Catholic Replies
Editor’s Note: This series on the Bible is from the book Catholicism & Scripture. Please feel free to use the series for high schoolers or adults. We will continue to welcome your questions for the column as well. Contact information is listed at the bottom of this column. Special Course On Catholicism And Scripture (Chapter 22) After the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, and his powerful sermon that converted more than three thousand people, St. Peter began to exert his authority in the early Church. That authority came from Jesus Himself, who had changed Simon’s name to Peter, which means “rock,” because Peter was to be the solid foundation on which Jesus would build His Church. At the…Continue Reading