EXAMINING
the TOUGH ISSUES
FACING CHRISTIANS TODAY!
Issue #22 // December 12, 2005 // Editor: Darryl Eberhart
(Updated
through: July 26, 2007) (www.toughissues.org)
(Popes: Their “Crimes against Humanity” and False Claims of “Infallibility”)
NOTE: All “emphasis” throughout this newsletter, unless otherwise noted, is by the editor of “Examining the Tough Issues (ETI)”.
WARNING: This ETI newsletter may
seriously “disturb” some folks’ “comfort zones”; however, TRUTH is far
more important than any of our “comfort zones”.
DEFINITIONS (hopefully in alphabetical order):
“Anathema” (per Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language; Meaning #1): “Excommunication with curses. Hence, a curse or denunciation by ecclesiastical authority, accompanying excommunication…” (See the definition for “Excommunicate”.)
“Anathema” (per Webster’s
New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition; 2006): “1. A thing or
person accursed or damned. 2. A thing or
person greatly detested. 3. a) A solemn
ecclesiastical condemnation of a teaching judged to be gravely opposed to
accepted church doctrine, or of the originators or supporters of such a
teaching. b) The excommunication often accompanying or following this
condemnation.” (See “Excommunicate”)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding two definitions: Many “anathemas” were hurled at the teachings of Protestantism at the Council of Trent (1545-1563), and these “anathemas” were reconfirmed by the Vatican II Council (1962-1965). Author Dave Hunt, in his book A Woman Rides the Beast (1994), on page 521, tells us: “Anathema [is] excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church pronounced upon heretics or gross sinners. The consequence [Ed. Note: according to the Roman Catholic Church] is eternal damnation unless the one anathematized repents and returns to the [Roman Catholic] Church. The Council of Trent pronounced the anathema more than 100 times upon those who accepted the beliefs of the Reformers; [the] Vatican II [Council] reconfirmed those anathemas, and added one of its own; and thus Roman Catholicism damns to eternal hell all evangelical Christians today…”))
“Anti-”
(per Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): “A
preposition signifying ‘against’, ‘opposite’, ‘contrary’, or ‘in place
of’; used in many English words.”
((Ed. Comment: As you are reading this newsletter, please keep in mind this particular meaning “in the place of” for the prefix “anti-” as concerns the anti-Christ – one who sits “in the place of” Christ.))
“Antichrist” (per VINE’S
Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words; 1985): “Antichrist
[Greek: antichristos]…can mean either ‘against Christ’ or
‘instead of Christ’, or perhaps, combining the two, ‘one who, assuming the
guise of Christ, opposes Christ’…”
“Antichrist” (per Webster’s
1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): “A great adversary of
Christ; the man of sin; described [in] I John 2:18; II Thessalonians [Chapter]
2; [and] Revelation [Chapter] 9. Protestants generally suppose this adversary
to be the Papal power; and some divines [i.e.,
clergymen] believe that, in a more general sense, the word extends to any
persons who deny Christ or oppose the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.”
“Antichrist” (per
Steve Wohlberg, author of the book End Time Delusions; 2004; Page
89): “The word ‘antichrist’ literally means ‘opposed to’ or ‘in the place
of’ Christ, and in its most subtle and diabolical manifestation it concerns
something which [Ed. Note: or someone who] claims
loyalty to Jesus [Christ] while really leading away from Him.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding three definitions: Leading Protestant Reformers (e.g., Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, etc.) agreed that the Roman Pontiff [i.e., the pope of Rome] was clearly identified in Scripture as the Antichrist.))
“Black Pope” (per
Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “An Italian nickname for the Jesuit
Superior General: He is the commander-in-chief of the ‘Society of Jesus’ (i.e.,
the Jesuit Order). He is the real power ‘behind the throne’ of the
Papacy; and he is also the master of all these: his Jesuit order, the
Knights of Malta, and the highest levels of Freemasonry – and of all that he
controls through them.”
