BABYLON
FROM DANIEL’S VISION’S
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM OF THE GREAT IMAGE
AND THE FOUR BEASTS
PART 1
THE HEAD OF GOLD AND THE LION WITH EAGLES
WINGS (1 ST BEAST)
DANIEL 2:31 “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood befor e thee; and
the form thereof was terrible.”
DANIEL 2:32 “This images head was of fine gold”
DANIEL 2:38 “And where so ever the children of men dwell, the beasts
of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand,
and hath made thee ruler over the m all. Thou art this head of gold .”
BABYLON IS ALSO THE FIRST BEAST OF DANIEL 7
DANIEL7:17 “These great beasts, which are four, are four kings,
which shall arise out of the earth.”
DANIEL 7:4 “The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings:”
THE BIBLE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBES BABYLON LIKE A LION.
JEREMIAH 4:7 “The lion is come up from his thicket , and the destro y e r
of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make
thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an
inhabitan t.”
JEREMIAH 28:14 “For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; I
have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they
may serve Nebucha d n e z z a r king of Babylon; and they shall serve him:
and I have given him the beasts of the field also .”
JEREMIAH 50:43 - 44 “The king of Babylon hath hear d the repor t of
them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and
pang s as of a wom a n in travail. Behold he shall come up like a lion
from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong:”
SO WE KNOW THAT BABYLON IS THE HEAD OF GOLD, AND THE FIRST
BEAST WHICH WAS A LION WITH EAGLE’S WINGS. WHICH ROSE TO
POWER IN THE YEAR 606 B.C. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM YOU WILL FIND A
GREAT STONE TAKEN FROM THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON- WHICH
PORTRAYS A LION WITH WINGS. THIS WAS THE SYMBOL OF BABYLON.
NEXT IN PART 2 MEDO- PERSIA CONQUERS BABYLON, AND BECOMES THE
NEXT WORLD POWER.
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PERSIA
FROM DANIEL’S VISION’S
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM OF THE GREAT IMAGE
AND THE FOUR BEASTS
PART 2
THE BREASTS AND ARMS OF SILVER AND THE BEAR
(2 ND BEAST)
DANIEL 8:20 “And the ram which thou sawest having two horns,
are the kings of Media and Persia”
DAINEL 11:2 “And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there
shall stand up yet three, kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be
far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches
he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.”
GREECE
FROM DANIEL’S VISION’S
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM OF THE GREAT IMAGE
AND THE FOUR BEASTS
PART 3
THE BELLY AND THIGHS OF BRASS, THE HE GOAT
AND THE LEOPARD
(3 RD BEAST)
DANIEL 2:39 “And another third kingdo m of brass, which shall bear
rule over all the earth.”
DANIEL7:6 “After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopar d, which
had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
head s ; and dominion was given to it.”
THIS WAS GREECE WHICH CONQUERED PERSIA, THIS WAS DONE BY THE
HAND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. THE FOUR WINGS STAND FOR THE SPEED
IN WHICH HE CONQUERED THE WHOLE WORLD. HE DID IT IN 13 YEARS
FASTER THAN ANY COUNTRY IN HISTORY HAS DONE. HE BEGAN AT THE
AGE OF 18 AND FINISHED AT 31 YEARS OF AGE.
DANIEL 8:5 “And as I was considerin g, behold, an he goat came from
the west on the face of the whole earth, and touche d not the ground:
and the he goat had a notable horn betwee n his eyes. And he came to
the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the
river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come
close unto the ram, and he was move d with choler against him, and
smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in
the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the groun d, and
sta m p e d upon him: and there was none who could deliver the ram out
of his hand.”
DANIEL 8:21 “And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great
horn that is betwe e n his eyes is the first king.”
DANIEL 11:3 “And a might y king shall stand up, that shall rule with
great dominion, and do according to his will.”
ISN’T IT INTERESTING HOW HE PREDICTIED THIS 207 YEARS BEFORE IT
HAPPENED? AND IT HAPPENED EXACTLY AS HE SAID IT WOULD. LOOK IN
HISTORY. REMEMBER DARIUS FROM DANIEL5:31 .
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DANIEL 8:22 “Now that being broken, where as four stood up for it,
four kingdo m s shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.”
DANIEL 8:22 TELLS US THAT GREECE WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR
KINGDOMS, BUT ALEXANDER WOULD NOT BE THE RULER. ALEXANDER'S
FOUR LEADING GENERALS WERE 1)CASSANDER, 2)LYSIMACHAS , 3)SELEUCUS,
4)PTOLEMY, ALL THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE YEAR 168 B.C. THE SAME YEAR
ROME CONQUERED GREECE. DANIEL ALSO PREDICTS THE FALL OF GREECE
TO ROME. ROME BECOMES THE NEXT WORLD POWER IN PART 4.
ROME
FROM DANIEL’S VISION’S
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM OF THE GREAT IMAGE
AND THE FOUR BEASTS
PART 4
THE LEGS OF IRON AND THE TERRIBLE BEAST (4 TH BEAST)
AND THE LITTLE HORN THAT CAME UP OUT OF ONE THE
FOUR HORNS OF THE HE GOAT
DANIEL 8:9 “And out of one of them (4 horns of Daniel 8:8) came
forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south,
and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
ROME CAME TO POWER AMID THE DIVIDED LAND AFTER ALEXANDER’S
DEATH.
DANIEL 8:10 - 11 “And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven;
and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground,
and stampe d upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the
prince of the host , and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away ,
and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.”
DANIEL8:12 “And the host was given him against the daily sacrifice by
reason of transgr es sion, and it cast down the truth to the ground ; and
it practiced and pros per e d.”
THE DAILY SACRIFICE OF THE JEWS WAS NOT TAKEN AWAY UNTIL CHRIST
WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS. PILATE WAS THE GOVERNOR WHOM THE
JEWS BROUGHT JESUS BEFORE. HE WAS ONE OF THE GOVERNOR’S OF ROME.
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the Vicar of Christ, who should reign there independ ent of all human
authority, to the consum m a tion of ages, to the end of time.”
FROM THE MEDIEVAL READER PG.30 THE DONATION OF
CONSTANTINE.
“THIS DOCUMENT WAS FORGED IN PAPAL CIRCLES BY A CLERK NAMED
JOHN THE MANGLED- FINGERS TO HELP THE POPE COUNTERVAIL POWER
OF THE RISING FRENCH MONARCHY. IT TELLS THIS STORY (MYTHICAL):
CONSTANTINE, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR COMES DOWN WITH
DREADED LEPROSY. POPE SYLVESTER 1 CURES HIM, AND CONSTANTINE IS
SO GREATFUL THAT HE SURRENDERS ROME AND MUCH OF WESTERN
EUROPE TO THE POPE AND TAKES UP RESIDENCE IN THE EAST. EMPERORS
AND KINGS TRIED TO IGNORE THE DOCUMENT WHOSE AUTHENTICITY
WAS WIDELY BELIEVED IN, ALTHOUGH NOT BY EVERYONE. IT WAS PROVEN
A FORGERY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, BY WHICH TIME IT DIDN’T
MATTER”
REVELATION13:1 “and I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw
a great beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the
nam e of blasph e m y .”
CAMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL HISTORY V. 1 “THE CHRISTIAN
ROMAN EMPIRE” (THE CATHOLIC CHURCH). PG. 518
“FOR A TIME, THE OUTWARD DISSENSION CEASES, AND IN THE STRUGGLE
NOT FAR DISTANT WITH VANDALS OF AFRICA AND GOTHS (OSTROGOTHS
AND VISIGOTHS), IN ITALY, THE EMPIRE REPRESENTS THE SIDE OF THE
CATHOLIC FAITH AGAINST EITHER PERSECUTING OR TOLERANT
ARIANISM.”
THE ART OF WAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD PG. 98
“THE GOTHIC ARMY FLED, BECOMING ENTANGLED IN THEIR OWN INFANTRY
IN THE PROCESS, AND KING TOTILA RECEIVED A MORTAL WOUND DURING
HIS FLIGHT FROM THE FIELD. THIS BATTLE OVERTHREW THE GOTHIC RULE
IN ITALY, AND RETURNED ITALY TO THE EMPIRE.”
CAMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL HISTORY V. 1 “THE CHRISTIAN
ROMAN EMPIRE” (THE CATHOLIC CHURCH) PG. 19&583
“THE GOTHS RETURNED TO THEIR OLD POSITION AS SERVANTS AND ALLIES
OF ROME. IN 512 A.D THE HERULI AFTER THEIR DEFEAT BY THE LOMBARDS
WERE SETTLED IN THE EMPIRE, BUT AFTERWARDS REBELLED AND HAD TO
BE PUT DOWN BY FORCE.”
THE THREE HORNS (KINGDOMS) THAT WERE PLUCKED UP WERE THE
VANDALS, THE OSTROGOTHS AND THE HERULI
THIS LEAVES SEVEN HORNS, NOTICE THE BEAST OF REVELATION HAS
SEVEN HEADS
REVELATION13:1 “and I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a
great beast rise up out of the sea , having seven heads”
DANIEL 7:8 “and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man,
and a mouth speakin g great things”
DANIEL 7:25 “and he shall speak great wor ds against the most HIGH,
and wear out the saints of the most HIGH, and think to change times
and laws ;”
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DANIEL 13:2 “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopar d , and his feet
were as the feet of a bear , and his mouth as the mouth of a lion : and the
dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.”
FROM THE BOOK “TWO BEASTS, THREE DEADLY WOUNDS AND FOURTEEN
POPES” BY RUSSELL R. STANDISH AND COLIN D STANDISH, BOTH WHICH
RECEIVED DEGREES IN MODERN HISTORY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA’S OLDEST AND MOST ESTEEMED INSTITUTE OF HIGHER
LEARNING. Pg. 44- 48 CONCERNING THE 1 ST BEAST OF REVELATION 13
We shall now examine the reason God chose to designate this first beast of
revelation 13 as a leopar d - - - Grecian in substance. “Scholasticism reached its
height in the writings of the Dominican friar, Thoma s of Aquinas, “the angelic
doctor.” His syste m a tic exposition of the catholic faith in terms of Aristotelian
philosophy produced a revolution in Christian thought, for Augustine and
Anselm, the Christian thinkers in general before Aquinas, had regarde d
Platonism as the specifically Christian philosophy. (Henry Bettenson,
documents of the Christian church, p.199)” here we see that Augustine, bishop
of hippo (354 - 430), whose grossly faulted theolog y dominate d roman catholic
thinking from the fifth century, brought the Greek pagan concepts of Plato
(428 B.C.- 348 B.C) into the Christian church. Anselm (1033 - 1109) who served
as Archbishop of Canterbur y is regard e d by Roman Catholics as the greatest
theologian in the 800 year period between Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.
Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) merge d the views of the pagan Greek
philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C- 322 B.C.), with Christianity. As we shall later
document, it was he who advocate d death for heretics as just, and the use of
the state to enforce the church’s punishment of heretics. Thus in describing the
first beast Revelation 13 as a leopard beast, Christ revealed to the apostle
John a faith built on Greek philosophy intermixed with Christianity. The use of
the symbol of the leopard power, Greece, from Daniel 7 is a most important
and accurate clue to the identity of the first beast of Revelation 13. God’s
symbols are always full of meaning. This beast possessed the feet of a bear,
the symbol of the empire of Medo - Persia. It would crush opposition underfoot
as did Medo - Persia. In what way was Medo - Persia able to crush opposition
under its feet? The kings of Medo - Persia were deified (considere d gods) and
so, as gods, they were declare d to be infallible in their decision making. Thus
we read that their laws could not be altered once they were enacted by the
king. We site two instances from Scripture. DANIEL 6:8, 12 “ Now, O king,
establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to
the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not (does not change). Then
they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the kings decree; Hast
thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God
or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of
lions? The king answer e d and said, the thing is true, according to the law of
the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. ESTHER 8:7,8 “Then the king
Ashuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, behold, I have
given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows,
because he laid his hand upon the Jews. Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh
you, in the kings name, and seal it with the kings ring: for the writing which is
written in the kings name, and sealed with the kings ring, may no man
reverse. Here is another one. DANIEL 6:15 “Then these men assem bled unto
the king, and said unto the king, Know O king, that the law of the Medes and
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Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be
changed.” The long tradition of papal infallibility in the Roman Catholic
Church and its proclam ation by Pope Pius IX, in 187 0 as a dog ma to be
believed by all, is in the tradition of the bear (Medo - Persia) and is a powerful
weapon designed to crush all dissent (difference of opinion) from papal
proclam ations. How appropriat e that this powe r be represente d, in symbol, to
possess the feet of a bear. This beast would speak the words of Babylon. This
last feature must be reme m b e r e d, for the book of Revelation represents this
powerful entity as spiritual Babylon in chapters 14, 16, 17, and 18. Thus it was
appropriate for God to depict this power possessing the mouth of a lion, the
symbol of Babylon in Daniel 7.
There is yet a deeper and even more sinister meaning in the designation of the
beast’s having the mouth of a lion. Babylon enforced worship by the issuing of
a death decree designe d to quell all dissent. This decree was issued as the
leader’s gathere d on the plain of Dura to perfor m an act of worship before the
image set up by this beast (lion) power. DANIEL 3:1- 6 “Nebuchadne z z a r the
king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of
Babylon. Then Nebuchadne z z a r the king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasure rs, the counselors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the
image which Nebuchadne z z a r the king had set up. Then the princes, the
governor s, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered unto the dedication
of the image that Nebuchadne z z a r the king had set up; and they stood before
the image that Nebuchadne z z a r had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To
you it is comm ande d, O people, nations, and languages, that at what time ye
hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all
kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that
Nebuchadne z z a r the king hath set up: and whoso falleth not down and
worshippet h shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace. Thus the mouth of the 1 st beast of Revelation 13repre sent e d fearful
persecution of God’s people as a death decree was invoked for conscientious
dissenters to the king’s decree. The second beast of Revelation 13, we are
informed, uses its mighty powe r to enforce worship of the first beast.
