This is VLX number 102 on this rock. This is Matthew chapter 16 verses 13 to 20. VLX stands for

Videolexio Divina, the online patristic Bible study and free guide to Ignatian mental prayer.

God give you his peace and nomi pachis, affidates, be di Santi, amen. God, our Lord, we ask the grace that all of our intentions,

actions, and operations be directed purely to the service and praise of your divine majesty.

Now, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,

who do people say that the son of man is? And they said, some say John the Baptist, others

say Elijah, and others Jeremiah are one of the prophets. He said to them, but who do you say that

I am? Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the son of the living God. And Jesus answered

him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood

has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will

build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,

and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,

and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel.

Now before we get started,

I want to point out that Father Lapiday wrote today's commentary around 1600, the year 1600,

just after the breakout of Protestantism in the previous century, and remember the schism of the Orthodox took place about 600 years prior. That also rejected the papacy, but not as

intensely as the Protestant revolt. Why do I mention the papacy? Well, today we're going to talk a lot

about the Pope, a lot about the papacy, at least historically. I'm not going to talk about

current events, but we are going to look at the traditional view of the papacy because it all hinges on today's

section, Matthew 16, as you probably know. The words of Father Lapiday in the year 1600 might

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