“Theology is faith seeking understanding” is a definition given by St Anslem (Ormerod, N,1990, p 3 and three theological insights outlined in this passage to help us in understanding are:
• The recognition that Jesus Christ was the Son of the Living God,
• Peter and the apostles were chosen by Jesus and God to be the foundations of the Church and they were asked to oversee the teachings of the Church.
• The Passion of Christ was a Divine Direction and sometimes God does move in mysterious ways
1. Jesus Christ- the Son of the Living God
A central part of the profession of the Catholic Faith is the belief that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, this can be seen in the Apostles Creed where we proclaim that we “believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord”, and in the Nicene Creed “We believe in …..one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God “, (Socias, James D, 2013). In this passage, Peter identifies Jesus as the Messiah, “the Son of the Living God” (Matthew 16:16), this is a statement of affirmation to our beliefs and R.T. France (2007, p 615) declares it as a “theological statement in its own right”. Senior looks at an analysis by Kingsbury where he states that “through this title, Matthew affirms that …show more content…
Whatever Peter declared to be bound (forbidden) on earth it would be bound in heaven and that whatever was loose (permitted) on earth would be loose in heaven. (Matthew 16:19). This part of the scripture provides the faithful with an understanding that the teachings of all of the Apostles and Peter’s authority to rule over the church’s was approved by Jesus and God the father and he would have “divine guidance” (France,R.T, 2007,
• The recognition that Jesus Christ was the Son of the Living God,
• Peter and the apostles were chosen by Jesus and God to be the foundations of the Church and they were asked to oversee the teachings of the Church.
• The Passion of Christ was a Divine Direction and sometimes God does move in mysterious ways
1. Jesus Christ- the Son of the Living God
A central part of the profession of the Catholic Faith is the belief that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, this can be seen in the Apostles Creed where we proclaim that we “believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord”, and in the Nicene Creed “We believe in …..one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God “, (Socias, James D, 2013). In this passage, Peter identifies Jesus as the Messiah, “the Son of the Living God” (Matthew 16:16), this is a statement of affirmation to our beliefs and R.T. France (2007, p 615) declares it as a “theological statement in its own right”. Senior looks at an analysis by Kingsbury where he states that “through this title, Matthew affirms that …show more content…
Whatever Peter declared to be bound (forbidden) on earth it would be bound in heaven and that whatever was loose (permitted) on earth would be loose in heaven. (Matthew 16:19). This part of the scripture provides the faithful with an understanding that the teachings of all of the Apostles and Peter’s authority to rule over the church’s was approved by Jesus and God the father and he would have “divine guidance” (France,R.T, 2007,