(vii)
At His first meeting with St. Peter, Our Lord gave him the new
name of “Cephas” (Rock) (St. John 1:42).
(viii)
It was to St. Peter that Our Lord entrusted the care of His flock,
lambs and sheep (St. John 21:15-17).
(ix)
The election that chose St. Matthias as the replacement for Judas
was conducted by St. Peter (Acts 1:25).
(x)
The first miracle at the Temple was performed by St. Peter (Acts
3).
(xi)
St. Peter replied to the Sanhedrin on behalf of the Church (Acts 4).
(xii)
The case of Ananias and Saphira was judged by St. Peter (Acts 5).
(xiii)
St. Peter was the first to preach to the Jews (Acts 2:14) and to
receive Gentiles into the Church (Acts 11).
(xiv)
At the Council of Jerusalem the multitudes “kept silence” after St.
Peter rose up and spoke (Acts 15:12).
(xv)
After his conversion St. Paul first went to St. Peter (Gal. 1:18).
(xvi)
The lists of Apostles in St. Matthew 10, St. Mark 3, St. Luke 6, and
Acts 1 all place the name of St. Peter first.
(xvii)
In the New Testament, St. Peter is mentioned 195 times. The other
Apostles are together mentioned only 130 times, with St. John
receiving 29 mentions, St. James the Great 24, Judas Iscariot 23
and Philip 6.¹
Second objection: “Too much is made of Simon’s name being
changed to Peter. According to St. Paul, Christ is the rock (1 Cor.
10:4).”
1
Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ (New York; Doubleday Image, 1958, p. 106
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