| Difference in the mode of speaking of persons indicates a difference of |
| rank—The phrase, a person "and they that were with him." | 84 |
| S. Peter first in all the Apostolic catalogues | 86 |
| Synthetical view of the whole evidence | 89 |
| Distinct spheres of S. Peter and S. John | 91 |
| Peter wrought into the whole Gospel history | 92 |
| The Primacy defined by the three great texts: first, Matt. xvi. 18 | 94 |
| Paraphrase of Matt. xvi. 18 | 95 |
| Corollaries from it | 96 |
| Our Lord's answer to the question, who was the greatest? | 100 |
| The text, confirm thy brethren | 101 |
| Our Lord's conduct to Peter, after His resurrection, the counter part to |
| that before it.—Comparison of what is given to the Apostles, and what |
| to Peter | 102 |
| The joint force, identity, and reciprocal relations of the three texts | 104 |
| 1. They are appropriated to Peter only. |
| 2. Priority of time is assigned to him. |
| 3. Their equivalence. |
| 4. They indicate a sovereign and independent authority. |
| 5. Their definiteness. |
| 6. The ordinary government of the Church contained in them. |
| 7. Peter made in them the continuous principle of power. |
| 8. Peter made the type and efficient cause of visible unity. |
| These conclusions borne out by Cassian in Gaul | 111 |
| By Maximus of Turin, in Italy | 112 |
| By S. Isidore in Spain, and summed up by Pope Gregory II. | 113 |