REVELATION 13:12 “And he excerciseth all the power of the first beast before
him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” How appro p riat e that this coerced
worship is said to involve the making of an image to the beast, paralleling that
which happened under Babylon, the lion power, on the plain of Dura.
REVELATION 13:14,15 “And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast, which had the wound by a sword and did live. And he had power to give
life unto the image of the beast, that the image should both speak, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”
Thus the first beast of Revelation 13 is identified as a power - - -
1. The very theology of which is based upon Greek philosophy;
2. which proclaims its infallibility;
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V= 5 F= 0 D = 500
I = 1 I= 1 E= 0
C = 100 L = 50 1 = 1
A= 0 I= 1
R= 0 I= 1
I= 1
U OR V = 5
S= 0
TOTAL = 112 + 53 + 501 GRAND TOTAL =66 6
THE NUMEROLOGY BREAKS DOWN THE SAME IN ALL OF THE THREE
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF THE BIBLE WHICH ARE GREEK, LATIN, AND
HEBREW.
HERE ARE FIFTEEN MORE IDENTIFYING FEATURES FROM AUSTIN P.
COOKE’S PAMPHLET, THE ANTICHRIST 666, HIS RISE, REIGN, RUIN AND
RESTORATION, PG.2
1. IT IS A POLITICAL KINGDOM
2. IT RISES AMID NUMEROUS PEOPLE
3. IT IS ONE OF SEVEN POLITICAL POWERS OR EMPIRES OPPOSED TO
GOD
4. IT IS CONNECTED WITH WESTERN EUROPE
5. IT ARISES WHEN THE POWERS OF WESTERN EUROPE ARE REIGNING
6. IT IS CONNECTED WITH THE FOUR KINGDOMS OF DANIEL 7 –
BABYLON, MEDO- PERSIA, GREECE, AND ROME
7. ITS SEAT OR CENTER IS GIVEN IT BY IMPERIAL ROME
8. IT BECOMES A UNIVERSAL OR CATHOLIC POWER (CATHOLIC MEANS
UNIVERSAL)
9. IT PRACTICES BLASPHEMY
10. IT PERSECUTES AND DESTROYS THE SAINTS
11. ITS NUMBER IS 666
12. ITS POLITICAL SUPREMACY IS FOR 126 0 YEARS (DARK AGES FROM
538 A.D.- 1798 A.D.) covered in part 7
13. IT IS THEN FATALLY WOUNDED
14. ITS WOUND IS HEALED
15. IT IS RESTORED TO WORLD SUPREMACY
FROM THE ECCLESIASTICAL (ROMAN CATHOLIC) DICTIONARY, BY
LUCIUS FERRARIS, ENTITLED “PROMPTA BIBLIOTHECA CANONICA” VOL.
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PART 6
ISAIAH 14:12 - 14 “How art thou fallen O Lucifer , son of the morning!
How art thou cut down to the groun d, which didst weake n the
nations! For thou hast said in thine heart , I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the
congreg a tion , in the sides of the north: I will ascen d above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High .”
HERE WE DISCOVER THAT LUCIFER HAS DECIDED THAT HE 1) WANTS TO
BE ABOVE HIS CREATOR 2) WANTS TO BE WORSHIPPED AS GOD, 3)
WANTS TO SIT UPON THE MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION IN THE SIDES
OF THE NORTH AND 4) DECLARES HE WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
ONE VERY INTERESTING POINT HERE IS HE SAYS UPON THE MOUNT OF
THE CONGREGATION, NOT ON A MOUNT OF A CONGREGATION . HE IS
SPECIFIC. HE WANTS TO BE WORSHIPPED BY MAN, GODS CREATION. HE
CAN ONLY DO THIS BY DECEPTION. HE HAS TO DECIEVE MAN INTO
BELIEVING HE IS WORSHIPPING GOD WHEN IN FACT HE IS WORSHIPPING,
SATAN. HE HAS TO ESTABLISH A FALSE SYSTEM OF BELIEF, HIS OWN
RELIGEON. HE SEEKS TO OBTAIN THAT WHICH IS NOT RIGHTLY HIS
THROUGH THEFT. HOW ELSE COULD HE DECIEVE MAN EXCEPT
THROUGH SELF EXALTATION? THE WORD “CONGREGATION” HAS SOME
VERY INTERESTING DEFINITIONS IN THE DICTIONARY (WEBSTERS
COLLEGIATE). I WILL GIVE THEM ALL TO YOU. FROM WEBSTER’S NINTH
NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY 1990 CONGREGATION “1 a: an asse mbly
of persons: GATHERING: esp.: an asse mbly of persons met for worship and
religious instruction. b: a religious community: as (1): an organized body
of believers in a particular locality (2): a Roman Catholic religious institute
with only simple vows (3): a group of monasteries forming an independent
subdivision of an order 2: the act or an instance of congregating or
bringing together: the state of being congregated 3: a body of cardinals and
officials forming an administrative division of the papal curia
THE PAPAL CURIA IN CASE YOU’R CURIOUS IS THE BODY OF
CONGREGATIONS, TRIBUNALS, AND OFFICES THROUGH WHICH THE
POPE GOVERNS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ON A SIDE NOTE, ISN’T
IT INTERESTING HOW, OUT OF THE 7 DEFINITIONS THERE ARE, THINGS
RELATING TO THE PAPACY AROSE 3 TIMES. ESPECIALLY AFTER IT’S BEEN
PROVEN THAT THE PAPACY IS THE BEAST OF THE SEA OF REVELATION
13. NOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF HOW SATAN PLANS TO DECIEVE THE
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would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that
they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”
THE PAPACY WITHOUT A DOUBT MATCHES ALL 5 OF THESE CRITERIA,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER RELIGION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
FROM “THE PAPACY” CHAPTER VI “APOSTOLICITY, OR PETER’S
PRIMACY” BY J.A. WYLIE …(WHO IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FOREMOST
AUTHORITIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CONCERNING THE
PAPACY)
“Seated on the throne of the Caesars, and drawing the peculiar
doctrines of their creed, and the peculiar rites of their worship,
from the fount of the pagan mytholog y, the Roman pontiffs have
neverthele s s sought to persuade the world that they are the
succes s ors of the apostles, and that they wield their authority and
inculcate (teach by frequent repetitions) their doctrines .
