PROPHECY FULFILLED IN THE PAPACY
By M. E. Cornell
Interesting Extracts. No. 15.
PROPHECY FULFILLED IN THE PAPACY.
“HE shall speak great words against the Most High.” Dan. vii, 25. “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thess. ii, 4. “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies.” Rev. xiii, 5. “And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods.” Dan. xi, 36. “All princes should kiss the feet of the Pope. . . . To him it belongs to dethrone Emperors. His sentence none may oppose, but he alone may annul the judgment of all mankind. The Pope cannot be judged by any man. The Roman Church never erred, and never can err.” Baronius An. 1076, Hildebrand, Epist. 55. Pope Innocent told Richard of England—“I hold the place of God upon earth.” Gervas. Chron. Scrip., p. 1623. The famous Popish author Augustus Triumphus in his Pref. Sum. to John xxii, used the following words: “The Pope's power is infinite.” “The very doubt whether a council be greater than the Pope is absurd, because it involves this contradiction, that the supreme Pontiff is not supreme. He cannot err, he cannot be deceived. It must be conceived concerning him, that he knows all things.” Jacob. de Concil., Lib. 10. “The earth is seven times bigger than the moon; and the sun is eight times greater than the earth; therefore the Pope's dignity doth surmount that of the Emperor fifty-six times!” Innocent III. De Major, &c. “As kings and princes must submit themselves to the Pope's judgment, therefore all must be judged by the Pope, but he can be judged by no man. Though by his negligence or evil actions he should draw with him innumerable souls to hell, yet no mortal may be so presumptuous as to reprove him, or to say, Why do you thus?” Id. “What power or potentate in all the world is comparable to me, who have authority to bind and loose both in Heaven and on earth . . . to whom emperors and kings are inferior as lead is inferior to gold.” Nicholas, Dist. 22. “The power of the Pope is greater than angels in jurisdiction; in administration of sacraments; in knowledge; and in reward. Does he not command angels to absolve the soul out of purgatory, and carry it into the glory of paradise?” Antonius, Pars. 3. “Who is able to comprehend the greatness of the Pope's power and seat.” Marcellus, Dist. 17. “The Pope is the Vicar of Jesus Christ throughout the whole world in the stead of the living God. He hath that dominion and lordship which Christ, when he was upon earth, would not assume; that is, the universal jurisdiction of all things, both spiritual and temporal.” Ockam Dialog., Pars. 1. Lib. 5. “The Pope is all in all, and above all, so that God himself and the Pope, the Vicar of God are but one consistory.” Hostiensis Cap., &c. “To make war against the Pope is to make war against God, seeing the Pope is God, and God is the Pope.” Moreri's History. At the coronation of a Pope, the Cardinal Deacon puts the triple crown on the Pope's head, and addresses to him the following—“Receive this tiara embellished with three crowns, and never forget that you are the Father of princes and kings, the supreme judge of the universe, and on the earth, Vicar of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.” Conformity of Popery and Paganism by C. Middleton. “After the Pope is elected, he is pompously dressed in his cassock, rochet, camail, a cap of red satin, and shoes of red cloth. Then he is carried in his chair before the altar, upon which the Cardinals adore the Pope on their knees, kissing his foot and right hand.” Id. Such expressions as, “The Pope is God,” are frequent in papal writings. It is also said of the Roman priest, that he “Creates his Creator.” If they have such power, they of course will claim the right to change God's laws. Thus Daniel says he will “wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to “The Pope has power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ.” Decretal De. Translat. Episcop. Cap. “The Pope has authority, and has often exercised it, to dispense with the commands of Christ respecting War, Marriage, Divorce, Revenge, Swearing, Usury, Perjury, and Uncleanliness.”—Pope Nicholis, Caus. 15. Quest. 6. “The Pope's will stands for reason. He can dispense above the law; and of wrong make right, by correcting and changing laws.” Pope Nicholis Dist. 96. “The Pope can dispense against the law of nature, and against the universal state of the church.” Pope Nicholis Caus. 15. Quest. 6. “The Pope is free from all laws, so that he cannot incur any sentence of irregularity, suspension, excommunication, or penalty for any crime.” Dist. 40.