Matthew 16:18

“Upon this rock I will build my church.”

Text — King James Version (1611)

16:18And 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.

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Tertullian — De Praescriptione Haereticorum curated
Augustine of Hippo — City of God curated

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Jerome — Letters cited in text · 3 references — (Jerome)
Ambrose of Milan — Exposition of the Christian Faith cited in text · 2 references
Eusebius of Caesarea — Ecclesiastical History (Church History) cited in text · 1 reference — His Review of the Canonical Scriptures.
Origen — Commentary on the Gospel of John (partial: Books I, II, IV, V, VI, X) cited in text · 1 reference — The Apostles Wrote Little.

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