Talk:Confession of Peter

Catholic interpretation
The Catholic interpretation reads like a Protestant explanation of the Catholic interpretation. The Catholic position is actually much closer to the Orthodox position. Peter speaks for the apostles, and the entire Catholic episcopacy is recognised as successors to the College of Apostles. I think the denominational section needs more scholarly treatment.

"anglicized"
"Confession of Peter" is not anglicized (according to the linked article), but translated. I'll change it if no one wants to defend "anglicized". --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 12:24, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Peter's Confession in the 4th Gospel
I argue that Peter does confess Jesus as the Messiah in the Gospel of John using an indirect term. The passage in question occurs after the "I am the Bread of Life" discourse, when according to the narrative many of his disciples stop following him. Jesus asks those who are left if they would go away as well, but "Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." (John 6:68-69, ESV)

The use of appellations is not foreign to Jewish thought. It seems to me that the phrase "The Holy One of God" would have been understood by Jewish contemporaries to refer to the Messiah, and not to Elijah or any other prophet, save for perhaps Moses.

Is anyone aware of any scholarly sources that take this position that could be used for this article, since original research is verboten (and rightly so)? (note: I'm copying and pasting this question to the main article on Jesus) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.110.218.93 (talk) 00:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)