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Article: The key to Peter's duty; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2004
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QUESTION From where do we get the idea that St Peter is at the gates of heaven to vet incoming Christians?
THIS idea originates in Matthew 16:18 where Christ addressed Peter: '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.
'And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.' According to the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, Jesus entrusted a specific authority to Peter, known as 'the power of the keys'. ...