“Catholic bashing”
or “Anti-Catholic” (per Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “Two
‘labels’ that, for the most part, are applied, usually by Roman
Catholics, to any and all who dare to point out any of the following:
(a.) Errors
in Roman Catholic doctrine;
(b.) Papal Rome’s and the Jesuit Order’s
well-documented history of fomenting and orchestrating bloody
revolutions and wars;
(c.) Papal
Rome’s well-documented history (for centuries) of suppressing the
possession of, and the study of, the Holy Bible by the common people in their
own native language;
(d.) Papal
Rome’s well-documented history of torture, Inquisition, ‘holy’
wars, and ‘holy’ crusades against innocent Bible-believing
Christians (such as the Albigenses and Waldenses);
(e.) Papal
Rome’s well-documented history of hating and brutally persecuting
Jews, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians throughout the centuries, (e.g., the
Vatican’s religious genocide in the 1940s against Serb Orthodox
Christians in Fascist Croatia, where from 600,000 to 1 million men,
women, elderly, and children were tortured and murdered by Roman
Catholic Ustashi military units that were frequently led by Roman Catholic
priests, friars, and monks);
(f.)
Papal Rome’s and the Jesuit Order’s
well-documented history of planning and carrying out the assassination
of heads of State (e.g., President Abraham Lincoln, King Henry III and King
Henry IV of France, Czar Alexander I and Czar Alexander II of Russia, President
Benito Pablo Juarez of Mexico, etc.);
(g.) The
well-documented history of Papal Rome’s support of totalitarian police
states (such as Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Fascist Croatia) during World
War II;
(h.) The
tremendous wealth (banks, stock holdings, property, gold, etc.) of the
Roman Catholic Church;
(i.)
The control of the top levels of
Freemasonry by the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order; and,
(j.)
The heavy-duty infiltration (and control)
of the top intelligence agencies in the world (e.g., CIA, Mossad, Russian KGB
[now called the FSB & SVR], and British Intelligence) by the Jesuits
(through their Knights of Malta, Jesuit ‘temporal coadjutors’, and high-level
Freemasons).”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: Loraine Boettner, in Roman Catholicism (1962) on page 298, tells us: “By celibacy…is meant the sectarian requirement of the Roman Catholic Church that its priests, monks, and nuns abstain from marriage. It is not to be confused with the vow of chastity, which is also taken by the members of these groups, and which means abstention from sexual relations. According to Canon Law the vow of celibacy is broken if the priest marries, but not if he engages in sexual relations.” Boettner then adds this comment: “The requirement for celibacy…is entirely without Scriptural warrant, and was not generally enforced in the Roman [Catholic] Church until more than 1000 years after the time of Christ.”))
“Chaste” (per Webster’s
New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition; 2006; adjective: first two
meanings): “1. Not indulging in unlawful sexual activity; virtuous. 2.
Sexually abstinent; celibate.”
“Chastity” (per Webster’s
New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition; 2006): “The quality or
state of being chaste; specifically, a) virtuousness b) sexual abstinence;
celibacy c) decency or modesty d) simplicity of style.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: Loraine Boettner, in Roman Catholicism (1962) on page 298, tells us: “By celibacy…is meant the sectarian requirement of the Roman Catholic Church that its priests, monks, and nuns abstain from marriage. It is not to be confused with the vow of chastity, which is also taken by the members of these groups, and which means abstention from sexual relations. According to Canon Law the vow of celibacy is broken if the priest marries, but not if he engages in sexual relations.”))
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: Many writers have questioned the “sincerity” of Constantine’s “conversion” to Christianity! He remained at the head of the pagan priesthood as “Pontifex Maximus” after his supposed “conversion” to Christianity in 313 A.D., and it appears that he simply cut a political deal with the organized “Church” of his day. Author Dave Hunt, in his book A Woman Rides the Beast (1994), tells us on page 46: “While heading the Christian Church, [Roman Emperor] Constantine continued to head the pagan priesthood, to officiate at pagan celebrations, and to endow pagan temples even after he began to build Christian churches. As head of the pagan priesthood he was the ‘Pontifex Maximus’ and needed a similar title as head of the Christian Church. The Christians honored him as ‘Bishop of Bishops’, while Constantine called himself ‘Vicarius Christi’, [that is,] Vicar of Christ.”))
“Crime against humanity”
(per Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition; 2006): “A
mass killing or other atrocity committed in furtherance of a program of
genocide.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: Papal Rome’s “crimes against humanity” (e.g., “holy” crusades, “holy” wars, and “holy” Inquisition) are so numerous that we might well describe them with the adjectival word “legion”.))
