Saint Peter

===The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints===
[[File:São Pedro (c. 1529) - Grão Vasco (Museu Nacional Grão Vasco).png|thumb|''Saint Peter'' by [[Grão Vasco|Vasco Fernandes]], 1506]]

[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] teaches that Peter was the first leader of the early Christian church after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While the Church accepts apostolic succession from Peter, it rejects papal successors as illegitimate. [[Joseph Smith]], the founder of [[Mormonism]], recorded in multiple revelations that the resurrected Peter appeared to him and [[Oliver Cowdery]] in 1829, near [[Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania]], in order to bestow the apostleship and keys of the kingdom as part of a [[Restoration (Latter Day Saints)|restoration of priesthood authority]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/27.12-13?lang=eng|title=Doctrine & Covenants 27:12–13|publisher=Scriptures.lds.org|access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/128.20-21?lang=eng|title=Doctrine & Covenants 128:20–21|publisher=Scriptures.lds.org|access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref>

In interpreting {{Bibleref2|Matthew|16:13–19}}, Latter-day Saint leader [[Bruce R. McConkie]] stated, "The things of God are known only by the power of his Spirit,"<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Bruce R. |last= McConkie |author-link= Bruce R. McConkie |date= May 1981 |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1981/05/upon-this-rock?lang=eng |title= Upon This Rock |magazine= [[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] |publisher= LDS Church }}</ref> and "that which the world calls Mormonism is based upon the rock of revelation."<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Bruce R. |last= McConkie |date= July 1973 |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1973/07/the-rock-of-revelation?lang=eng |title= The Rock of Revelation |magazine= Ensign |publisher= LDS Church }}</ref> In his April 1981 [[General Conference (LDS Church)|general conference]] address, McConkie identified the rock of which Jesus spoke as the rock of revelation: "There is no other foundation upon which the Lord could build His Church and kingdom. ...Revelation: Pure, perfect, personal revelation—this is the rock!"<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/1991-03-30/christ-built-church-on-rock-of-revelation-3640 |title= Christ built Church on rock of revelation |newspaper= [[Church News]] |date= 30 March 1991 }}</ref>