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INTRODUCTION Fact 1: The Pope Claims To Be God Fact 2: The Pope Is A Jesuit Fact 3: The Pope As Mediator Fact 4: Usurped Authority Fact 5: Changed the Sabbath Fact 6: The whole world wondered Fact 2: The Pope Is almost fully healed
By PY Cooper
2 Timothy 2:15 King James Version (KJV) “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Introduction To the reader: If you are a non Catholic, you are what they call a protestant. There was a rise against the Catholic church in which they arose to slay many for not accepting their church as the one true church. The blood of millions of martyrs are on their hand. If you are a Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran or the like, you must go back in your church history and get acquainted with your founders and why they rose in protest to the Catholic church and began the Baptist church and the Lutheran church and so on. How soon do we forget. The Pope has arose in apology and ask that her daughters all come back to the mother church. If there. was a husband who abused the wife and her children, yea had brutally killed a good part of them and now turns and asks you to come back home, would you go back home? Sadly many women and children try and go back into an abusive relationship at the peril of their own lives. Reader, Rome has not changed. With all the fancy lovely speeches and fanfare, do not fall for it. You must not lose the precious history of the Reformers as Martin Luther and the like. They stood firm against the teachings and acts of the Roman Catholic church. We will attempt to share with you a peek into the sad history of the Roman Catholic church and giving you references for your own personal study. Do not allow yourself to be lured back into a relationship with the Roman Catholic church, your eternal destination depends upon it.
GOD?
Fact 1: The Pope Claims To Be God
One of the claims of the Pope is that he claims to be God’s representative here on earth, yea claims to be God himself. Here is the quote or reference: “ "The Pope is not simply the representative of Jesus Christ. On the contrary, he is Jesus Christ Himself, under the veil of the flesh, and who by means of a being common to humanity continues His ministry amongst men ... Does the Pope speak? It is Jesus Christ Who is speaking. Does he teach? It is Jesus Christ Who teaches. Does he confer grace or pronounce an anathema? It is Jesus Christ Himself Who is pronouncing the anathema and conferring the grace. Hence consequently, when one speaks of the Pope, it is not necessary to examine, but to obey: there must be no limiting the bounds of the command, in order to suit the purpose of the individual whose obedience is demanded: there must be no cavilling at the declared will of the Pope, and so invest it with quite another than that which he has put upon it: no preconceived opinions must be brought to bear upon it: no rights must be set up against the rights of the Holy Father to teach and command; his decisions are not to be criticized, or his ordinances disputed. Therefore by Divine ordination, all, no matter how august the person may be — whether he wear a crown or be invested with the purple, or be clothed in the sacred vestments: all must be subject to Him Who has had all things put under Him." -Evangelical Christendom, January 1, 1895, pg. 15, published in London by J. S. Phillips.
What The Bible Teaches But if you are a Bible believing Christian, you can readily understand this claim to be false. The bible calls it blasphemy. Lets look at some scripture. Way back in the Old Testament God declared what should happen to a person that blasphemed, lets take a look: Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Now lets see what blasphemy means, and lets get the definition from the bible: And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
The Jews knew that that only God can forgive sins: See Fact #3 Therefore since Jesus was forgiving sins, He was claiming that which only God can do, this situation defines blasphemy, and for this reason they called him out on it in their minds. And Jesus promptly said they were thinking evil in their hearts. But Jesus was God. He had every right to claim to be God and to forgive sins, but the Jewish leaders would not even give Him a pass back then. But Pope Frances claims to be God and to forgive sins. And he gives this authority of forgiving sins to his priest. This is blaspheme and the bible has spoken what should be the result, Revelation 13 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 6
But what is the world doing? For one thing they are not studying the word of God, they are embracing the Pope and all he stands for and “wonder� See Fact #6 after him.. So we can conclude from this one example that the claims of this Pope and the Roman Catholic church is false, that is according to the teachings of the Word of God.
