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Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the Western emperors was left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection, and asked him to rule them; and thus commenced the temporal sovereignty of the popes. So, meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the sceptre to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages. James F. Conroy, American Catholic Quarterly Review April 1911 as quoted in Kraid Ashbaug, Studies on Daniel and Revelation (TEACH): 64-65.

<p>“The Catholic Church is a respecter of conscience and of liberty…Nevertheless, when confronted by heresy…she has recourse to force, to corporal punishment, to torture…She lit in Italy…the funeral piles of the Inquisition”</p>
<p>Catholic professor Alfred Baudrillart, <em>The Catholic church, the renaissance and Protestantism; lectures given at the Catholic Institute of Paris,</em> January to March 1904 (London: Kegan, Paul, Trench and Co 1908): 182 https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchr00baudgoog</p>

“The Catholic Church is a respecter of conscience and of liberty…Nevertheless, when confronted by heresy…she has recourse to force, to corporal punishment, to torture…She lit in Italy…the funeral piles of the Inquisition” Catholic professor Alfred Baudrillart, The Catholic church, the renaissance and Protestantism; lectures given at the Catholic Institute of Paris, January to March 1904 (London: Kegan, Paul, Trench and Co 1908): 182 https://archive.org/details/catholicchurchr00baudgoog

The priest has the power of the keys, or the power of delivering sinners from hell, of making them worthy of paradise, and of changing them from the slaves of Satan into the children of God. God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse or give absolution…The sentence of the priest precedes, and God subscribes to it...Were the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, "Ego te absolvo," the priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, "Ego te absolvo," and the penitents of each would be equally absolved. St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rev. Eugene Grimm (ed), The Dignities and Duties of the Priest, (New York: Benzinger Brothers, 1889): https://archive.org/stream/alphonsusworks12liguuoft#page/n33/mode/2up

<p>The vicar of Christ, who, in furiously persecuting the gospel, demonstrates by his conduct that he is Antichrist.</p>
<p>John Calvin, <em>Tracts relating to the Reformation</em> Volume 1: 220. https://archive.org/stream/tractsrelatingto1calv#page/218/mode/2up</p>

The vicar of Christ, who, in furiously persecuting the gospel, demonstrates by his conduct that he is Antichrist. John Calvin, Tracts relating to the Reformation Volume 1: 220. https://archive.org/stream/tractsrelatingto1calv#page/218/mode/2up

<p>Such international collaboration among the nations of the world certainly calls for institutions that will promote, coordinate and direct it, until a new juridical order is firmly established and fully ratified... Who can fail to see the need and importance of thus gradually coming to the establishment of a world authority capable of taking effective action on the juridical and political planes</p>
<p>Pope Paul VI, “Toward an Effective Global Authority,”<em> Populorum Progressio</em> (May 27, 1967) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html</p>

Such international collaboration among the nations of the world certainly calls for institutions that will promote, coordinate and direct it, until a new juridical order is firmly established and fully ratified... Who can fail to see the need and importance of thus gradually coming to the establishment of a world authority capable of taking effective action on the juridical and political planes Pope Paul VI, “Toward an Effective Global Authority,” Populorum Progressio (May 27, 1967) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_26031967_populorum_en.html

<p>The best way to honor Pope John Paul II, truly one of the great men, is to take his teaching seriously; is to listen to his words and put his words and teachings into action here in America. This is a challenge we must accept</p>
<p>George W. Bush, <em>Remarks by the President to Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic Leaders</em> (March 21, 2001) georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010322.html</p>

The best way to honor Pope John Paul II, truly one of the great men, is to take his teaching seriously; is to listen to his words and put his words and teachings into action here in America. This is a challenge we must accept George W. Bush, Remarks by the President to Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic Leaders (March 21, 2001) georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010322.html

<p>“Here we have a point on which Paul affirms the existence of knowledge in the Christian Church. The early Church knew, he says, what this hindrance was. The early Church tells us what it did know upon the subject, and no one in these days can be in a position to contradict its testimony as to what Paul had, by word of mouth only, told the Thessalonians. It is a point on which ancient tradition alone can have authority. Modern speculation is positively impertinent on such a subject.</p>
<p>H. Grattan Guiness, <em>Romanism and the Reformation: from the Standpoint of Prophecy</em> (Hodder and Stoughton, 1887): 194.] https://books.google.ca/books?id=GFv-xn0vKNoC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22While+the+Caesars+held+imperial+power,+it+was+impossible+for+the+predicted+antichrist+to+arise%22&source=bl&ots=SlMf7xqCTC&sig=u0ZgDb86no4YzGIyF5c3-4GQRhk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n2Y1VamuJdHnoASwh4GoDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

