LANCELOTT ANDREWES - KJV Bible Translation Committee

Andrewes was the senior member of the translators of the King James Bible appointed by the King. It is said that Andrewes was conversant in 21 languages and fluent in 18. I would trust his Greek translational abilities above any of the 90-day wonders of Greek today. (J.Ogles)

ANOTHER ZINGER BY CICERO:

 PHILOSOPHER'S WISDOM - PLATO:

 HANNIBAL ( in crossing the Alps into Rome):

 THE FAMILY ALTAR

October 28.

"And Jesus answered and said unto him: "Blessed art thou,

Simon Bar-Jonah; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto

thee, but My Father which is in heaven. 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."

Matt. 16:17-18.

Roman Catholics point us to this Bible-passage as the supposed

Scriptural proof for their claim that Christ has made their Pope

the head and ruler of the Church, and that the Pope, when speaking

officially, is infallible and cannot make a mistake. But this passage

teaches nothing of the kind. Christ here pronounces Peter blessed,

that is, happy. And why is he called blessed? Because he has,

perhaps, been made the head and ruler of the Church? By no

means. Why then? Because the Father who is in heaven has

revealed to him the saving truth that Jesus is the Christ, the Son

of the living God. (Verse 16.) It is quite evident therefore that

Peter is pronounced blessed because God has revealed and made

known unto him the saving truth that Jesus is the Son of God

and the Savior. There is not a word here about Simon Peter

having been made the head and ruler of the Church. — Christ con-

tinues: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter." The

name Peter signifies Rockman, a man who is on a rock. This

rock is Christ. ( 1 Cor. 10, 4. ) Christ is the only and unshakable

rock of our eternal happiness and salvation. Now, the Lord does

not simply say: "Thou art Peter," but at once adds: "And upon

this Eock I will build My Church." If the claim of the Eomanists

were correct, then Christ would have said : "And upon thee, Peter,

I will build My Church." But this He did not say. He said:

"And upon this Rock," namely, on Me, "I will build My Church."

Christ clearly wants to say: I have called thee Peter, Rockman,

for building thy faith on Me, the Rock. But think not that thou

alone art built upon Me, the true Rock. No ; My Church, all who

truly believe in Me, shall be built on Me. And the gates of hell

shall not prevail against My Church, shall not succeed in destroy-

ing it. — From the false claim that the Pope at Rome is the head

and ruler of the Church and from the consequent fearful priest-

rule God has delivered us.

When Rome had shrouded earth in night,

God said again, Let there be light!

And Luther with the Gospel came

To spread the truth in Jesus' name.