[marajade]

"God gave the Keys to Peter and promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against the Church that he put into Peter's care."

I disagree. I believe that scripture says that Peter was the first to confess that JC was God. It wasn't Peter who was the foundation of the Church but Jesus.

[AnAmericanMother]

Simple parallel reading shows that Christ was referring to Peter, not to Himself. Then of course Christ immediately gave to Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and the power to bind and loose. Why would Christ do that if he had not just declared Peter (not himself) to be the Rock on which the Church would stand? If you read Greek, have a look at the original -- Christ uses the second person singular - "thee" - addressing Peter (not Himself, and not all the Apostles.)