“Here we have a point on which Paul affirms the existence of knowledge in the Christian Church. The early Church knew, he says, what this hindrance was. The early Church tells us what it did know upon the subject, and no one in these days can be in a position to contradict its testimony as to what Paul had, by word of mouth only, told the Thessalonians. It is a point on which ancient tradition alone can have authority. Modern speculation is positively impertinent on such a subject. H. Grattan Guiness, Romanism and the Reformation: from the Standpoint of Prophecy (Hodder and Stoughton, 1887): 194.] https://books.google.ca/books?id=GFv-xn0vKNoC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22While+the+Caesars+held+imperial+power,+it+was+impossible+for+the+predicted+antichrist+to+arise%22&source=bl&ots=SlMf7xqCTC&sig=u0ZgDb86no4YzGIyF5c3-4GQRhk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n2Y1VamuJdHnoASwh4GoDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>While the Caesars held imperial power, it was impossible for the predicted antichrist to arise… On the fall of the Caesars he would arise.</p>
<p>Grattan Guinness https://books.google.ca/books?id=GFv-xn0vKNoC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22While+the+Caesars+held+imperial+power,+it+was+impossible+for+the+predicted+antichrist+to+arise%22&source=bl&ots=SlMf7xqCTC&sig=u0ZgDb86no4YzGIyF5c3-4GQRhk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n2Y1VamuJdHnoASwh4GoDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

While the Caesars held imperial power, it was impossible for the predicted antichrist to arise… On the fall of the Caesars he would arise. Grattan Guinness https://books.google.ca/books?id=GFv-xn0vKNoC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22While+the+Caesars+held+imperial+power,+it+was+impossible+for+the+predicted+antichrist+to+arise%22&source=bl&ots=SlMf7xqCTC&sig=u0ZgDb86no4YzGIyF5c3-4GQRhk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n2Y1VamuJdHnoASwh4GoDA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>If a man consider the original of this great ecclesiastical dominion, he will easily perceive that the Papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.</p>
<p>Thomas Hobbes, <em>Leviathan Revised Edition</em> (Broadview Press, 2010): 566.] https://archive.org/stream/leviathan00hobbgoog#page/n539/mode/2up</p>

If a man consider the original of this great ecclesiastical dominion, he will easily perceive that the Papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Revised Edition (Broadview Press, 2010): 566.] https://archive.org/stream/leviathan00hobbgoog#page/n539/mode/2up

<p>It is our clear duty, therefore, to strain every muscle in working for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent. This goal undoubtedly requires the establishment of some universal public authority acknowledged as such by all and endowed with the power to safeguard on the behalf of all, security, regard for justice, and respect for rights.</p>
<p><em>Gaudium et Spes</em>, Promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965. http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html</p>

It is our clear duty, therefore, to strain every muscle in working for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent. This goal undoubtedly requires the establishment of some universal public authority acknowledged as such by all and endowed with the power to safeguard on the behalf of all, security, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Gaudium et Spes, Promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965. http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html

<p>Have no fear when people call me the "Vicar of Christ," when they say to me "Holy Father," or "Your Holiness," or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.</p>
<p>Pope John Paul II, <em>Crossing the Threshold of Hope</em> (New York: Alfred A. Knoff. 1995 http://books.google.ca/books?id=oIlL7AmxWc8C&q=your+holiness#v=onepage&q=your%20holiness%2C%22%20or%20use&f=false</p>

Have no fear when people call me the "Vicar of Christ," when they say to me "Holy Father," or "Your Holiness," or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel. Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope (New York: Alfred A. Knoff. 1995 http://books.google.ca/books?id=oIlL7AmxWc8C&q=your+holiness#v=onepage&q=your%20holiness%2C%22%20or%20use&f=false

<p>It is a horrible thing to behold the man who styles himself Christ’s vicegerent, displaying a magnificence that no emperor can equal...He is, say they, the Lord of the World; but Christ Himself has said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” Can the dominions of a vicar extend beyond those of his Superior?”</p>
<p>Martin Luther, as quoted in J Merle D'Aubigne, "Ecclisiastical or Spiritual State?" <em>the Life and Times of Martin Luther</em> (Chicago: Moddy Bible Insititute. 1978). https://books.google.ca/books?id=LPe0BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT350&lpg=PT350&dq=%22to+behold+the+man+who+styles+himself+Christ%E2%80%99s+vicegerent%22+luther&source=bl&ots=S1bnLFsRzA&sig=HD9KSqxfqQvAGCVsHj7e8YOc4W4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-08wVe7RCMeLoQTcmYCoDw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