Apostolicity is a peculiar and prominent claim of Rome. Protestants
lay claim to apostolicity in the sense of holding the doctrine of the
apostles; but the Popes of Rome assert an uninterrupted lineal
descent from the apostle Peter , and on the ground of this suppose d
lineal succes si on they sustain themselv e s the heirs of the powers
and functions of Peter. The doctrine held by the Church of Rome
on this head is briefly as follows: - - That Christ constituted Peter
the prince of the apostles and the head of the Church; that he
raised him to this high dignity when he said to him, “Thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.” “Jesus saith unto
him, feed my sheep;” that Christ in these words committed to Peter
the care of the whole Church, pastors as well as people; that Rome
was the seat of this bishoprick of Peter; that the popes succeed ed
him in his see, and, in virtue of this succe ss ion, inherited all the
royalties and jurisdiction, the functions and virtues, with which
Peter became invested when Christ address ed him in the words we
have quoted; that this “mystic oil” has flowed down through the
“golden pipes,”—the popes, - - - to our day; that it resides in all its
fullnes s in the present occupant of Peters chair; and that it is
thence diffused by innumerable lesser pipes, formed by the
bishop s and priests, to the remotest extremities of the Roman
Catholic world, vivifying and sanctifying all its members, giving
authority to all its priests, and validity and efficacy to all their
official acts .”
The two main reason s assigned by Dens why the Roman Church is
termed apostolic are, first , That “the doctrine delivered by the
apostles is the same which she has always held, and will continue
to hold ;” and second , Because that Church “posses s e s a lawful and
uninterrupted succes sion of bishops, especially in the chair of
Peter.” “Messiah founded the kingdom of his holy Church in
Judea,” says Dr. Milner , “and chose his apostles to propagate it
throughout the earth, over whom he appointed Simon as the centre
of union and head pastor, and changing his name into that of
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PETER or ROCK; adding, ‘On this rock I will build my Church.’ Thus
dignified, St. Peter first established his see at Antioch, the head of
city of Asia; whence he sent his disciple St. Mark to establish and
govern the see of Alexandria, the head city of Africa. He afterwards
remo v e d his own see to Rome, the capital of Europe and the world.
Here, having with St. Paul sealed the gospel with his blood, he
transmitted his prerogative to St. Linus, from whom it descended in
succes sion to St. Cletus and St. Clement.” In Dr. Challoner’s
Grounds of the Catholic Doctrine, as contained in the profession of
faith published by Pope Pius IV, it asserted “that the Church of
Christ must be apostolical by a succes sion of pastors, and a lawful
mission derived from the apostles;” and when it is asked “how do
you prove this?” it is answered; 1 st , “because only those who can
derive their lineage from the apostles are the heirs of the apostles!
And, consequ ently, they alone can claim the right to the Scriptures,
to the administration of the sacraments, or any share in the
pastoral ministry: it is their proper inheritance, which they have
receive d from the apostles, and the apostles from Christ.” “Her
[Catholic Church] pastors, says Keenan, are the only pastors on
earth who can trace their mission from priest to bishop and from
bishop to pope, back through every century, until they trace that
mission to the apostles.” This is a vital point with Rome. The
primacy of Peter is her corner- stone; and if that is removed, the
whole fabric tumbles into ruin. It reasonable then to ask some
proof of that long claim of facts by which she [Catholic Church]
attempts to link the humble fishermen with the more than imperial
pontiffs. We are entitled to demand that the Church of Rome
produce conclusiv e incontrovertible proof of the following
points:- - That 1)Christ constituted Peter prince of the apostles and
head of the whole Church ; 2) that Peter went to Rome , and there
established his see ; 3) that, dying at Rome, he transmitted to his
succes s ors in his charge the rights and prerogative s of his
sovereignty ; and that, 4) these have been handed down through an
unbroken series of bishops, every one of whom posse s s e d and
exercised Peter’s powers and prerogative s . If the Church fails in
establishing any ONE of these points, she FAILS as regards to the
whole. The loss of one link in this chain is as fatal as the loss of all.
But alas for Rome! Not one of the positions above stated has she
proved to be true, and not a few of them can be show n to be false
[which means A LOT can be proven false] . The words of our Lord
to Peter, already quoted, the anchor by which Rome endeavors to
fasten the ves sel of her Church to the rock of Christianity: “Thou
art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it.” As it happens that, in the
original text, the term Peter and the term rock closely resemble
each other, the Church of Rome has taken advantage of this,
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frankly avow ed, our Lord turned to Peter and said, “Blessed art
thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed IT unto
thee. ” What IT? Unquestionably the truth he had just
ackno wledge d, that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living
God,”—a truth which lay at the foundation of his mission, which
lay at the foundation of all his reaching, and, by conseque nc e, at
the foundation of that syste m of truth commo nl y called his
kingdom, which he was to erect in the world, and which therefore,
was a fundamental truth, if any truth ever merited to be called
such ; for unles s it be true that Jesus was “the Christ, the Son of the
living God,” there is nothing true in Christianity, - - it is all a fable .
We must bear in mind, then, in proceeding to the next clause, that
it was on this truth, which both Papist and Protestant must confes s
to be the very first truth in Christianity, that the minds of our Lord
and his disciples were now undividedly fixed . “And I say unto
thee,” continues our Lord, “that thou art Peter; and upon this rock
will I build my Church.” Upon what rock? Upon Peter, say
Romanists, grounding their interpretation upon the similarity of
sound, “Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram .” Upon the truth had
Peter just confess e d, say Protestants, grounding their principles of
sense, and the reason of the thing. “Upon this rock,” says our Lord,
not upon thee , the rock, but upon this rock, namely, the truth you
have now enunciated in the words “the Christ the Son of the living
God ,”—a truth which has been a matter of special revelation to
thee, the belief in which has made you truly bless ed, and a truth
which holds a place so fundamental and essential in the gospel
kingdom, that it may be well termed “a rock. ” What is the Church?
Is it not an association of men holding certain truths? The
members of the Church are united, not by their belief in certain
men, but by their belief in certain principles.”
THIS UNDOUBTEDLY PROVES THAT THE WHOLE FOUNDATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR THE SYSTEM OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM
IS “THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY” IT HAS ALL OF THE QUALITIES. IT EVEN
SAYS IN BIBLE TO BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS.
1TIMOTHY 4:1- 3 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy: having their conscience
seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of
them which believe and know the truth.
PRIESTS ARE FORBIDDEN TO GET MARRIED, AND DURING LENT IT IS A
SIN TO EAT MEAT ACCORDING TO THE POPE.
MATTHEW 12:25 “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
desolation; and ever city or house divided against itself cannot stand”
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DANIEL 7:25 “And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times
and laws: and they shall be given into his hand for a time and times
and the dividing of time.
REVELATION 13:5 “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasph e m i e s; and powe r was given unto him to
continue forty and two months .”
IN DANIEL WE FIND THAT NEBUCHADNEZZAR SUFFERED 7 LITERAL YEARS
OF ILLNESS
DANIEL :4:16 “Let his heart be change d from man’s, and let a beast’s
heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.”
