...grounded in the will,—the true faith which nothing could shake; our Lord therefore said unto him. " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Secondly, then, we have to see why it was, our Lord...

...; and that he gave him the principality and dominion over the whole world, by saying to him, ' Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church ; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of Heaven ;' and again, when he said, ' Feed my sheep.' Also we believe...

...first : thus the commission runs to St. Peter, and under his name to the rest of the bishops, " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." In the division of the laity, kings, dukes, and other...

...blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter ; and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matt. xvi. 15—18.) The church, then, is formed...

...temple stood near the gates. In Matt, xvi, 1.8, there is a well-known passage to this effect : " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hades, ie death, shall not prevail against it.'' The gate of hades is a natural periphrasis...

...son of Jonas. 37. Besides this, what did our Lord say to Peter ? A. And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it ; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom...

...temple stood near the gates. In Matt. xvi. 18, there is a well-known passage to this effect: " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hades, »'. e. death, shall not prevail against it." The gate of hades is a natural periphrasis...

...Discipline of the Church, hath been either about the true sense of some texts of Holy Scripture ; as, " thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and to thee will I give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven", and " feed my sheep" : Or about some privileges...

...than heaven itself: Heaven and earth shall pass, " but my words shall not pass.8 What words ? Thou "art Peter; and upon this Rock will I build my " Church, and the gates of hell shatt not prevaU " against it.* " If thou wilt not believe his word, believe facts....

...interprets a cluster of truths. The existence of the Church itself is an interpretation of the words: " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The jurisdiction that I have over the world, which...