Saint Peter Receiving the Key from Christ - Saint Vincent Basilica - Latrobe, PA
N 40° 17.561 W 079° 24.011
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A bas-relief above the main door of Saint Vincent Basilica in Latrobe, PA
Waymark Code: WM171XC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2022
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This relief sculpture is at Saint Vincent Basilica at Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Construction on the church was begun in 1891, and it was consecrated in 1905. It was named a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1955.
The relief is above the main door to the church. It depicts Christ standing in the center, with a staff in hand, giving Saint Peter, who is kneeling, a key. The other Apostles are standing nearby and watching.
This scene comes from the Gospel of Saint Matthew, chapter 16, verses 13-20: "And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ."
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