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* [[Peter and the Papacy (G.G.)]]
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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 [[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.
===The Rock=== Jesus then acknowledges that on "this rock" he would build his church. There is some controversy among Christians as to the meaning of Jesus' response to Peter. Within Protestantism there is general agreement that Jesus would build his church on the foundation of faith that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God". Roman Catholicism however, teaches that Jesus is saying that he will build his church on the apostle Peter himself. Other interpretations are also possible. The more common interpretations include: * ====Peter is the rock - this ==== This is the common Roman Catholic interpretation as noted above. Against this view, some have argued that this view is inconsistent with scripture, given that it seems that the disciples did not understand Peter as having any chief place, as shortly after, in [[Matthew 18:1]] they ask Jesus who is chief in heaven.* ====The rock is faith in Jesus as the Christ - this ==== This is a common Protestant interpretation as noted above. Some early church fathers who supported this view include [[John Chrysostom]] * ====Jesus himself is the rock==== This view is similar to the view that the rock is faith in Jesus as the Christ. [[William Barclay]] wrote that Jesus "did not mean that the Church depended on Peter, as it depnded on Himself, and on God the Rock, alone." * ====The teachings of Jesus is are the rock - this corresponds to ==== This view links Jesus' words here, with his words in [[Matthew 7:24]], where he talks about the wise man building his house on the rock. ===The [[Church]]=== The word church (Greek: [[ekklesia]] - assembly) occurs only twice in the [[Gospels]] - here and also in [[Matthew 18:17]].
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