Certainly! Peter was a “rock” in that he accepted the “words of eternal life”. The other apostles were also “rocks” since on them the Church would continue.
Not my words but:
“The ‘Rock’ on which Christ will build His Church means Peter’s confession of FAITH in Christ”
St John Chrysostom 53rd Homily on St Matthew
“The Church, the house of the Lord, is built upon the foundations of the faith of the apostles and prophets.”
St Basil of Caesarea “Second Chapter of Isaiah”
“If you believe that God has raised the whole building of His Church on Peter alone, what would you say of John, the ‘Son of Thunder’, What would you say of each of the apostles? Would you venture to say that the gates of hell shall not prevail against Peter alone, but shall prevail against the others?- is not the title addressed to them all?”
Origen “Commentary on St Matthew”
” Jesus Christ is the Rock.He did not deny the grace of His name to Peter because he borrowed from the Rock the constancy and solidity of his faith. The Rock is thy faith and this faith is the foundation of the Church. If thou art a rock, thou shall be in the Church, for the Church is built upon the Rock - and this Rock is the profession of faith in Jesus Christ.”
St. Ambrose
“Thou art Peter ... but the Rock was Jesus Christ. Peter having confessed Him, as all the Church confesses Him, He then called Peter a rock for his faith.
St Augustine “Retractations” “Contra Julianum”
“Christ said to Peter... I will build thee upon myself I will not be built upon thee. Those who wish to be built among men say, “I am of Paul, I am of Apollos, I am of Cephus. However those who did not wish to be built upon Peter, but upon the Rock (Jesus Christ) say, I am of of Jesus Christ.”
St Augustine Retractrations 13th Sermon
“Behold how Peter does all things by common consent and decides nothing by his own power or authority.”
St John Chrysostom
I have dozens more. Class dismissed.
Note: Your quote for St John Chrysostom does not appear in your citation. I read the homily and it is not germaine.
I can't find your quote from St Origen anywhere... can you provide a citation?
I offer you these other quotes from St Augustine:
"Among these [apostles] Peter alone almost everywhere deserved to represent the whole Church. Because of that representation of the Church, which only he bore, he deserved to hear ‘I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven’" (Sermons 295:2 [A.D. 411]).
"Who is ignorant that the first of the apostles is the most blessed Peter?" (Commentary on John 56:1 [A.D. 416]).
"If the very order of episcopal succession is to be considered, how much more surely, truly, and safely do we number them from Peter himself, to whom, as to one representing the whole Church, the Lord said, ‘Upon this rock I will build my Church’ . . . [Matt. 16:18]. Peter was succeeded by Linus, Linus by Clement, Clement by Anacletus, Anacletus by Evaristus . . . " (Letters 53:1:2 [A.D. 412]).
"There are many other things which rightly keep me in the bosom of the Catholic Church. The consent of the people and nations keeps me, her authority keeps me, inaugurated by miracles, nourished in hope, enlarged by love, and established by age. The succession of priests keep me, from the very seat of the apostle Peter (to whom the Lord after his resurrection gave charge to feed his sheep) down to the present episcopate [of Pope Siricius]" (Against the Letter of Mani Called "The Foundation" 5 [A.D. 397]).
God is not limited to one understanding of His Word. It is deep with meaning and in many instances has more than one. In this instance, Peter's confession of faith is the rock on which the Church will be built but Jesus also gives Peter the name of "rock" to be the one to hold that faith firm.