George Leo Haydock

1774–1849 Catholic

Thou art constituted the rock upon which, as a foundation, I will build my Church, and that so firmly, as not to suffer the gates (i.e. the powers) of hell to prevail against its foundation… Christ therefore here promises to Peter, that he and his successors should be to the end, as long as the Church should last, its supreme pastors and princes.

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1849 · on Matthew 16:18

Checked word-for-word against Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary · 2026-07-18

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