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‘A person may build a church.’

[⟨det person.nbuild.v ⟨det church.n⟩]

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D. 220) “On Modesty”, Tertullian writes at length about the significance of Matthew, “On this rock I will build my Church” and similar, emphasizing the singular, not plural, right, and condemning “wholly changing the manifest intention of the Lord, conferring (as that intention did) this (gift) personally upon Peter” (Ch. 21).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“I will build my church’ ’.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

How can any one read – “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.
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She’s building a church.
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When Jesus looked at Simon, and called him Rock, he made this declaration:’ ’ on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
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Then pausing and turning abruptly to me he said with great emphasis, I am building this church simply to express my gratitude to God.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Remember, Christ said in Matt 16:18 “And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Matthew 16:13 – 20 View in: NAB NIV KJV NJB Vulg Greek 13 And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? 14 But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? 16 Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar – Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A passage that always confused me a bit was Jesus’ saying to Peter that’ ’ upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
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He took for his text, “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”, and his discourse made a remarkable impression upon the many Protestants who came to hear it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

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.
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After their defeat at Braclaw, Roman was forced to give up the throne in favour of his son, Stephen I. Roman I built the first church and fortifications in the town of Roman, considered to be named in his honour.
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A literal translation, in the style of the King James Version, of the words presumably used by Jesus would be “Thou art Rock, and upon this rock will I build my church”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And notice the striking thing here: Jesus says “I will build my church’ ’.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Remember Christ said in Matthew 16:18: 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.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Matthew 16:18 View in: NAB NIV KJV NJB Vulg Greek 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I flexed my Latin muscles and was able, without much difficulty, seeing as I had talked about the very quotation earlier this week, and the fact that it is a fairly easy translation, to read: You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Matthew 16:18 (KJV) 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 1 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV) 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV) 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He did not say, “I have built My church.”
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Queried on 2013-05-21.