REVELATION 11:2 “But the court which is without the tem ple leave
out, and meas ure it not; for it given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city
shall they tread under foot forty and two months”
REVELATION 12:14 “And to the wom an there were given two wings of
a great eagle, that she might fly into the wildern ess, into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the
face of the serpe nt.”
REVELATION 12:6 “And the wom a n fled into the wildern es s, where she
hath a place prep a r e d of God, that they should feed her there a
thousan d two hundre d and three score days.”
WE KNOW A SCORE IS 20, THE DEFINITION OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN
THE DICTIONARY.
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THREESCORE DAYS = 126 0
FORTY AND TWO MONTHS = 1260 DAYS (1 month is 30 days)
SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE 30 DAYS CONTAINED IN A
MONTH? LET’S LOOK TO THE BIBLE FOR THE ANSWER.
GENESIS 7:11 “In the six hundre dt h year of Noah’s life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of the month , the same day
were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the
windo ws of heaven were opene d up.”
GENESIS 8:4 “And the ark reste d in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month , upon the mountains of Arar at.”
THIS IS EXACTLY 5 MONTHS THE VERSE BELOW TELLS US HOW
MANY DAYS THAT ACTUALLY WAS.
GENESIS 7:24 “And the waters prevailed upon the earth and
hundred and fifty days .”
30 DAYS * 5 MONTHS =15 0 DAYS
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given from the castle - hill of La Torre. [So says Leger, who was an eye-
witness of these horrors]. But who shall rehearse the tragedy that
followed? "It is Cain a second time," says Monastier, "shedding the blood of
his brother Abel" [Monastier, p. 270]. On the instant a thousand assassins
began the work of death. Dismay, horror, agony, woe in a moment
overspread the Valleys of Lucerna and Angrogna. Though Pandemonium
had sent forth its fiends to riot in crime and revel in blood, they could not
have outdone the soldiers of the Propaganda. Though the victims climbed
the hills with what speed they could, the murderer was on their track. The
torrents as they rolled down from the heights soon began to be tinged
with blood. Gleams of lurid light burst out through the dark smoke that
was rolling through the vales, for a priest and monk accompanied each
party of soldiers, to set fire to the houses as soon as the inmates had been
dispatched. Alas! what sounds are those that repeatedly strike the ear?
The cries and groans of the dying were echoed and re- echoed from the
rocks around, and it seemed as if the mountains had taken up a wailing
for the slaughter of their children. "Our Valley of Lucerna," exclaims Leger,
"which was like a Goshen, was now converted into a Mount Etna, darting
forth cinders and fire and flames. The earth resembled a furnace, and the
air was filled with a darkness like that of Egypt, which might be felt, from
the smoke of towns, villages, temples, mansions, granges, and buildings,
all burning in the flames of the Vatican" [Leger, part ii., p. 113]. The
soldiers were not content with the quick dispatch of the sword, they
invented new and hitherto unhear d - of modes of torture and death. No
man at this day dare write in plain words all the disgusting and horrible
deeds of these men; their wickedness can never be all known, because it
never can be all told. From the awful narration of Leger, we select only a
few instances; but even these few, however mildly stated, grow, without
our intending it, into a group of horrors. Little children were torn from the
arms of their mothers, clasped by their tiny feet, and their heads dashed
against the rocks; or were held between two soldiers and their quivering
limbs torn up by main force. Their mangled bodies were then thrown on
the highways or fields, to be devoured by beasts. The sick and the aged
were burned alive in their dwellings. Some had their hands and arms and
legs lopped off, and fire applied to the severed parts to staunch the
bleeding and prolong their suffering. Some were flayed alive, some were
roasted alive, some disembowelled; or tied to trees in their own orchards,
and their hearts cut out. Some were horribly mutlitated, and of others the
brains were boiled and eaten by these cannibals. Some were fastened down
into the furrows of their own fields, and ploughed into the soil as men
plough manure into it. Others were buried alive. Fathers were marched to
death with the heads of their sons suspende d round their necks. Parents
were compelled to look on while their children were first outraged, then
massacred, before being themselves permitted to die. But here we must
stop. We cannot proceed farther in Leger’s awful narration. There come
vile, abominable, and monstro us deeds, utterly and overwhelmingly
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disgusting, horrible and fiendish, which we dare not transcribe. The heart
sickens, and the brain begins to swim. "My hand trembles," says Leger, "so
that I scarce can hold the pen, and my tears mingle in torrents with my
ink, while I write the deeds of these children of darkness—blacker even
than the Prince of Darkness himself" [Leger, part ii., p. 111].
MATTHEW 10:22 “AND YE SHALL BE HATED OF ALL MEN FOR MY NAMES
SAKE; BUT HE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED.”
Aubign’e History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
“If you shall not receive breth ren who bring you peace, you shall
receive enemies who bring you war. If you will not unite with us in
showing the Saxon’s the way of life, you shall receive from them the
stroke of death. ”
J.A. Wylie History of the Waldenses b.16 ch.1
“The pope issued a BULL to call upon all members of the church
to join the crusade against the heretics, as an incentive it
“absolved from all ecclesiastical pains and penalties, general and
particular; it release d all who joined the crusade from any oaths
they might have taken; it legitimized their title to any property
they might have illegally acquired; and promised remission of all
their sins to such as should kill any heretic. It annulled all
contracts made in favor of Vaudois, ordere d their domestics to
abando n them, forbade all perso ns to give them any aid
whatever, and empowere d all perso n s to take possession of their
property .”
LEGER WAS IN FACT AN EYE WITNESS TO THESE EVENTS. THINGS LIKE THIS
WENT ON FOR THE ENTIRE 1260 YEAR PERIOD KNOWN AS THE DARK AGES
AND THE INQUISITION. PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO WAKE UP AND SEE
WHAT WAS HAPPENING. IF YOU WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A BIBLE, OR
PREACHED FROM IT, OR EVEN SPOKE OF IT YOU WOULD BE BURNED AT THE
STAKE.IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE VAUDOIS (WALDENSES), JOHN WICKLIFFE,
JOHN HUSS AND JEROME (WHO WERE BOTH BURNED AT THE STAKE),
ZWINGLE, MARTIN LUTHER, JOHN CALVIN AND OTHER COUNTLESS
INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO BRING THE BIBLE TO THE PEOPLE WE WOULD
STILL BE IN THE DARK AGES. MAY GOD BLESS THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE THAT
SUFFERED FOR OUR SALVATION. ALTHOUGH NOT REMEMBERED BY MOST
PEOPLE TODAY IT WAS NOT IN VAIN. SO WHAT DO THE PROTESTANT
FATHERS SAY ABOUT THE PAPACY? LET’S FIND OUT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS
NOW MANY PROTESTANTS HAVE FORGOTTEN THE TRUTH WHICH CAME
FORTH FROM THEIR FOUNDERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT DIED FOR OUR
SAKE.
