...read in letters, six feet long, the inscription in mosaic of Matthew xvi: 18 — " Tu es Petrus," &c., (Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church), while upon its ceiling was a mosaic, in execution perfect, as it is blasphemous in design, of Jehovah,...

...which the Romans rested the power of the Pope, and said, ' that the text on which Dr. Eck relied — Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church — did not refer to St. Peter, still less to any of his successors, but to the Lord Jesus Christ,...

...notions, but from my miracles and doctrines. 166 PETEB'S CONFESSION. [3rd PASS. S "I say unto thee, thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." ttdTm^. As much as to say, I have given thee the name of Peter or Man of Rock, and thou shalt be the...

...been written, may it be said, that she is not merely the only one founded on the words of the Messiah, "Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church :" but also, that we are indebted to her for the recognition and expansion of the democratic theory...

...councils, the opinions of scholastics, and even from those celebrated words of Christ to Peter — " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church." Luther took higher and bolder ground, denied the infallibility of councils, and appealed to Scripture...

...dome, like a cloud poised by the wind ! Such life-like mosaics, and the words spanning the circle, "Thou art Peter ; and on this rock will I build my church." Such a flood of marble floor ! such a gorgeously canopied altar rising out of it ! Protestant sentiments...

...themselves, or one another? For instance, on that text which Rome claims as at the foundation of her power, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church," one father says, " Faith is the rock ; " another says, " Christ is the rock," and then in another place...

...glorify with gold, and silver, and precious stones ; " iii. 184 — 186, iv. 98, 99 Matt. xvi. 18 ; " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church," &c. ; iii. 148, 149, 560-590, iv. 258 xxi. 42. 44, Luke xx. 17, 18 ; " Whosoever falleth on this stone...

...them of a Catholic Church.. In the 16th chap, of the Gospel, we read of the Saviour saying to Peter, " Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." That was the Catholic Church — the " Church...

...revealed this unto thee ; it is the gift of my Father which is in heaven. He then proceeds, " And I say, Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my Church." * This form of expression (usual then) may be thus explained in more modern terms—As sure as thy...