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[1] Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI, no. 26003.

[2] Cf. Dogmatic Poems, V, 53-64: PG 37, 428-429.

[3] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1817-1821.

[4] Summa Theologiae, II-IIae, q.4, a.1.

[5] H. Köster in Theological Dictionary of the New Testament VIII (1972), p.586.

[6] De excessu fratris sui Satyri, II, 47: CSEL 73, 274.

[7] Ibid., II, 46: CSEL 73, 273.

[8] Cf. Ep. 130 Ad Probam 14, 25-15, 28: CSEL 44, 68-73.

[9] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1025.

[10] Jean Giono, Les vraies richesses, Paris 1936, Preface, quoted in Henri de Lubac, Catholicisme. Aspects sociaux du dogme, Paris 1983, p. VII.

[11] Ep. 130 Ad Probam 13, 24: CSEL 44, 67.

[12] Sententiae III, 118: CCL 6/2, 215.

[13] Cf. ibid. III, 71: CCL 6/2, 107-108.

[14] Novum Organum I, 117.

[15] Cf. ibid. I, 129.

[16] Cf. New Atlantis.

[17] In Werke IV, ed. W. Weischedel (1956), p.777. The essay on “The Victory of the Good over the Evil Principle” constitutes the third chapter of the text Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft (“Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone”), which Kant published in 1793.

[18] I. Kant, Das Ende aller Dinge, in Werke VI, ed. W. Weischedel (1964), p.190.

[19] Chapters on charity, Centuria 1, ch. 1: PG 90, 965.

[20] Cf. ibid.: PG 90, 962-966.

[21] Conf. X 43, 70: CSEL 33, 279.

[22] Sermo 340, 3: PL 38, 1484; cf. F. Van der Meer, Augustine the Bishop, London and New York 1961, p.268.

[23] Sermo 339, 4: PL 38, 1481.

[24] Conf. X 43, 69: CSEL 33, 279.

[25] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2657.

[26] Cf. In 1 Ioannis 4, 6: PL 35, 2008f.

[27] Testimony of Hope, Boston 2000, pp.121ff.

[28] The Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings, 24 November.

[29] Sermones in Cant., Sermo 26, 5: PL 183, 906.

[30] Negative Dialektik (1966), Third part, III, 11, in Gesammelte Schriften VI, Frankfurt am Main 1973, p.395.

[31] Ibid., Second part, p.207.

[32] DS 806.

[33] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 988-1004.

[34] Cf. ibid., 1040.

[35] Cf. Tractatus super Psalmos, Ps 127, 1-3: CSEL 22, 628-630.

[36] Gorgias 525a-526c.

[37] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1033-1037.

[38] Cf. ibid., 1023-1029.

[39] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1030-1032.

[40] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1032.

I definitely will not fault people for putting forth this Petros/Petra argument because it is a very common argument that people make but there are a number of problems with it, and if I were to summarize those problems they would go like this:

1) First, the very layout of Matthew 16 is a three-fold blessing, and each part of that blessing is itself in three parts, a blessing, and explanation of the blessing, and a further explanation of the blessing. It's a threefold blessing of Peter and it goes like this:

1) Blessed are you Simon son of Jonah,

1a) for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you

1b) but my father was in heaven.

2) I tell you, you are rock

2a) and Upon This Rock I will build my church

2b) and the Gates of Hell will not Prevail against it

3) I give you the keys to the kingdom

3a) that whatever you bind on Earth is bound in heaven

3b) that whatever you loose on Earth is loosed in heaven.

That alone tells you all you need to know given the structure of this sentence and where it is situated within a three-fold blessing.

2) Of course we can go deeper than this because we know that Jesus spoke Aramaic and the word in Aramaic that he used for Peter's name is Kepha, transliterated as Cephas in Greek (well, ripped from Aramaic into Greek and then Greek into English, but you get the gist!)

The Aramaic word for a small stone is EVNA, not KEPHA. Had Jesus intended for Peter to be known as the little Stone, we would be speaking of Simon Evan, not Simon Peter.

3) as you yourself pointed out Petra is feminine, Petros is masculine. It is fine to use feminine words when speaking of men if there is no other way for that word to me made masculine, but using a word metaphorically And giving somebody a brand new name are two entirely different things. Calling him "petra" would be calling him "Mrs. Rock," so Jesus is just changing the gender of the word to match Peter's gender.

4) Multiple, MULTIPLE Protestant scholars Disagree fundamentally with what you've said and agree with what I've written, namely:

-There is no distinction in meaning between "petros" and "petra."