“Crusade” (per Webster’s
New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974; first two meanings): “1.
Any of the military expeditions which Christians [Ed. Note: to be more
precise, Roman Catholics] undertook from the end of the 11th
[century] to the end of the 13th century to recover the Holy
Land from the Moslems. 2. Any church-sanctioned
war or expedition like this.”
((Ed Comment to the preceding definition: The Papacy launched “holy” crusades against Bible-believing Christian groups, such as the Albigenses in southern France, and the Waldenses in southeastern France and northwest Italy.))
“Donation of Constantine
[a.k.a. the “Gift of Constantine”] (per 1955 World Scope
Encyclopedia): “…The transfer of the ownership of the city of
Rome and surrounding territory to the Pope by the Roman Emperor Constantine
(272-337). The document which was once believed to prove this [alleged] historical
fact was eventually unveiled as an early medieval falsification.”
“Donation of Constantine,
The” [a.k.a. the “Gift of Constantine”] (per Dave Hunt,
author of the book A Woman Rides the Beast; 1994; Pages 72, 73): “The
popes’ authority even extended to large territories outside Rome acquired in
the eighth century. At that time, with the help of a deliberately fraudulent
document manufactured for the popes known as ‘The Donation of Constantine’,
Pope Stephen III convinced Pepin, king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne,
that territories recently taken by the Lombards from the Byzantines actually
had been given to the papacy by the [Roman] Emperor Constantine. [King] Pepin routed the Lombards and
handed to the pope the keys to some 20 cities…and the huge chunk of land
joining them along the Adriatic coast.
Dated 30 March 315 [A.D.] ‘The Donation [of
Constantine]’ declared that [the Roman Emperor] Constantine had given
these lands, along with Rome and the Lateran Palace, to the popes in
perpetuity. In 1440 this document was
proven to be a forgery by [i.e., through the efforts of]
Lorenzo Valla, a papal aide, and is so recognized by historians today.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding two definitions: Lorenzo Valla (1405-1457), an Italian scholar, used both historical evidence and linguistics to prove in 1440 that the so-called “Donation of Constantine” was indeed a deliberately fraudulent document – a forgery used by the Papacy to steal the territory that became the Papal States. According to Diarmaid MacCulloch, in his book The Reformation (2003), two other scholars, English bishop Reginald Pecock and the future German Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa, also came to the same conclusions as did Lorenzo Valla concerning the fraudulent nature of this document.))
“Ex cathedra” (per Webster’s
New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): “[Modern Latin:
Literally, ‘from the chair’]: With the authority that comes from one’s rank or
office: often specifically with reference to papal announcements, on
matters of faith or morals, that have authoritative finality.”
“Excommunicate” (per Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition; 2006): “[Transitive verb]: To exclude, by an act of ecclesiastical authority, from the sacraments, rights, and privileges of a church; censure by cutting off from communion with a church.” (See “Anathema”)
((Ed.
Comments to the preceding definition:
(1) The Roman Catholic Church has been notorious throughout history for “excommunicating” many individuals (to include faithful and active Roman Catholics) who opposed her false and unbiblical doctrines and/or her corrupt and immoral practices – and then having such excommunicated individuals executed by the State authorities. An excellent example of such papal injustice was the excommunication (in 1497) and subsequent execution (in 1498) of the godly Dominican Girolamo Savonarola [1452-1498], who had led a revival in Florence, Italy. His great crime: he had exposed the corrupt and immoral papal court of Pope Alexander VI (pope: 1492-1503).
(2) For many Roman Catholics, the threat of “excommunication” is intimidating, because if they die while under a sentence of “excommunication”, then they (according to Roman Catholic Church doctrine) can never get to heaven.))