Fact 2: The Pope Is A Jesuit “The doctrine of justification by faith makes every man responsible to God alone, and necessitates freedom of conscience. When it is once made known that every man is equal in the sight of God, a deathblow is struck to all tyranny in government; and with freedom of conscience, comes also a government by the people and for the people. In the days of Luther, Germany and the other countries of Europe, had an opportunity to develop this twofold nature of Protestantism. For a time it seemed that all Europe would be transformed; but gradually, there was a return to papal principles in Germany, and nearly all of the other countries, which had espoused the cause of Protestantism, followed her example. The return was largely due to the educational work of the Jesuits, who arose to counteract the teachings of the Reformers”. {1905 SNH, SSP 71.1}
The Reformers , like Wycliffe, Tyndale, Knox, Luther, and Calvin. If you are a non Catholic and belong to any other church the Jesuits were created to stamp out your right to freedom of religion. Pope Frances is a Jesuit that has made a life long vow to do this. Even now he is working to end Protestantism , and soon it will be on the pain of death if one does not worship as the Pope dictates, this will be done as his wound is healed Rev 13:3, see the Great Controversy. “When appearing as members of their order, they wore a garb of sanctity, visiting prisons and hospitals, ministering to the sick and the poor, professing to have renounced the world, and bearing the sacred name of Jesus, who went about doing good. But under this blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly purposes were often concealed. It was a fundamental principle of the order that the end justifies the means. By this code, lying, theft, perjury, assassination, were not only pardonable but commendable, when they served the interests of the church. Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of state, climbing up to be the counselors of kings, and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants to act as spies upon their masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles, and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites. All the outward pomp and display of the Romish worship was brought to bear to confuse the mind and dazzle and captivate the imagination, and thus the liberty for which the fathers had toiled and bled was betrayed by the sons. The Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe, and wherever they went, there followed a revival of popery. {GC 235.1) The Great Controversy
From the quote we can see that Pope Frances has been almost verbatim everything it testifies to. He administers to the poor and sick and the like, but it warns underneath this garb is deadly- read again “ but under this blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly purposes were often concealed. It was a fundamental principle of the order that the end justifies the means.” And Pope Frances still has the same goal of the earlier Jesuits to stamp out Protestantism and bring all the daughters back home to the mother church. But do not fall for this folks. “The Jesuits alone rolled back the tide of Protestant advance when that half of Europe which had not already shaken off its allegiance to the Papacy, was threatening to do so, and the whole horrors of the counter-reformation are theirs singly."—Encyclopedia Britannica, art., Jesuits, par. 11. {August 12, 1886 ATJ, SITI 487.9}
There are many more sad pages in the Jesuit history, from inquisitions to other evils too dark to mention, but for one who will like to study more please read the entire Great Controversy it will tell the history of our Reformers and how they were opposed and martyred by the Roman Catholic church for standing up for the Bible truth. There is much information for the sincere seeker.
The Pope Claims To Forgive Sins.
Fact 3: The Pope As Mediator
We have touched on this earlier, but we would like to add that no man should be hearing the prayers of the saints, it is only God that can forgive sins. According to the scripture we used earlier. “And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith. God only can forgive sins, tell Him about it, not any man.
And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.� 3
This one Bible text should be a beacon of light for many professed Catholics who go to confession for forgiveness of sins. The Pope and Priest are practicing blasphemy towards God to claim this right and require people to come to them for forgiveness of sins. Please do not give a mere man this right, God does not even give then this right and God has declared in His Word what should happen to those who practice this blasphemy. But instead the Pope is embraced and hailed like a rock star. If you are a true Christian do not even give the Pope the time of day, it is a waste of time and an offense to God.
Fact 4: Usurped Authority
Usurped Authority
Usurped means: to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: Satan exposed working through the papacy.
All such supposed authority by the Pope and the Catholic church has no foundation in scripture. They claim that they are God’s representatives here on earth. But reader God has not given any such authority to change a day, to forgive sins and many other things the church does and promotes. If God is not behind this movement and He is the one being blasphemed against, we can conclude who is behind this movement. Satan is not going to come out directly to get worship, he uses deception to promote his cause. But right before this world closes, he will just outright began persecution once again because the Catholic church has worked his way to the hearts of the people in terms of endearment, but this has been done as we stated earlier under a garb of gross deception, that will ripen into to open persecution, once the US gives her authority and her seat to rule, bringing the church and state together, when under the constitution they should be separate. But we just had a Pope for the first time address our law makers in congress. We may not have to wait long for this to happen. Read the Great Controversy to get more insight into this topic.