It is a horrible thing to behold the man who styles himself Christ’s vicegerent, displaying a magnificence that no emperor can equal...He is, say they, the Lord of the World; but Christ Himself has said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” Can the dominions of a vicar extend beyond those of his Superior?” Martin Luther, as quoted in J Merle D'Aubigne, "Ecclisiastical or Spiritual State?" the Life and Times of Martin Luther (Chicago: Moddy Bible Insititute. 1978). https://books.google.ca/books?id=LPe0BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT350&lpg=PT350&dq=%22to+behold+the+man+who+styles+himself+Christ%E2%80%99s+vicegerent%22+luther&source=bl&ots=S1bnLFsRzA&sig=HD9KSqxfqQvAGCVsHj7e8YOc4W4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-08wVe7RCMeLoQTcmYCoDw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>What’s I think created so much love and excitement for His Holiness has been that he seems to live this, and shows that joy continuously....I invited and urged him to come to the United States, telling him that people would be overjoyed to see him...His job is a little more elevated. We’re down on the ground dealing with the often profane, and he’s dealing with higher powers.</p>
<p>Barack Obama, Readout of the President’s Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, March 27, 2014</p>

What’s I think created so much love and excitement for His Holiness has been that he seems to live this, and shows that joy continuously....I invited and urged him to come to the United States, telling him that people would be overjoyed to see him...His job is a little more elevated. We’re down on the ground dealing with the often profane, and he’s dealing with higher powers. Barack Obama, Readout of the President’s Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, March 27, 2014

<p>Take care that we lose not that salvation, that life and breath which thou hast given us, for thou art our shepherd, thou art our physician, thou art our governor, thou art our husbandman, thou art finally another God on earth.</p>
<p>English translation of Christopher Marcellus addressing Pope Julius II in Latin during the Fifth Lateran Council, as quoted in Alexander Hislop, <em>The light of prophecy let in on the dark places of the papacy</em> (London: William Whyte and Co., 1846): 91 http://books.google.ca/books?id=XykEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

Take care that we lose not that salvation, that life and breath which thou hast given us, for thou art our shepherd, thou art our physician, thou art our governor, thou art our husbandman, thou art finally another God on earth. English translation of Christopher Marcellus addressing Pope Julius II in Latin during the Fifth Lateran Council, as quoted in Alexander Hislop, The light of prophecy let in on the dark places of the papacy (London: William Whyte and Co., 1846): 91 http://books.google.ca/books?id=XykEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself</p>
<p>A letter from Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto (who became Pope Pius X in 1903) as quoted in <em>Publications of the Catholic Truth Society</em> Volume 29 (Catholic Truth Society: 1896): 11. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NIkQAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA10&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

The Pope represents Jesus Christ Himself A letter from Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto (who became Pope Pius X in 1903) as quoted in Publications of the Catholic Truth Society Volume 29 (Catholic Truth Society: 1896): 11. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NIkQAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA10&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>In the eyes of God and His Heavenly Court he is no longer a man, a sinful child of Adam, but an “ Alter Christus,” another Christ...forever a priest of the Most High, with power over the Almighty</p>
<p>Rev. William Doyle S.J., “Shall I be a Priest” (1929). http://www.catholicpamphlets.net/pamphlets</p>

In the eyes of God and His Heavenly Court he is no longer a man, a sinful child of Adam, but an “ Alter Christus,” another Christ...forever a priest of the Most High, with power over the Almighty Rev. William Doyle S.J., “Shall I be a Priest” (1929). http://www.catholicpamphlets.net/pamphlets

<p>Question: Which is the Sabbath day? Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day. Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea, transferred the solemnity from the Saturday to the Sunday.</p>
<p>Rev. Peter Geiermann, <em>The Convert’s Catechism of the Catholic Doctrine</em> (B. Herder Book Co., St. Louis, MO, https://books.google.ca/books?id=6GokT0Qzo0wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22There+is+no+mention+of+the+cessation+of+the+Sabbath%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-VY1VaL9KNbXoAT7k4GADQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

