[52]. Irenaeus against Heresy, bk. III, ch. iii: 2, 3.
[53]. Matt. xvi:15-18.
[54]. St. John i:42.
[55]. The words of Christ to Peter, spoken in the vulgar language of the Jews, which our Lord made use of, were the same as if he had said in English: Thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my church. So that by the plain course of the words Peter is here declared to be the rock upon which the church was to be built.—Footnote in Douay Bible on these passages.
[56]. As if it read: "Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven; and I say unto thee, Peter, upon this principle I will build my church."
[57]. Matt. xxviii:18-20.
[58]. Milner's End of Religious Controversy—Letter xxviii.
[59]. Orson Pratt's Works, Divine Authenticity, No.3.
[60]. Milner's Church Hist. Vol. III, pp. 53, 69—note.
[61]. See Bossuet's Universal History, Vol. I, p. 558. J. Andrew Cramer, German translation.