Pope Frances Agrees with the
Change of the Sabbath to Sunday
Fact 5: Changed the Sabbath
The Pope had written about the change of the Sabbath to Sunday and upholds this as the authority or usurped authority of the church. We should prayerfully study the scriptures and ask God to reveal to us truth. Because Pope Frances uses scripture but the application is wrong and the conclusions are wrong. See Sabbathtruth.com or simply turn to Exodus 20:8-11. This is the first place where the Ten Commandments were written in full in the Bible. There it states very plainly and clearly that the 7th day of the week is the Sabbath. If you were do research on all the calendars, you will find the sequence of days never changed. But now you even have some calendars making Monday the first day, where Sunday will appear to be the 7 th day, but do not fall for it. Many observe Sunday for the Resurrection, but God has given no such authority to worship on this day because of this. So who changed the day from Saturday to Sunday, what a trick of the enemy. And the Roman Catholic church boast of making this change. If you were to do a simple search on the internet on this topic, this information is readily available, Rome makes no effort to conceal this. It claims that Protestants are following what they changed so they are in a sense following Roman Catholic teachings. See quotes on next page.
Constantine Made Sunday a Civil Rest Day When Emperor Constantine I—a pagan sun-worshipper—came to power in A.D. 313, he legalized Christianity and made the first Sunday-keeping law. His infamous Sunday enforcement law of March 7, A.D. 321, reads as follows: “On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed.” (Codex Justinianus 3.12.3, trans. Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, 5th ed. (New York, 1902), 3:380, note 1.)The Sunday law was officially confirmed by the Roman Papacy. The Council of Laodicea in A.D. 364 decreed, “Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday but shall work on that day; but the Lord’s day they shall especially honour, and, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If, however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ” (Strand, op. cit., citing Charles J. Hefele, A History of the Councils of the Church, 2 [Edinburgh, 1876] 316). Cardinal Gibbons, in Faith of Our Fathers, 92nd ed., p. 89, freely admits, “You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we [the Catholic Church] never sanctify.” Again, “The Catholic Church, … by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday” (The Catholic Mirror, official publication of James Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893). “Protestants do not realize that by observing Sunday, they accept the authority of the spokesperson of the Church, the Pope” (Our Sunday Visitor, February 5, 1950). “Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change [Saturday Sabbath to Sunday] was her act... And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things” (H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons). “Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923).
“As late as 1626 the Jesuits established the Inquisition in Abyssinia to crush out the observance of the Sabbath (see Gibbon, ch. 47, last paragraph, and he says, "The Abyssinians were taught to work and play on the Sabbath"), and has Rome, or Jesuitry, changed since then? No. In this she never changes. Therefore, just as surely as the Constitutional Amendment is adopted, so surely will the persecuting spirit of the papacy be revived against all who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” {January 22, 1884 ATJ, ARSH 49.6}
There is an abundance of information. Many protestants are observing Sunday as a worship day in ignorance, the true in hearts will welcome the truth, as it in in Jesus.
“The Whole
World Wondered After The
Fact 6: The whole world wondered
Beast”
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Revelation 13 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast”
In 1798 there was the fall of the Papacy and the bible calls it a wound, but it promptly tell that us that this wound will be healed, and the world will wonder after the beast and be given his mark of Sunday worship some willingly others on the threat of persecution, while God’s faithful ones will resist and would rather die than to obtain this mark of the beast. But the Bible also says the world will wonder after the beast. We can see clearly today how the world is wondering after Pope Frances. And greatly wonder or admires the Pope’s regard for the poor and the unfortunate, one of the leading traits of the Jesuits. No other personality in the church or world get such a reception such as he. Covered by all news, yes the word is wondering. “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8
As He Heals More We Are In More Danger.
Fact 2: The Pope Is almost fully healed.
Revelation 17 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
As the Pope is healing or virtually healed and the “rock star” status grows with the nations, they will allow him to dictate laws by the church enforced by the laws of the land. Thus persecution under the Popes’ usurped authority will cause persecution to be put upon those who do not bow to the worship him through the laws which they have enforced. Church and state will come together once again.. No one but God will put an end to it all. Where He will be the Ruler of heaven and earth, where there will be no more sin. It is such a refreshing time to look forward to. This old world is full of sin and sorrow untold, will be no more! Reader I pray that you and your family can prepare in such a way that heaven will be your home when this old world is destroyed. Again a good book to began your preparation is the Steps to Christ along with the Great controversy so that you will have the truth about the end times and how to prepare for it. I pray that Jesus has not died for you and me in vain. Let us take advantage and study the word, it has much to say that will help all to prepare for that great day.
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“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death”
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”and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the Beast.” Revelation 13:3