I’m curious as to how Catholics suppose there is a delineation of papal authority from Jesus. Jesus tells Peter he will found his church on peters confession. It’s the confession not peter that gives the church it’s power. Paul and Peter hardly agreed apart from this confession. The splintering was immediate and good.
Where does this claim come from—that it was Peter’s confession and not Peter that was the “rock” on which Jesus would found the Church?
Jesus says “on this Rock I will build my Church”—and changes Simon’s name to Peter. I.e., to “Rock.”
“You are Rock. And on this Rock I will build my Church.”
There isn’t a scintilla of a suggestion of a hint in the text that the “rock” is the confession. Especially since Jesus is CHANGING Simon’s name to “Rock” at that very moment.
Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah...I am changing your name to Rock, and on this Rock I will build my Church.
If Jesus had wanted to say what many Protestants claim, why didn’t he avoid confusion by saying: “Blessed are you Simon...You are Todd, and on this rock I will build my Church”?