Question: Which is the Sabbath day? Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day. Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea, transferred the solemnity from the Saturday to the Sunday. Rev. Peter Geiermann, The Convert’s Catechism of the Catholic Doctrine (B. Herder Book Co., St. Louis, MO, https://books.google.ca/books?id=6GokT0Qzo0wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22There+is+no+mention+of+the+cessation+of+the+Sabbath%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-VY1VaL9KNbXoAT7k4GADQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>“Berthier entered Rome on the 10th of February, 1798, and proclaimed a republic…Half Europe thought Napoleon’s veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.” Joseph John Rickaby, English Jesuit priest and philosopher,<em> The Modern Papacy in  Lectures on the History of Religions</em> Volume 1 Lecture 24 (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1910):1.</p>

“Berthier entered Rome on the 10th of February, 1798, and proclaimed a republic…Half Europe thought Napoleon’s veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.” Joseph John Rickaby, English Jesuit priest and philosopher, The Modern Papacy in Lectures on the History of Religions Volume 1 Lecture 24 (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1910):1.

<p>The Vicar of the incarnate Son of God, anointed high priest, and supreme temporal ruler, sat in his tribunal, impartially to judge between nation and nation, people and prince, sovereign and subject.</p>
<p>Catholic Cardinal Henry Manning,<em> The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ</em> (London: Burna & Lambert): 47.</p>
<p>http://books.google.ca/books?id=YM6kwzjmnTUC&pg=PA46&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U354WKZrvXH_PMgFCy4ipuUGYx8EQ&ci=2%2C85%2C980%2C1493&edge=0</p>

The Vicar of the incarnate Son of God, anointed high priest, and supreme temporal ruler, sat in his tribunal, impartially to judge between nation and nation, people and prince, sovereign and subject. Catholic Cardinal Henry Manning, The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ (London: Burna & Lambert): 47. http://books.google.ca/books?id=YM6kwzjmnTUC&pg=PA46&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U354WKZrvXH_PMgFCy4ipuUGYx8EQ&ci=2%2C85%2C980%2C1493&edge=0

<p>The church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen...She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday...There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, "Keep that old, pagan name. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified." And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. </p>
<p>William L. Gildea, “Paschale Gaudium,” <em>Catholic World</em> (March 1894): 809: "http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/bac8387.0058.348/825:7?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image "</p>

The church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen...She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday...There is, in truth, something royal, kingly about the sun, making it a fit emblem of Jesus, the Sun of Justice. Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, "Keep that old, pagan name. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified." And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. William L. Gildea, “Paschale Gaudium,” Catholic World (March 1894): 809: "http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/bac8387.0058.348/825:7?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image "

<p>This judicial authority will even include the power to pardon sin. Pope,”</p>
<p><em>Catholic Encyclopedia</em> http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm</p>

This judicial authority will even include the power to pardon sin. Pope,” Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm

<p>The Church…after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or the seventh day of the week, to the first, made the third commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord’s Day</p>
<p>“The Ten Commandments,” Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04153a.htm</p>

The Church…after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or the seventh day of the week, to the first, made the third commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord’s Day “The Ten Commandments,” Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04153a.htm

<p>We define that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff holds the primacy throughout the entire world, and that the said Roman Pontiff is the successor of the blessed Peter, the prince of the apostles, and is the true vicar of Christ; and that to him, in the person of blessed Peter, full power was given by our Lord Jesus Christ to feed, rule, and govern the Universal Church, as is also contained in the acts of ecumenical councils and in the sacred canons.</p>
<p>Council of Florence, as quoted in Francis Patrick Kenrick, <em>The Primacy of the Apostolic See Vindicated</em> (Murphy, 1875): 20. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZwQQAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=francis+patrick+kenrick+%22primacy+of+the+apostolic+see%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4mI1Vc_WEIXYoASJroBA&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false</p>

We define that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff holds the primacy throughout the entire world, and that the said Roman Pontiff is the successor of the blessed Peter, the prince of the apostles, and is the true vicar of Christ; and that to him, in the person of blessed Peter, full power was given by our Lord Jesus Christ to feed, rule, and govern the Universal Church, as is also contained in the acts of ecumenical councils and in the sacred canons. Council of Florence, as quoted in Francis Patrick Kenrick, The Primacy of the Apostolic See Vindicated (Murphy, 1875): 20. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZwQQAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=francis+patrick+kenrick+%22primacy+of+the+apostolic+see%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4mI1Vc_WEIXYoASJroBA&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