After Pope Gregory came two rival popes each one claiming
infallibility, and declaring the other one to be the antichrist. John
Wickliffe who preached the gospel to the poor and was hated by the
papacy, in a tract which he published called the “Schism of the popes”
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called upon the people to consider whether these two priests were not
speaking the truth in conde m ning each other as the antichrist. “God”
said he “would no longer suffer the fiend to reign in only one such
priest, but made a division among two, so that men, in Christ’s name
may the more easily overcom e them both ” R. Vaughan “Life and
opinions of John de Wickliffe” vol.2 pg.6
Martin Luther “There sits the man, of whom the apostle wrote
(2THESSALONIANS 2:3- 4) , that will oppose and exalt himself
above all that is called God. That man of sin to be revealed, the son
of perdition…he suppress e s the law of God and exalts his
com mand m e nt s above the commandm e nt s of God . LeRoy Froom,
The prophetic Faith of our Fathers, vol.2,pg.281 We here are of the
conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real
antichrist. Ibid, pg.256
John Calvin “I deny him to be the Vicar of Christ ….he is antichrist - - - - I
deny him to be the head of the church.” John Calvin Tracts,vol.1
pp.219,220
John Knox “That tyranny which the pope himself has for so many ages
exercised over the church, the very antichrist and son of perdition, of
whom Paul speaks. The Zurich Letters, p. 199
Philipp Melanchthon “It is most manifest, and true without any doubt, that
the Roman pontiff, with his whole order and kingdom, is very antichrist.
Likewise, in 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul clearly says the man of sin will rule in
the church by exalting himself above the worship of God.” LeRoy Froom,
The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol.1 pp. 296 - 9
Sir Isaac Newton “But it [the papacy] was a kingdom of a different kind
from the other ten kingdoms [referred to in Daniel7:7 - 8] ….And such a
seer, prophet, and king is the Church of Rome [referring to the little horn
of Daniel 7]. Sir Isaac Newton, Observations on the Prophesies p.75
John Wesley “Romish Papacy, he is, in an emphatical sense, the man of
sin.” John Wesley, Antichrist and his Ten Kingdoms, p.110
Samuel Lee (a seventh century Rhode Island minister) “It is agreed among
all the main lines of the English Church that the Roman pontiff is the
antichrist. Samuel Lee, The Cutting Off of Antichrist, p.1
“History reveals that individual Popes had faced "bad times" before, so what
was different in 1798 when pope Pius VI was imprisoned, and, being sickly
died? After all wasn't Pius VII restored by a concordat with Napoleon a year
later? We must realize that not only was the pope taken captive in 1798, but a
new set of laws were established. 1798 marks the END of the Popes LEGAL
primacy. Napoleon codified a whole new set of laws in 1804. While these laws
were codified in 1804, the 1798 "declaration of Independe nce" preceded the
Napoleon Code. PLEASE NOTE THAT after the French revolution, an
overwhelming number of legal reforms took place. The bills against the
Papacy were declared and signed IN 1798.”
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by Ulrike Unruh
http: / / w w w.geocities.com / m y d e dication20 0 0 / b a cchiocchi.html
SECOND EDITION.
BOOK 1.
TITLE 1.
We desire that all peoples subject to Our benign Empire shall live under
the same religion that the Divine Peter, the Apostle, gave to the Romans,
and which the said religion declares was introduced by himself, and which
it is well known that the Pontiff Damascus, and Peter, Bishop of
Alexandria, a man of apostolic sanctity, embraced; that is to say, in
accordance with the rules of apostolic discipline and the evangelical
doctrine, we should believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit constitute
a single Deity, endowed with equal majesty, and united in the Holy Trinity.
(1) We order all those who follow this law to assume the name of
Catholic Christians, and considering others as demented and insane, We
order that they shall bear the infamy of heresy; and when the Divine
vengeance which they merit has been appeased, they shall afterwards be
punished in accordance with Our resent men t, which we have acquired
from the judgment of Heaven.
(2) Let those who do not accept those doctrines cease to apply the name
of true religion to their fraudulent belief; and let them be branded with
their open crimes, and, having been removed from the threshhold of all
churches, be utterly excluded from them, as We forbid all heretics to hold
unlawful assemblies within cities. If, however, any seditious outbreak
should be attemp te d, We order them to be driven outside the the walls of
the City, with relentless violence, and We direct that all Catholic Churches,
throughou t the entire world, shall be placed under the control of the
orthod ox bishops who have embraced the Nicene Creed.
4. John, Bishop of the City of Rome, to his most Illustrious and Merciful
Son Justinian. Among the conspicuous reasons for praising your wisdom
and gentleness, Most Christian of Emperors, and one which radiates light
[pg. 11]as a star, is the fact that through love of the Faith, and actuated by
zeal for charity, you, learned in ecclesiastical discipline, have preserved
reverence for the See of Rome, and have subjected all things to its
authority, and have given it unity. The following precept was
communicated to its founder, that is to say, the first of the Apostles, by
the mouth of the Lord, namely: "Feed my lambs." This See is indeed the
head of all churches, as the rules of the Fathers and the decrees of the
Emperors assert, and the words of your most reverend piety testify. It is
therefore claimed that what the Scriptures state, namely, "By Me Kings
reign, and the Powers dispense justice;" will be accomplishe d in you. For
there is nothing which shines with a more brilliant lustre than genuine
faith when displayed by a prince, since there is nothing which prevents
destruction as true religion does, for as both of them have reference to the
Author of Life and Light, they disperse darkness and prevent apostasy.
Wherefore, Most Glorious of Princes, the Divine Power is implored by the
prayers of all to preserve your piety in this ardor for the Faith, in this
devotion of your mind, and in this zeal for true religion, without failure,
during your entire existence. For we believe that this is for the benefit of
the Holy Churches, as it was written, "The king rules with his lips," and
again, "The heart of the King is in the hand of God, and it will incline to
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whatever side God wishes"; that is to say, that He may confirm your
empire, and maintain your kingdoms for the peace of the Church and the
unity of religion; guard their authority, and preserve him in that sublime
tranquillity which is so grateful to him; and no small change is granted by
the Divine Power through whose agency a divided church is not afflicted
by any griefs or subject to any reproaches. For it is written, "A just king,
who is upon his throne, has no reason to apprehen d any misfortune." We
have received with all due respect the evidences of your serenity, through
Hypatius and Demetrius, most holy men, my brothers and fellow - bishops,
from whose statement s we have learned that you have promulgated an
Edict addressed to your faithful people, and dictated by your love of the
Faith, for the purpose of overthrowing the designs of heretics, which is in
accordance with the evangelical tenets, and which we have confirmed by
our authority with the consent of our brethren and fellow bishops, for the
reason that it is in confor mity with the apostolic doctrine. The following
is the text of the letter of the Emperor Justinian, Victorious, Pious, Happy,
Renowned, Triumpha n t, always Augustus, to John, Patriarch, and most
Holy Archbishop of the fair City of Rome: With honor to the Apostolic
See, and to your Holiness, which is, and always has been remembered in
Our prayers, both now and formerly, and honoring your happiness, as is
proper in the case of one who is considered as a father, We hasten to bring
to the knowledge of Your Holiness everything relating to the condition of
the Church, as We have always had the greatest desire to preserve the
unity of your Apostolic See, and the condition of the Holy Churches of
God, as they [pg. 12] exist at the present time, that they may remain
without disturbance or opposition. Therefore, We have exerted Ourselves
to unite all the priests of the East and subject them to the See of Your
Holiness, and hence the questions which have at present arisen, although
they are manifest and free from doubt, and according to the doctrines of
your Apostolic See, are constantly firmly observed and preached by all
priests, We have still considered it necessary that they should be brought
to the attention of Your Holiness. For we do not suffer anything which has
reference to the state of the Church, even though what causes difficulty
may be clear and free from doubt, to be discussed without being brought
to the notice of Your Holiness, because you are the head of all the Holy
Churches, for We shall exert Ourselves in every way (as has already been
stated), to increase the honor and authority of your See.