“Heretic” (per
Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “As concerns historical Roman Catholic
use of this term: A ‘label’ applied by the Papacy to anyone who dared in the
past, or who dares today, to question either (1) papal authority, or (2) any of
the unscriptural doctrines based solely upon ‘tradition’ that have been
promulgated by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, such as
‘transubstantiation’, ‘indulgences’, ‘papal infallibility’, ‘purgatory’,
‘worship of images’, ‘a celibate priesthood’, ‘auricular confession to a
priest’, etc.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definitions of “heretic”: It is easy for corrupt church officials to “label” a group of Bible-believing Christians (even the population of an entire region or province) as “heretics”, and then to send armies to crush them and to loot their property! The hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, i.e., Papal Rome, labeled the Bible-believing Albigensian and Waldensian Christians as “heretics” prior to sending armies to crush them!))
“Hierarchy” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974):
(a.) “A system of church government by priests or other clergy in graded ranks”
(b.) “The group of officials, especially the highest officials, in such a system”
(c.) “A group of persons or things arranged in order of rank, grade, class, etc.”
“Hypocrite” (per Webster’s
1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): “1. One who feigns
to be what he is not; one who has the form of godliness without the
power, or who assumes an appearance of piety and virtue, when he is
destitute of true religion. 2. A
dissembler; one who assumes a false appearance.”
“Infallible” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): “1. Incapable of error; never wrong. 2. Not liable to fail, go wrong, make a mistake, etc.; dependable; reliable; sure. 3. Roman Catholic Church: Incapable of error in setting forth doctrine on faith and morals: said especially of the Pope speaking ex cathedra (i.e., in his official capacity). (See “Ex cathedra”)
“Infallible” (per Webster’s
1828 American Dictionary of the English Language; Meaning #1): “Not
fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake;
applied to persons. No man is infallible; to be infallible is the
prerogative of God only.”
“Inquisition” (per Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): (Meaning #4): “In some [Roman] Catholic countries, a court or tribunal established for the examination and punishment of ‘heretics’. This court was established in the 12th century by ‘father’ Dominic, who was charged by Pope Innocent III with orders to excite [Roman] Catholic princes [i.e., rulers] and people to extirpate [i.e., destroy completely] ‘heretics’.” (See “Heretic”)
“Jesuit Order” (per
Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “The Jesuit Order is a religious order of
the Roman Catholic Church, officially approved by Pope Paul III in 1540. The
primary goals of this order are (1) to roll back the Protestant Reformation and
the freedoms that it brought to many of the inhabitants of this planet; (2) to
enhance the power and prestige of the Papacy; and (3) to rule despotically over
the governments of the world through the Papacy. The head of the Jesuit Order is the Jesuit
Superior General – the ‘Black Pope’ – the real power behind the Papal throne.
The Jesuit Order is infamous for fomenting revolutions and wars, assassinating
heads of State, and subverting nations.”
“P2 (or P-2) Masonry” (per John Daniel, author of the book The Grand Design Exposed; 1999; Page 169): “There is a Masonic Propaganda group, number two…known as the ‘P-2 Club’, with its headquarters being in Rome. …The P-2 Club is a propaganda society of the world’s elite which includes high-ranking Roman Catholic prelates and, of course, Jesuits.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: P2 Masonry had its fingerprints all over the murder of Pope John Paul I, who was poisoned to death in 1978 before he could implement his plans to “clean house” at the Vatican and at the Vatican Bank. He had learned that many top-level Roman Catholic prelates were high-level Masons, and had made plans to remove them from power. If you doubt that Pope John Paul I was murdered, then I suggest that you read the book The Murder of John Paul I by Vance Ferrell. This book is $6.50 postpaid. It provides very strong evidence that Pope John Paul I was murdered by his Masonic enemies inside the Vatican. To order a copy, please make check or money order payable to “Harvestime Books” and mail it to: Harvestime Books // P.O. Box 300 // Altamont, TN 37301. To order by credit card, please call 1-931-692-2777.))
“Pagan” (per Webster’s
1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): “[Noun]: A heathen; a
Gentile; an idolater; one who worships false gods…”
“Papal” (per
Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): “1. Of
the Pope or the papacy. 2. Of the Roman Catholic Church.”
“Papal Rome” (per
Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “The government of the Roman
Catholic Church, whose headquarters is presently in Rome, Italy.”
“Papal States” (per
Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): “Former
territory in Central and North Central Italy, ruled by the papacy from
the 8th century until 1870.”