<p>We declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff Pope Boniface VIII,</p>
<p><em>Unam Sanctam</em> (Rome: Novmeber 18, 1302): http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Bon08/B8unam.htm</p>

We declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam (Rome: Novmeber 18, 1302): http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Bon08/B8unam.htm

<p>But the Church of God has in her wisdom ordained that the celebration of the Sabbath day should be transferred to "the Lord’s-day" (Sunday)</p>
<p>Pope Pius V, J Donovan (trans), The Catechism of the Council of Trent (Baltimore: Lucas Brothers, 1829): 267 https://archive.org/stream/thecatechismofth00donouoft#page/n271/mode/2up</p>

But the Church of God has in her wisdom ordained that the celebration of the Sabbath day should be transferred to "the Lord’s-day" (Sunday) Pope Pius V, J Donovan (trans), The Catechism of the Council of Trent (Baltimore: Lucas Brothers, 1829): 267 https://archive.org/stream/thecatechismofth00donouoft#page/n271/mode/2up

<p>“...we readily understand the devotion of Saint Francis of Assisi for "the Lord Pope", the daughterly outspokenness of Saint Catherine of Siena towards the one whom she called "sweet Christ on earth".</p>
<p>Pope John Paul II, <em>Vita Consecrata</em> (March 25, 1996): vatican.va] http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031996_vita-consecrata.html</p>

“...we readily understand the devotion of Saint Francis of Assisi for "the Lord Pope", the daughterly outspokenness of Saint Catherine of Siena towards the one whom she called "sweet Christ on earth". Pope John Paul II, Vita Consecrata (March 25, 1996): vatican.va] http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031996_vita-consecrata.html

<p>We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.</p>
<p>Pope Leo XIII, <em>The Reunion of Christendom</em> (June 20, 1894) http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13praec.htm</p>

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. Pope Leo XIII, The Reunion of Christendom (June 20, 1894) http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13praec.htm

<p>The Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind</p>
<p>W. E. H. Lecky, <em>History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe</em> Volume 2 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866): 35 https://archive.org/stream/historyofriseinf02leckuoft#page/32/mode/2up</p>

The Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind W. E. H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe Volume 2 (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866): 35 https://archive.org/stream/historyofriseinf02leckuoft#page/32/mode/2up

$<span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u201cOut of the ruins of the Roman Empire there gradually arose a new order of states whose central point was the Papal See. Therefore, inevitably, resulted a position, not only new, but very different from the former\u201d"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,9684093]]">“Out of the ruins of the Roman Empire there gradually arose a new order of states whose central point was the Papal See. Therefore, inevitably, resulted a position, not only new, but very different from the former” <span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"\u201cOut of the ruins of the Roman Empire there gradually arose a new order of states whose central point was the Papal See. Therefore, inevitably, resulted a position, not only new, but very different from the former\u201d"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,9684093]]"><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Johann Joseph Ignaz von D\u00f6llinger (1799 \u20131890) The Church and Churches, 1862 Hurst and Blackett 42 and 43. image: Church-and-churches"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,9684093]]">Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1799 –1890) The Church and Churches, 1862 Hurst and Blackett 42 and 43. $

“Out of the ruins of the Roman Empire there gradually arose a new order of states whose central point was the Papal See. Therefore, inevitably, resulted a position, not only new, but very different from the former” Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1799 –1890) The Church and Churches, 1862 Hurst and Blackett 42 and 43.

<p><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Vaticanus leaves out at least 1491 whole clauses. It bears evidence of a very careless copyist on every page, it drops 2877 words from the Received Text, adds 536 words, substitutes 935 words, and changes 2098 words, making 7578 differences in all. The Sinaiticus is even worse."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,6989903]]">The Vaticanus leaves out at least 1491 whole clauses. It bears evidence of a very careless copyist on every page, it drops 2877 words from the Received Text, adds 536 words, substitutes 935 words, and changes 2098 words, making 7578 differences in all. The Sinaiticus is even worse.</span></p>
<p><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Vaticanus leaves out at least 1491 whole clauses. It bears evidence of a very careless copyist on every page, it drops 2877 words from the Received Text, adds 536 words, substitutes 935 words, and changes 2098 words, making 7578 differences in all. The Sinaiticus is even worse."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,6989903]]"><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"George Burnside, The New International Version or the King James Version (Leaves of Autumn): 162-163."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,6989903]]">George Burnside, The New International Version or the King James Version (Leaves of Autumn): 162-163.</span></span></p>

The Vaticanus leaves out at least 1491 whole clauses. It bears evidence of a very careless copyist on every page, it drops 2877 words from the Received Text, adds 536 words, substitutes 935 words, and changes 2098 words, making 7578 differences in all. The Sinaiticus is even worse. George Burnside, The New International Version or the King James Version (Leaves of Autumn): 162-163.

