John’s Gospel has no account of this institution but has a lengthy series of discourses, unique to it, in which Jesus gave the disciples his last will and testament together with the promise of the Holy Spirit. Ugolino da Siena: The Last SupperThe Last Supper, tempera and gold on wood ...
Therefore, Jesus’ statement to Peter has this meaning: thou art Peter and upon THIS VERY ROCK I will build my Church. From the context given, “this rock” naturally refers to Peter. It just so happens that Jesus also changes his name from Simon to a name which means rock. (But we ...
The accusation that Jesus claimed to be “king of the Jews” was also sufficient to account for his execution. There is no direct evidence that Jesus ever said, “I am the king,” but his preaching on “the kingdom of God” was inflammatory. This phrase could have been interpreted severa...
Spirit. In proportion as the main work of the Church of Christ lay among the Gentiles, it was natural that the fuller form should become dominant, and finally be used exclusively. It is interesting here, also, to compare the speech of St. Peter with the stress laid on baptism in his ...
26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish (stupid) man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great and complete...
I set up My Church under St. Peter, and I came on the earth through My Incarnation as a man, so I could offer My life as a sacrifice for all the sins of mankind.” Jesus said: “My people, your scientists are claiming that this year could be the hottest year on record. Some ...
to bind unto themselves the strong Name of the Holy Trinity. Jesus Christ commanded His Church to baptize in the Name of the Holy Trinity, not in the Church’s name,nor Patrick’s nor Luther’s, for that matter. The baptism mission of the Church is obviously not fads and fashions, tec...
Peter's role as the "rock" upon which Jesus would build His Church is central to Christian theology, emphasizing the stability and strength required of Church leaders. Historically, Peter's leadership is evident in the Acts of the Apostles, where he emerges as a key figure in the spread of...
Their disillusionment seems to have begun when Jesus entered the temple the next morning. It would have been a pregnant moment: the crowd anticipating Jesus, their long awaited political deliverer, to turn to the right, toward the Antonia fortress, built by Rome on the temple wall to stare do...
Gethsemane, garden across the Kidron Valley on the Mount of Olives, a ridge paralleling the eastern part of Jerusalem, where Jesus is said to have prayed on the night of his arrest before the Crucifixion. The name suggests that the garden was a grove of