Tu es Petrus et super hanc
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE
Tu es Petrus et super hanc
petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam,
et portae inferi non praevalebunt.
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Jij bent Petrus"
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "You are Peter and upon this rock", subtitle: "You are Peter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli)
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-13
Line count: 3
Word count: 15
You are Peter and upon this rock
Language: English  after the Latin
You are Peter and upon this
rock I will build my church,
and Death shall not prevail.
Subtitle: "You are Peter"
Translator's notes:
This Latin text is the first sentence of the Biblical passage Matthew 16:18. The name Peter is related to the Ancient Greek noun πέτρα [petra] "the rock." Death is represented here poetically as “the way to the spirits of the dead” or “the large gate that leads to the land of the dead”; and "shall not prevail", implies "against my church by preventing the resurrection of Jesus."
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 3
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