$<span data-sheets-value="[null,2," \u201cIn the days of Rome\u2019s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concede to her claims. There were massacres on a scale that will never be known until revealed in the judgment. Dignitaries of the church studied\u2026 to invent means to cause the greatest possible torture and not end the life of the victim. In many cases the infernal process was repeated to the utmost limit of human endurance, until nature gave up the struggle, and the sufferer hailed death as a sweet release. Such was the fate of Rome\u2019s opponents. "]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,3700253]]"> “In the days of Rome’s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concede to her claims. There were massacres on a scale that will never be known until revealed in the judgment. Dignitaries of the church studied… to invent means to cause the greatest possible torture and not end the life of the victim. In many cases the infernal process was repeated to the utmost limit of human endurance, until nature gave up the struggle, and the sufferer hailed death as a sweet release. Such was the fate of Rome’s opponents." <span data-sheets-value="[null,2," \u201cIn the days of Rome\u2019s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concede to her claims. There were massacres on a scale that will never be known until revealed in the judgment. Dignitaries of the church studied\u2026 to invent means to cause the greatest possible torture and not end the life of the victim. In many cases the infernal process was repeated to the utmost limit of human endurance, until nature gave up the struggle, and the sufferer hailed death as a sweet release. Such was the fate of Rome\u2019s opponents. "]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,3700253]]">Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy: p. 461$

“In the days of Rome’s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concede to her claims. There were massacres on a scale that will never be known until revealed in the judgment. Dignitaries of the church studied… to invent means to cause the greatest possible torture and not end the life of the victim. In many cases the infernal process was repeated to the utmost limit of human endurance, until nature gave up the struggle, and the sufferer hailed death as a sweet release. Such was the fate of Rome’s opponents." Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy: p. 461

$<span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Pax Romana has ceased. It is universal confusion. \u00a0But wherever a bishop holds court, religion protects all that is left of the ancient order. A new Rome ascends slowly above the horizon. It is the heir of religion, the emperor is no more\u2026 but the Pontifex Maximus abides \u2026 He is now the vicar of Christ, offering the old civilization to the tribes of the north. He converts them to his creed, and they serve him as their father and judge supreme. This is the papal monarchy, which in its power and its decline overshadows the history of Europe for a thousand years. \u00a0\n"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,3700253]]">The Pax Romana has ceased. It is universal confusion.  But wherever a bishop holds court, religion protects all that is left of the ancient order. A new Rome ascends slowly above the horizon. It is the heir of religion, the emperor is no more… but the Pontifex Maximus abides … He is now the vicar of Christ, offering the old civilization to the tribes of the north. He converts them to his creed, and they serve him as their father and judge supreme. This is the papal monarchy, which in its power and its decline overshadows the history of Europe for a thousand years.   <span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"The Pax Romana has ceased. It is universal confusion. \u00a0But wherever a bishop holds court, religion protects all that is left of the ancient order. A new Rome ascends slowly above the horizon. It is the heir of religion, the emperor is no more\u2026 but the Pontifex Maximus abides \u2026 He is now the vicar of Christ, offering the old civilization to the tribes of the north. He converts them to his creed, and they serve him as their father and judge supreme. This is the papal monarchy, which in its power and its decline overshadows the history of Europe for a thousand years. \u00a0\n"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,3700253]]"><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"William Barry, The Papal Monarchy: From St. Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1911): 45-46"]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,2817,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,1,0,null,[null,2,3700253]]">William Barry, The Papal Monarchy: From St. Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1911): 45-46$

The Pax Romana has ceased. It is universal confusion. But wherever a bishop holds court, religion protects all that is left of the ancient order. A new Rome ascends slowly above the horizon. It is the heir of religion, the emperor is no more… but the Pontifex Maximus abides … He is now the vicar of Christ, offering the old civilization to the tribes of the north. He converts them to his creed, and they serve him as their father and judge supreme. This is the papal monarchy, which in its power and its decline overshadows the history of Europe for a thousand years. William Barry, The Papal Monarchy: From St. Gregory the Great to Boniface VIII (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1911): 45-46