CEPHA, or Keipha, in Syriac signifies a Rock, or a Stone. Jesus Christ changed S. Peter’s name from Simon into Cephas, which by the Greeks was rendred Petros, and by the Latins Petrus, both which have the same signification of Stone or Rock.
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