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{{quote | text=Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." {{Bible verse|matthew|16|16|lang=WEB}} [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] [[Matthew 16|16]]:16}}

{{Infobox_Contents |topic_name =The Confession of Peter |subtopics =Synopsis=[[Matthew 16]], [[Mark 8]], [[Luke 9]]* [[Christ]], [[Son of God]]* [[Church]], [[Peter and the Papacy]] |opinion_pieces ={{short_opinions}} * [[Peter and the Papacy (G.G.)]] |}}

The Confession of Peter is a statement made by the [[apostle Peter]], recorded in [[Matthew 16]], [[Mark 8]] and [[Luke 9]], in which Peter acknowledges acknowledged [[Jesus]] to be the [[Christ]] (or Messiah - meaining the Anointed One). Jesus and the disciples had come to Caesarea Philippi, when Jesus asked them who they thought he was. The apostle Peter confessed that he was the Christ and the Son of the Living God. This statement is generally known as the Confession of Peter and is also found in Mark 8 and Luke 9.

==Contents=Revelation from God===

{{topics}}* [[Mathew 16]] | [[Mark 8]] | [[Luke 9]]* [[Christ]] | [[Son Following Peter's confession, Jesus exclaimed that this fact about the identity of Jesus had been revealed by God]]* [[Church]] | [[to Peter and the Papacy]].

====Peter is the rock==== The Confession of common Roman Catholic interpretation as noted above is that Peter himself was the rock that the church has been built on. =====Arguments against this interpretation===== Against this view, some have argued that this view is a statement made by inconsistent with Scripture, given that it seems that the [[apostle disciples did not understand Peter]]as having any chief place, as shortly after, recorded in [[Matthew 1618:1]]they asked Jesus who was chief in heaven. Furthermore, [[Mark 8]] the name Peter actually means "rock" in Greek (Petros) and [[Luke 9]], in which Peter acknowledges [[it is a masculine noun. When recording the words of Jesus]] (translated from Aramaic to be Greek) Matthew wrote "On this Rock I will build my church" using the [[Christ]] feminine form of rock (or Messiah - meaining the Anointed Onepetra). Hence, it is argued that Jesus was making a distinction between Peter and the disciples had come to Caesarea Philippi, when Jesus asked them who they thought he wasRock ("You are Petros (''masculine noun = Peter = rock'') and on this petra (''feminine noun = rock'') I will build my church. ") ====The apostle Peter confessed that he was rock is faith in Jesus as the Christ and ==== The common Protestant interpretation as noted above is that the Son rock of the Living God. This statement church is generally known faith in Jesus as the Confession Christ. Some early church fathers who supported this view included [[John Chrysostom]]. Another supporter of this interpretation was [[Martin Luther]], who said that "All Christians are Peters on account of the confession which Peter and here makes, which is also found in Mark 8 the rock on which Peter and Luke 9all Peters are built. " ====Jesus then acknowledges himself is the rock==== Some consider that on "this Jesus himself is the rock" he would build his church. There This view is some controversy among Christians as similar to the meaning of view that the rock is faith in Jesus' response to Peteras the Christ. Within Protestantism there is general agreement [[William Barclay]] wrote that Jesus would build his church "did not mean that the Church depended on Peter, as it depnded on Himself, and on God the foundation Rock, alone." ====The teachings of faith that "Jesus is are the Christ, rock==== Some view that the Son teachings of Jesus are the Living God"rock. Roman Catholicism howeverThis view links Jesus' words here, with his words in [[Matthew 7:24]], teaches that Jesus is saying that where he will build talks about the wise man building his house on the rock. ===The [[Church]]=== The word church on (Greek: [[ekklesia]] - assembly) occurs only twice in the apostle Peter himself[[Gospels]] - here and also in [[Matthew 18:17]]. ==Quotes==

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