-Two different Greek words are used because you can't use a feminine noun for a man's name.

-"This rock" refers to Peter.

-The identity of the rock ("petra") is affirmed by the Aramaic that Jesus was speaking.

...So this isn't just a Catholic position. https://phatcatholic.blogspot.com/2006/09/protestant-scholars-on-mt-1616-19.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3vP4x1_VMC74-QrwDKxRD59ir0_PxvxYk1yVeBCGxEsshI_zvHo-vD3oU

5) NONE of this necessarily actually denies that Jesus is also the rock, OR that the statment of faith is ALSO also the rock. In fact, the Catechism in paragraph 424 states exactly this: "Moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit and drawn by the Father, we believe in Jesus and confess: ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’3 On the rock of this faith confessed by St. Peter, Christ built his Church."

BUT that doesn't preclude the other, more OBVIOUS meaning state above from being true (and the church of coures also understands that the be the principle interpretation, CF: http://www.catholic-catechism.com/ccc_153.424.440.442.552.553.586.849.881.1444.htm )

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Rough Chapter Breakdown:

00:08:35 - Chapter 1: Introduction

00:22:30 - Chapter 2: The Easy Method

00:27:49 - Chapter 3: Why is it difficult to stop?

00:34:30 - 3.1: The Sinister Trap

00:40:10 - Chapter 4: Nature

00:44:35 - 4.1: The Little Monster

00:46:26 - 4.2: The Annoying Alarm

00:49:58 - 4.3: A pleasure or a crutch?

00:53:02 - 4.4: Crossing the red line

00:56:34 - 4.5: The High from the Dance Around the Red Line

00:59:26 - 4.6: The Smokers Analogy

01:02:20 - Chapter 5: Brainwashing

01:04:20 - 5.1: Scientific reasoning

01:06:10 - 5.2: Problems using willpower

01:08:49 - 5.3: Passivity

01:11:21 - 5.4: Withdrawal Pangs

01:13:26 - Chapter 6: Brainwashing Aspects

01:14:36 - 6.1: Stress

01:17:53 - 6.2: Boredom

01:20:00 - 6.3: Concentration

01:22:36 - 6.4: Relaxation

01:26:11 - 6.5: Energy

01:29:28 - 6.6: Social Night Sessions

01:33:13 - Chapter 7: What am I giving up?

01:34:38 - 7.1: There’s nothing to give up

01:36:54 - 7.2: Void, the void, the beautiful void!

01:40:21 - Chapter 8: Saving Time

01:47:35 - Chapter 9: Health

02:02:09 - 9.1: Sinister Black Shadows

02:03:28 - Chapter 11: The Willpower Method

02:22:42 - Chapter 12: Beware of Cutting Down

02:32:02 - Chapter 13: Just One Peek

02:36:22 - Chapter 14: Casual Users

02:58:03 - Chapter 15: The YouTube / Twitch / Instagram User

03:04:12 - Chapter 16: A social habit?

03:08:39 - Chapter 17: Timing

03:23:00 - Chapter 18: Will I miss the fun?

03:27:21 - Chapter 19: Can I Compartmentalize?

03:32:28- Chapter 20: Avoid False Incentives

03:40:05 - Chapter 21: The Easy Way to Stop

03:52:15 - Chapter 22: The Withdrawal Period

04:03:52 - Chapter 23: Just One Little Peek

04:06:00 - Chapter 24: Will it be harder for me?

04:09:21 - 24.1: Primary Reasons for Failure

04:11:57 - Chapter 25: Substitutes

04:18:59 - Chapter 26: Should I Avoid Temptation Situations

04:24:16 - Chapter 27: The Moment of Revelation

04:29:50 - Chapter 28: The Final Visit

04:38:09 - 28.1: A Final Warning

04:39:38 - Chapter 29: Feedback

04:50:53 - 29.1: The Checklist

04:53:54 - Chapter 30: Help Those on the Sinking Ship

05:01:23 - Chapter 31: Advice to Non-users

05:01:28 - 31.1: Help get your porn using friends to read this book

05:03:39 - 31.2: Should I tell my significant other?

05:04:58 - 31.3: My partner is quitting porn

05:08:37 - 31.4: Slipping (relapse)

05:18:01 - 31.5: What about MO (masturbation, orgasm)?

05:20:16 - 31.6: Deviations from standard advice

05:21:04 - 31.7: Help end this scandal

05:27:12 - 31.8: Final Warning

05:28:09 - Chapter 32: The Instructions

05:29:03 - 32.1: Affirmations