[pg. 125]
One Hundred and Thirty - First New Constitu tion.
The Emperor Justinian to Peter, Most Glorious Imperial Praetorian
Prefect.
PREFACE.
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Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Source: Corpus Juris Civilis (The Civil Law, the Code of Justinian), by
S.P. Scott, A.M., published by the Central Trust Company, Cincinnati,
copyright 1932, Volume 12 [of 17], pages 9- 12, 125.
NEXT PAGE COVER’S BERTHIER’S NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH ENDED THE
LEGAL REIGN OF THE PAPACY IN 1798, WHICH HAD RULED EXACTLY 1260
YEARS.
2. “The Roman people are now again entered into the rights of sovereignty,
declaring their independenc e, posses sing the government of ancient Rome,
constituting a Roman Republic.
"The General- in- chief of the French army in Italy declares, in the name
of the French Republic, that he acknowledge s the Roman Republic
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independent, and that the same is under the special protection of the
French army.
"The General- in- chief of the army acknowledges, in the name of the
French Republic, the provisional government which has been propose d by
the sovereign people.
"In consequenc e, every other temporal authority emanating from the old
government of the Pope, is suppress ed, and it shall no more exercise any
function....
"The Roman Republic, acknowledge d by the French Republic,
comprehends all the country that remained under the temporal authority
of the Pope, after the treaty of Campo - Formio.
"ALEXANDRE BERTHIER."
—Bill No. 9, likewise of the same date (February 15, 1798), titled "Acte du
Pepule [peuple] Souverain" (An Act of the Sovereign People) —certified and
signed by three notaries, and confirmed by General Berthier—makes this
clear- cut declaration:
The people of Rome, long tired of the monstrous despotism under which they
groaned have on various occasions tried to shake off this yoke. The magic of
public opinion and political interests combined into a mighty force have not
allowed their efforts to succeed. And a despotism of that nature become s the
more insulting the more its weaknes s and arrogance corresponds to its
misery. But at last, the people, fearing to be exposed to an hideous anarchy
and in despair to fall under even a worse tyranny have mustered all their
courage in order to evade these sinister consequenc e s and to reclaim the
primitive rights of their sovereignty. Assembled in the presence of the Eternal
and the whole universe, they solemnly and unanimously declare to have had
no part whatever in the crimes and assassinations committed by the
government against the French Republic and her nation. They disapprove of
these crimes and detest their originators and invoke upon them (vow them)
eternal shame. They further have suppresse d, abolished and crushed the
political, economic, and civil authorities of the former Roman government and
have constituted thems elve s a free and independent sovereignty in taking up
all executive and legislative powers which its legitimate representative s shall
exercise according to the immortal rights of man based on the principles of
truth, justice, liberty, and equality. They have declared that their desire is that
no attack against religion or the spiritual authority of the pope should be
made and that they reserve to themselv e s the right by their representatives to
provide for the comfortable sustenance [of the Pope] and to ensure the safety
of his person by a national guard . "The present act has been signed by several
thousand persons who, with many others, have read, approved and confirmed
it by their acclamations on the Capitol. On the 27. Pluviose in the 6. year of the
Republic."
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THIS IS WHEN WE WILL OVERLAP INTO THE PRESENT DAY, AND ACTUALLY
SEE HOW THE BEAST OF THE EARTH WILL MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE FIRST
BEAST OF REVELATION 13.
THE BEAST OF THE EARTH
THE IMAGE TO THE BEAST
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
PART 8
“April 10, 1606 [In a preamble to letters patent for Sir Thomas Gates, Sir
George Somers, and others, for establishing colonies in Virginia, a year
before the Jamestown settlement was founded, King James I made clear
the religious importance of such a colonizing effort. The opportu nity to
bring the Christian religion, and thereby "civility," to the native inhabitants
was considered especially valuable.] We greatly commen ding, and
graciously accepting of, their desires for the furtherance of so noble a
work, which may, by the providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to
the glory of his divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian religion to such
people, as yet live in darkness and miserable ignorance of the true
knowledge and worship of God, and may in time bring the infidels and
savages, living in those parts, to human civility, and to a settled and quiet
government….” Hening, I, 58 .
ALL BUSINESSES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE DOWN. LAWS WERE ENFORCED
FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY, PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED TO ATTEND
CHURCH ON THAT DAY, AND PAY TITHE, AS WELL AS A PLETHORA OF
OTHER GUIDELINES, WHICH, IF WEREN’T FOLLOWED PUNISHMENT WAS
ENACTED, FIRST BY FINES, THEN BY LAND SEIZURES, FULL
EXCOMMUNICATION, IN WHICH IMPRISONMENT FOLLOWED, MANY UPON
EXCOMMUNICATION WERE DECLARED HERETICS AND SENTENCED TO
DEATH. WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THE SAME THING THAT WAS
CURRENTLY GOING ON IN EUROPE. RELIGEOUS VIEWS FORCED UPON THE
MASSES.
Tyler, Narratives of Ear ly Virginia, 271 - 272, 273
“August 4, 1619 All ministers shall duly read divine service, and exercise
their ministerial function according to the Ecclesiastical laws and orders of
The church of England, and every Sunday in the afternoon shall Catechize
such as are not yet ripe to come to the Communion. And whosoever of
them shall be found negligent or faulty in this kind shall be subject to the
censure of the Governor and Counsel of Estate.”
