 | Theodore Compton - 1840 - 58 pages
...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 by the reception,... | |
 | John Goodwin - 1840 - 774 pages
...find situate in the New Testament. The first that cometh to hand is that of our Saviour unto Peter, " And upon this Rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it," Matt. xvi. 18. From hence it is argued, that those that are ouce... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1840 - 666 pages
...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 distinctions... | |
 | Thomas Vowler Short (bp. of St. Asaph.), Clergyman - 1841 - 328 pages
...congratulations. The subject which may furnish us with thoughts to-night, is the text, " Thou art Peter; and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." That on which the church is built is the confession of faith which... | |
 | Lord Peter King King - 1841 - 314 pages
...exerted was derived from that promise and commission of Christ in Matthew xvi, 18, 19, " 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 of heaven : and... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1842 - 396 pages
...was just after Peter's declaration of his full faith in Jesus as the Messiah. " Thou art surnamed the Rock, and upon this rock, will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Peter was doubtless highly elated with this promise, though, somewhat... | |
 | James Brogden - 1842 - 564 pages
...to St. Peter, he sealed his speech with a powerful promise of perpetuity, saying, " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." a When he spake generally to all the rest of the Apostles to the... | |
 | Johann Adam Möhler - 1842 - 198 pages
...shall give, the same will I follow. He said to St. Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, ' Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever... | |
 | 1842 - 332 pages
...foundation of the Church should be laid ; that Church which shall never pass away : " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." I say, it is very remarkable, that immediately after this encouraging... | |
 | Richard Waldo Sibthorp - 1842 - 110 pages
...confession, " Thou art Christ the son of the living God!" to which the Saviour replies, " 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 of heaven," &c.... | |
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Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against... 
