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…and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows (Daniel 7:20 NKJV).
The power depicted by the little horn was greater than that of the others. This implies a position of political superiority. Although it began small, the little horn power was to become greater than all the other powers.The Papacy wielded greater power than any country or king. The Papacy has always interfered in political affairs. Countries were divided by papal decrees, and kings enthroned and dethroned by papal decrees.
Since 800 AD, when Charlemagne received his crown from the Pope, the Papacy assumed power over kings and nations. In 1077, King Henry IV of Germany stood in the snow for three days before being permitted an audience with Pope Gregory VII. Likewise, in 1213 King John of England stood naked on a cold marble floor waiting for admission to the Pope's presence in order to apologize to him. Read King John's concession
Note the testimony of a Catholic functionary:[T]he vicar of the incarnate Son of God, anointed high priest and supreme temporal ruler, (the Pope) sat in his tribunal impartially to judge between nation and nation, between people and prince, between sovereign and subject.i
Luther wrote this:It is a horrible thing to behold the man who styles himself Christ's vice-gerent displaying a magnificence that no emperor can equal…He is (say they) the lord of the world! But Christ...has said, "My kingdom is not of this world." Can the dominions of a vicar extend beyond those of his superior?ii
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i. Henry Edward Manning, The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ (1862): 46.
ii. J. H. Merle D'Aubigné, History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century Volume One (Rapidan, VA: Hartland Publishers, 2006): 300.
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