“Pontifex Maximus”
(per Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “[Latin for ‘Supreme Pontiff’]: A
title of the supreme leader of the pagan priesthood in the Babylonian Empire
and in pagan IMPERIAL ROME; and a title of the supreme leader of the
Roman Catholic priesthood of PAPAL ROME.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: Author I.A. Sadler, in his book Mystery, Babylon the Great (2003), tells us on page 27: “The Babylonish monarch is also known in history by the Latin title ‘Pontifex Maximus’, which is rendered in English either ‘Supreme [Pontiff]’ or ‘Sovereign Pontiff’. The word ‘Pontiff’ comes from the Latin ‘Pontifex’, which means ‘Roman high priest’.”))
“Pope” (per
Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974; Meaning #1): “Roman
Catholic Church: The bishop of Rome and head of the [Roman
Catholic] Church.”
“Prelate” (per
Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “A high-ranking clergyman, e.g., a
bishop.”
“Roman Catholic”
(per Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language): “Roman
Catholic, as an adjective, denoting the religion professed by the people of
Rome and of Italy, at the head of which is the pope or Bishop of Rome; as a
noun, one who adheres to the papal religion.”
“Vatican City” (per
Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): “Independent
papal state, constituted in 1929 as an enclave in Rome…”
“Vatican-Papacy-Jesuit-Knights
of Malta cabal” (per Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): “This is a
term I use to describe the most powerful geopolitical-financial-religious
institution in the world, which is governed by the Jesuit-controlled
hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. This institution includes (1) the
Vatican-Papacy, (2) the Jesuit Order, (3) the Jesuit-controlled Knights of
Malta religious-military order, (4) other religious and religious-military
orders (such as the Knights of Columbus), (5) Jesuit ‘temporal coadjutors’, (6)
the ‘Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’ (i.e., the Inquisition), (7)
the highest levels of Freemasonry (which are controlled by the Superior General
of the Jesuit Order), (8) the Vatican Bank, (9) the numerous financial,
corporate, real estate, and stock holdings of Papal Rome, and (10) a large
priesthood with a tremendous intelligence-gathering mechanism called the
‘confessional’. This cabal is by far the
biggest and most powerful ‘player’ on the New World Order (N.W.O.)
‘chessboard’, and is the biggest promoter of one-world government and one-world
religion – both of which are to be under the authority of the Jesuit-controlled
Papacy! This cabal has a long ‘track
record’ of torture and genocide; and it is infamous for (1) fomenting bloody
revolutions and wars (to include two world wars), (2) assassinating heads of
State, and (3) subverting nations. It hates religious liberty, freedom of
speech and press, and popular, representative government; and it loves Fascism
and ecclesiastical tyranny. This cabal
hates the American Constitutional Republic, and made plans for its destruction
in three meetings in the 19th century (at Vienna, Austria in
1814-15; at Verona, Italy in 1822; and at Chieri, Italy in 1825).”
“Vicar” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition; 1974): [Ed. Note: “vicar” with a “small ‘v’”]: “1. A person who acts in place of another; deputy. …4. Roman Catholic Church: A.) A church officer acting as deputy of a bishop. B.) [Vicar]: The Pope, regarded as earthly representative of Christ: in full: Vicar of (Jesus) Christ.”
“Vicar of Christ”
(per Darryl Eberhart, Editor of ETI): Just one of many titles assumed by the
popes of Rome. The pope of Rome is
“claiming”, by the use of this title, to act in the place of
Jesus Christ on planet Earth. Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the
English Language tells us the following concerning the word “vicar”:
“The pope pretends to be vicar of Jesus Christ on earth. He has under him a grand vicar, who is a
cardinal, and whose jurisdiction extends over all priests, regular and secular.”
IMPORTANT NOTE: I (the editor of the ETI & TTT newsletters) am not a Roman Catholic; I also am most definitely not anti-Roman Catholic as far as individual Roman Catholics go. My dad and 90% of my relatives are Roman Catholic; and the majority of my friends are Roman Catholic. I am, however, against the top levels of secret societies (from the hierarchy of the Jesuit Order to the hierarchy of Freemasonry). This is because these secret societies control the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church (through the Jesuit Order and P2 Masonry), and have often used this hierarchical system for evil purposes, such as “holy” Inquisition, “holy” crusades, “holy” wars, and religious genocide. The hierarchical system of the Roman Catholic Church is used quite efficiently by secret societies not only to keep over one billion Roman Catholics “in line”, but also to gather intelligence, and to infiltrate (through its Knights of Malta, Jesuit “temporal coadjutors”, etc.) governments and various Christian denominations. I am also against any religious hierarchy that tries to place itself equal to, or above, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God – or equal to, or above, God’s Holy Word (i.e., the Holy Bible) and His Ten Commandments!
