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Faustina Kowalska Benedict XVI

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Benedict XVI General Audience, 7 June 2006

To Jesus asked: "And you, what say you? Who do you
am I?" Peter answers: " You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God! " (Mt 16, 15-16). In response, Jesus pronounces the solemn declaration that defines, once and for all, the role of Peter in the Church: "And I say to you: You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church ... I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven "(Mt 16, 18-19).

The three metaphors that Jesus uses are themselves very clear: Peter is the foundation rock upon which the edifice of the Church, he will have the keys of the kingdom of heaven to open or close it as he sees fit and finally, it may bind or loose, in the sense that it can establish or prohibit what he considers necessary for the life of the Church, which is and remains to Christ. It is always the Church of Christ and not Peter. Thus was described by images, vivid reflection that successive call the "primacy of jurisdiction."