| Voltaire - 1765 - 356 pages
...famous German Lutheran (I think it was Melancthon) could hardly believe that Jefus fhould have laid to Simon Bar-jona, Cepha or Cephas, " Thou art Peter,...and that the pope's power was founded on a quibble. Petei has been thought the firft bifhop of Rome; but it is fufficiently known that then, and for a... | |
| Glocester Ridley - 1766 - 406 pages
...the Bifhop of Rome over the univerfal Church was given to him by Gbrijt, by virtue of thefe words, Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church. Now for the fake of fuch Englifo Readers into whofe hands this Book may have fallen, and who have not... | |
| Voltaire - 1802 - 398 pages
...famous German Lutheran (I think it was Melancthonjcould hardly believe that Jesus should have said to Simon Barjona, Cepha or Cephas, " Thou art Peter,...my church." He could not conceive that God had made use of such a play of words, so very extraordinary a pun, and that the Pope's power was founded on... | |
| 1804 - 268 pages
...The power of the chief of the church is like her — immortal ; and he should remember these words, ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the powers of the earth shall not prevail against it/ He should have only feared the destruction... | |
| Emanuel Swedenborg - 1816 - 520 pages
...good of genuine charity, and read those words which the Lord said to Peter, " I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and " on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell " shall not prevail over it : and I will give unto thee the keys of " the kingdom... | |
| Robert Robinson - 1817 - 590 pages
...me with the gospel, saying, take this, and read. I opened the book at the words of Christ to Peter; Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. You, Madam, replied, Peace be unto thee, be strong,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 558 pages
...our blessed Saviour was ordering his church, and instituting episcopal dignity, he said to Peter: ' Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church.' Hence comes the order of bishops, and the constitution or being of the church, that the church be founded... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - 662 pages
...be pillars—Built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets;— or with that of our Saviour: Thou art Peter; and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it 8 . Accordingly, the Church is the means by which... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - 680 pages
...pillars — Built on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets ; — or with that of our Saviour : Thou art Peter ; and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it 8. Accordingly, the Church is the means by which... | |
| John Lingard - 1826 - 518 pages
...depends on the meaning of the passage, which I have quoted above : " and I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." To whom, or to what are the words, " this rock" to be referred ? To Peter himself, if we may believe... | |
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