This editor of the ETI and TTT newsletters has been writing more on the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy, and especially the Jesuit Order, in recent newsletters because I keep uncovering more and more about the deep hatred that the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has for independent Bible-believing Christians, Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Jews. We Americans have, for the most part, been largely ignorant of the well-documented history of the Roman Catholic Church in conducting brutal religious genocide (via Inquisition, “holy” wars, and “holy” crusades) against all the afore-mentioned groups. Sadly, many Americans believe the “ecumenical rhetoric” of Roman Catholic prelates – i.e., that the Roman Catholic Church has “changed her ways” and now loves all the “separated brethren”. However, my study of the Papacy shows me that this is just a RUSE [i.e., a “stratagem” – per Webster’s Dictionary: “any trick or scheme for achieving some purpose”]. The “purpose” is to bring all Christian denominations under the “umbrella” [i.e., the control] of the Papacy!
Yes, the Papacy [i.e., Papal Rome], despite its “ecumenical rhetoric”, has not changed a bit over the many centuries in the following categories:
Power – absolute power – has long been the pursuit of Papal Rome. History has recorded Papal Rome’s deep hatred for religious liberty and freedom of conscience. The U.S. Constitution, with its “Bill of Rights” guaranteeing such liberties, has long been hated by Papal Rome. (For a good example of this hatred, please read the Syllabus of Errors issued in 1864 by Pope Pius IX.) I have heard that there is an acronym in use by some Knights of Columbus in America. This acronym is “M.A.C.”: “Make America Catholic”. America is the last “roadblock” in the way of Papal Rome and her globalist rich and power elite lackeys in their quest for one-world government and one-world religion. Is America scheduled for a religious genocide – an Inquisition – as occurred in the 1940s in Croatia? I believe the danger is very real and possibly quite imminent – and that is why I have been writing more and more about the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy (i.e., Papal Rome), its long-held dreams of world domination, its love of Fascist regimes, and its well-documented history of torture and religious genocide!
HERE ARE SOME RELEVANT QUOTATIONS:
“It is beyond question
that he [i.e., the pope] can err even in matters touching the faith. He does this when he teaches
heresy by his own judgment or decretal.
In truth, MANY Roman pontiffs [i.e., popes] were heretics.” (1523)
Pope Adrian VI (Adrian Florensz Dedal;
born-died: 1459-1523; pope: 1522-1523; also seen in some books as Pope
Hadrian VI)
“Popes had mistresses of fifteen
years of age, were guilty of incest and sexual perversions of every sort, had
innumerable children, [and] were murdered in the very act of adultery…” – Peter de Rosa (Roman Catholic historian &
former Jesuit; author; Vicars
of Christ – The Dark Side of the Papacy)
“And they [i.e., the popes of Rome] were some of
the worst scoundrels, miscreants, and murderers who ever cursed the
world with their presence.”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the Pope of Rome; 2005; Page 7)
“How has the papacy conducted itself in the past? It
would require many volumes to recount the crimes, sins, cruelties,
debaucheries, immoralities, perversions, errors, and blasphemies of the Papal See.”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the
Pope of Rome; 2005; Page 9)
“When one looks at the lives of the popes of Rome he sees a ghastly array of egregious evils, heinous crimes, and glaring sins which cannot be matched by any other group of men in the annals of history. Other men and other organizations have committed great atrocities and evils, but never on such a wide scale, or for such a long time, as the Popes of Rome.
