Servant of God

+  Saint Peter, The Foundation Stone of the Christian Church  + "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God ." Saint Peter the Apostle We live in a time various Christian denominations differ on the doctrine of St. Peter as the foundation stone of the church and interpret Matthew 16:18 in different ways. In the three Gospel accounts, after asking about the views of "the multitudes", Jesus asks his disciples about their own opinion:  But who do you say that I am?  Only Simon Peter answers him:  You are the Christ, the Son of the living God . Only in Matthew 16:17 Jesus blesses Peter for his answer, and later indicates him as the rock of the Church. This begins with: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven. In blessing Peter, Jesus not only accepts the titles Christ  and  Son of God  which Peter attributes to him, but declares the proclamation a divine revelation by stating that hi