation? I'm afraid that this is pure eisegesis, or inserting a false interpretation into the text.
UPON THIS ROCK means that the Church will be built upon something; Jesus will be building his Church UPON THIS ROCK. What rock? "YOU ARE PETER", which means, YOU ARE ROCK.
Jesus Said "you are rock and upon this rock I will build my Church" -- Peter is the Latinized version of the word Cephas - the name given to Simon. It means ROCK.
This rock refers directly to the antecedent.
Peter is the Rock on which Christ built. Clearly and unequivocally stated here.
THIS rock = peter as in no other rock. That also means that NO OTHER CHURCH is Christ's, if it is not on THIS ROCK.
Peace