Politics and the Papacy
Summary:
The Roman Catholic Church is a deeply political organization—involved in national and international politics. If the Papacy is the power behind today's drive to a one-world government, what are the ideals it professes?
According to W. C. Brownlee, in 1550 Pope Julius III published a new coin with the motto, “The nation and kingdom that will not serve me shall perish!”i Has the universal political power of the Papacy changed since that time?
According to W. C. Brownlee, in 1550 Pope Julius III published a new coin with the motto, “The nation and kingdom that will not serve me shall perish!”i Has the universal political power of the Papacy changed since that time?
i. W. C. Brownlee, Popery. An Enemy to Civil and Religious Liberty; and Dangerous to Our Republic (New York: John S. Taylor, Publisher, 1836): 101-102.
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