ABSTRACT
Whereas meaningless disputes are flawed by a bankruptcy of meaning, ambiguous disputes are embarrassed by too many meanings.
Not all quarrels over words are verbal disputes. In Matthew 16:1320, Jesus notes that people have a variety of opinions about his identity and so asks his disciples ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Simon replied ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus answers
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
