...might contradict himself, without the slightest impeachment of his infallibility 1 Further ; our Lord said to Peter, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build wy Church.'" Who, then, can doubt the elevation of the Bishop of Rome to a transcendent superiority...

...ч m et succession н м vices episcoporum ordinatio et ecclesi<e ratio decurrit ut ecclesia wiper episcopos constituatur, &c. 'when our blessed Saviour...church be founded upon bishops/ &c. The same also St.Hierome intimates, Non est facile stare loco Pauli, teuere gradum Petri, ' it is not a small thing...

...have had taken into consideration the word which the Lord said to Peter the chief of the Apostles : ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church, and the GATES of HELL shall not prevail against it.' But having no part with the erection of this building,...

...investing it with the highest and exclusive sanction. Just so did Peter's positive supremacy — " thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church" — wane before the rising and surpassing glory of the unINTRODUCTION. vii equalled Paul; God virtually...

...a vicar of Christ on earth which we might fairly expect ? In the first we have a disputed sense : ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church.' Figurative language — what is its meaning? ^ CHRYSOSTOM says, 'He did not say upon Peter; for He...

...are neither calculated nor intended to serve. The passage before us — like the famous passage, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church," on which has been built a wondrous superstructure of error and superstition, the mystery of iniquity,...

...and protect her forever, must be holy and eternal. When Christ said to the prince of the apostles,' Thou art Peter and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her,' he conveyed the most perfect idea of strength...

...per temporum et successionum vices, episcoporum ordinatio et ecclesiœ ratio decurrit, ut ecclesiâ super episcopos constituatur," &c. " When our blessed...being of the church, that the church be founded upon bishops."11 &c. The same also St. Jerome intimates, " Non est facile stare loco Pauli, tenere gradnm...

...twice, and then, as it should seem, in a prospective application. The first is in the memorable address to Peter : " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church" (Matt. 16: 18). Without adverting here to the vexed question whether Peter was the rock, and if so,...

...xvi. 1!); and John, xxi. 16. ft.) I have shown that h« can derive no appointment from Matt. xvi. 18:" Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church;" because other apostles were the foundation of the Church as well as Peter !Eph. ii. 20; Rev. xxi. 12;...