Joe Critchfeld☦

Orthodox Christian

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 There are other Greek sources from the time that show that these two words are used differently.

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 St. Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310–367)
“The rock is the blessed confession of faith.”
(Hilary consistently distinguishes Peter from the rock.

St. John Chrysostom (c. 349–407)
“On this rock, that is, on the faith of his confession, I will build my Church

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 St. Augustine (354–430)
“Christ…built his Church not on a man but on Peter’s confession. What is Peter’s confession? ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ There’s the rock for you, there’s the foundation.

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@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 Euripides, Hippolytus 1204 ἐκ πέτρας ἀνασπῶ
“I pull him up from the rock.”Here πέτρας refers to a large rock / cliff face —

Sophocles, Ajax 278 ὥσπερ πέτρος ἄψυχος
“like an inanimate stone.”Here πέτρος is used as a common noun meaning a stone, not a cliff or bedrock.

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 We can search other documents written in Greek and see the words are used differently

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@DCI21522207 @ThyPaddyDaddy Just a guess but did that Catholic go to Catholic school?

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@HD_81_ @Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 Further

1 Corinthians 10:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4 And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)

Here the Greek word used is πέτρα (petra) — not πέτρος (petros).

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@HD_81_ @Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 You can also check the Church Fathers and see the have the same interpretation

St. Basil the Great (329–379)
“The rock is the faith which is the foundation of the Church.

St. Ambrosiaster (4th century)
“The rock is Christ, whom Peter confessed.”

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@HD_81_ @Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 πέτρος is the Greek used for Peter

πέτρας is the Word Christ uses for rock.

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@HD_81_ @Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 Euripides, Hippolytus 1204 ἐκ πέτρας ἀνασπῶ
“I pull him up from the rock.”Here πέτρας refers to a large rock / cliff face —

Sophocles, Ajax 278 ὥσπερ πέτρος ἄψυχος
“like an inanimate stone.”Here πέτρος is used as a common noun meaning a stone, not a cliff or bedrock.

[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

@HD_81_ @Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 πέτρα = rock, cliff, bedrock (immovable, geological)

πέτρος = stone (movable, small)

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[Joe Critchfeld☦ @CritchfeldT]

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@Cath_SteelMan @AmerRef1517 He didn't change St. Peter’s name to rock either. Those are two different words in the Greek

[EnlightenedPaddy @ThyPaddyDaddy]

Orthodoxy: the Word became flesh.

Muslims and Protestants: the Word became a book.

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@MichaelsRosary @AmerRef1517 Christ is addressing all apostles and the Rock is Christ the declaration he is The Son of God.

Binding and loosing is all bishops. Not just the Bishop of Rome.

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@realMaalouf Yes, 100%

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@Catholic_Smores @OpStCyprian That's not true.

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@Catholic_Smores @OpStCyprian The Orthodox Church claims the same and we were on Church until 1054. So now what's the main difference?