Hening, I, 155 - 156
“February 24, 1632 It is ordered, That their be a uniformity throughout
this colony both in substance and circumsta nce to the cannons and
constitution of the church of England as near as may bee and that every
person yield ready obedience unto them upon penalty of the pains and
forfeitures in that case appointed. That the statutes for coming to church
every Sunday and holydays be duly executed. That is to say; that the
church wardens do levy one shilling for every time of any person’s absence
from the church having no lawful or reasonable excuse to be absent. And
for due execution Here of the Governor and Council together with the
burgesses of this grand assembly do in Gods name earnestly require and
charge all commande rs, captains and church - wardens that they shall
endeavor themselves to the uttermos t of their knowledge that the due and
true execution hereof may be done and had through this colony, as they
will answer before God for such evils and plagues wherewith Almighty God
may justly punish his people for neglecting this good and wholesome
law.”.
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Mr. [John] Winthrop, Governor: Mrs. Hutchinson, you are called here as one of
those that have troubled the peace of the commonw ealth and the churches
here; you are known to be a woman that hath had a great share in the
promoting and divulging of those opinions that are the cause of this trouble,
and to be nearly joined not only in affinity and affection with some of those
the court had taken notice of and passed censure upon, but you have spoken
divers things, as we have been informed, very prejudicial to the honor of the
churches and ministers thereof, and you have maintained a meeting and an
assembly in your house that hath been condemned by the general assembly as
a thing not tolerable nor comely in the sight of God nor fitting for your sex,
and notwithstanding that was cried down you have continued the same.
Therefore we have thought good to send for you to understand how things
are, that if you be in an erroneous way we may reduce you that so you may
become a
upon a set day? Mrs. H.: It is lawful for me to do so, as it is all your practices,
and can you find a warrant for yourself and condemn me for the same thing?
The ground of my taking it up was, when I first came to this land becaus e I did
not go to such meetings as those were, it was
presently reported that I did not allow of such meetings but held them
unlawful and therefore in that regard they said I was proud and did despise all
ordinances. Upon that a friend came unto me and told me of it and I to prevent
such aspersions took it up, but it was in practice before I came. Therefore I
was not the first. Gov.: ...By what
warrant do you continue such a course?
Mrs. H.: I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should
instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
Gov.: All this I grant you, I grant you a time for it, but what is this to the
purpose that you Mrs. Hutchinson must call a company together from their
callings to come to be taught of you?...
Mrs. H.: If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me
that it is no rule I shall yield.
Gov.: You know that there is no rule that crosses another, but this rule crosses
that in the Corinthians. But you must take it in this sense that elder women
must instruct the younger about their busines s and to love their husbands and
not to make them to clash.... Mrs. H.: Will it please you to
answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any
truth. If any come to my house to be instructed in the ways of God what rule
have I to put them away? Do you think it not lawful for me to teach women
and why do you call me to teach the court?
Gov.: We do not call you to teach the court but to lay open yourself....
[The trial text here reads:] All the court but some two or three ministers cry
out, we all believe it- - we all believe it. [Mrs. Hutchinson was found guilty]
Gov.: The court hath already declared themselv e s satisfied concerning the
things you hear, and concerning the troubleso me ne s s of her spirit and the
danger of her course amongst us, which is not to be suffered. Therefore if it be
the mind of the court that Mrs. Hutchinson for these things that appear before
us is unfit for our society, and if it be the mind of the court that she shall be
banished out of our liberties and imprisoned till she be sent away, let them
hold up their hands.
Gov.: Mrs. Hutchinson, the sentence of the court you hear is that you are
banished from out of our jurisdiction as being a woman not fit for our society,
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and are to be imprisoned till the court shall send you away.
Mrs. H.: I desire to know wherefore I am banished?
Gov.: Say no more. The court knows wherefore and is satisfied.
SPEAKING OF CONSTANTINE
be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcise d; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them also.”
HERE WE SEE THAT A SIGN AND A SEAL MEAN THE SAME THING. THE SEAL
OF GOD IS IN KEEPING HIS SABBATH, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT IS THE
SEAL OF GOD. SO WHAT THEN IN TURN IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST WELL
WE IDENTIFIED THE BEAST ALREADY AS THE PAPACY, WHO NOT ONLY
BOASTS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CHANGE GODS DIVINE LAW BUT CLAIMS TO
BE GOD ON EARTH. SHE HAS LONG CLAIMED THAT HER MARK OF
AUTHORITY IS THAT SHE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED THE SABBATH DAY IN
325 A.D.
REVELATION 13:17 - 18 “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the numb er of his name. Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it
is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
WEBSTER’S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY DEFINES A MARK AS “TO FIX OR
TRACE OUT THE BOUNDS OR LIMITS OF … TO SET APART AS BY OR AS IF BY
A LINE OR BOUNDRY.”
C.F. THOMAS, CHANCELLOR “IN REPLY TO A LETTER OF OCTOBER 28, 1895,
TO CARDINAL GIBBONS, ASKING IF THE CHURCH CLAIMED THE CHANGE OF
THE SABBATH AS HER MARK, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS RECEIVED:
‘ OF COURSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CLAIMS THAT THE CHANGE WAS
HER ACT … AND THE ACT IS A MARK OF HER ECCLESIASTICAL POWER AND
AUTHORITY IN RELIGEOUS MATTERS.’”
DR. EDWARD T. HISCOX BAPTIST AUTHOR OF THE BAPTIST MANUAL,
SOURCE BOOK, PP. 513, 514 “THERE WAS AND IS A COMMANDMENT TO
KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY, BUT THE SABBATH DAY WAS NOT SUNDAY.
IT WILL BE SAID , HOWEVER, AND WITH SOME SHOW OF TRIUMPH, THAT
THE SABBATH DAY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE FIRST
DAY OF THE WEEK… WHERE CAN RECORD OF SUCH BE FOUND? NOT IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT - - - ABSOLUTLEY NOT… OF COURSE, I QUITE WELL KNOW
THAT SUNDAY DID COME INTO USE IN EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORYAS A
RELIGEOUS DAY, AS WE LEARN FROM THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS, AND
OTHER SOURCES. BUT WHAT A PITY THAT IT COMES BRANDED WITH THE
MARK OF PAGANISM, AND CHRISTENED WITH THE NAME OF THE SUN GOD,
WHEN ADOPTED AND SANCTIONED BY THE PAPAL APOSTASY, AND
BEQUEATHED AS A SACRED LEGACY TO PROTESTANTISM!”
LUKE 6:5 “And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the
Sabbath.”
HERE HE IS TELLING THEM THAT IT WAS HIM WHO CREATED ALL THINGS,
THAT HE IS LORD OF THE SABBATH OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
REMEMBER
COLLOSIANS 1:13 - 15 “Who hath delivere d us from the power of
darkn ess, and hath translat e d us into the kingdo m of his dear Son : In
who m we have rede m p ti on through his blood, even the forgivene ss of
sins : Who is the image of the invisible God , the first born of ever y
creatur e.”
COLLOSIANS 1:16 “For by him were all things create d , that are in
the heave n , and that are in the earth , VISIBLE and INVISIBLE,
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