The evils of the
Popes are compounded by the fact that while committing all the evils,
atrocities, massacres, inquisitions, immoralities, and teaching all the false
doctrines of Rome, ALL THESE DEMONIC MONSTERS CLAIMED AT THE SAME TIME TO BE
THE VICAR OF CHRIST ON EARTH. ((Ed. Note: Emphasis is in the original.)) Roman Catholic scholars, such as Malachi
Martin, one of the leading Roman Catholic scholars of the 20th
century, describe in great detail the evils of the Roman Catholic papacy. So if people today do not know of such evils,
it is not because they never happened or have not been publicized, it is
because people are willfully IGNORANT of them.” ((Ed. Note: Emphasis
is in the original except for “willfully”.))
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the Pope of Rome; 2005; Page 5)
“As for abominations, even [Roman] Catholic historians admit that among the
popes were some of the most degenerate and unconscionable ogres in all
history. Their numerous
outrageous crimes, many of which are almost beyond belief, have been
recited by many historians from preserved documents that reveal the depths of papal
depravity…”
Dave Hunt (A Woman Rides the Beast; 1994; Page 78)
“The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting their power, prestige, and titles [Ed. Note: such as Pontifex Maximus] from paganism. [Roman Emperor] Constantine [Ed. Note: according to the admittedly FORGED “Donation of Constantine”] left all to the Bishop of Rome [i.e., the Pope]. …The Papacy is but the GHOST of the deceased [Pagan] Roman Empire sitting crowned upon its grave.” – Stanley’s History (Page 40)
“While heading the Christian church, [Roman Emperor] Constantine
continued to head the pagan priesthood, to officiate at pagan festivities, and
to endow pagan temples even after he began to build Christian churches. As ‘head of the pagan priesthood’ he was the ‘Pontifex
Maximus’ and needed a similar title as head of the Christian church. The Christians honored him as ‘Bishop of
Bishops’, while Constantine called himself ‘Vicarius Christi’, (Vicar of
Christ).
…In the Middle Ages, the bishops of Rome began to claim that they were the ‘sole representatives of Christ upon earth’. Demanding that the entire church worldwide must be subject to their rule, they forbade any other bishops to be called ‘papa’ or pope and took to themselves the three titles of [Roman Emperor] Constantine – ‘Pontifex Maximus’, ‘Vicar of Christ’, and ‘Bishop of Bishops’ – which they retain to this day.”
Dave Hunt (A Woman Rides the Beast; 1994; Page 46)
“The high point of Marozia’s (who was little more than a papal prostitute) career came at the end of her very long life when she was visited in her Roman prison by an emperor who had just seized possession of the city – Otto III – successor of [Emperor] Charlemagne. He had only one reason for visiting Marozia – to lay eyes on the woman who was the mother of a pope, whom she had conceived by another pope, and who was the aunt of a third pope, the grandmother of a fourth pope, and with the help of her own mother, the creator of nine popes in eight years, of whom two had been strangled, one suffocated with a cushion, and four deposed of in circumstances that have not come to public light.” – Malachi Martin (Author; Roman Catholic scholar; Jesuit; confidant of popes; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church; 1981; Page 99)
“Popes during the Middle Ages were
not in any sense men who had inclinations to set examples for morality. First and foremost, they all came from enormously
wealthy backgrounds; aristocratic warlords determined through the most
disgusting corruptions, bribery, and bloodshed, to have that ultra coveted
position.
To be pope was to gain absolute
power and wealth beyond the scope of any other means. Extravagant luxuries, pomp, and excesses,
even surpassing that of the emperor’s table, excited the lust and passions of
these aristocratic families to a fever pitch.
Vast riches were paid to rivaling parties to buy them out or to cast a
favorable vote. Unsuccessful attempts usually led to assassinations. Orgies, incest, homosexuals, mistresses,
rape, murder, plunder, in some of the most shameful scandals known to man,
are all recorded as the every-day rottenest lifestyle of these so-called
‘saintly’ religious rulers. Rome was
virtually a moral cesspool of corruption; proving graphically that
absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Regardless of the opinions of
sanctimonious [Roman
Catholic] apologetics, this is
the ‘red, raw meat’ of papal history…” – Peter
De Rosa
“The most ghastly abomination of all was the system of torture. The accounts of its cold-blooded operations make one shutter at the capacity of human beings for cruelty. And it was decreed and regulated by the popes who ‘claim’ to represent Christ on earth…” – William Shaw Kerr (Church historian)
“It is a horrible thing
to behold the man who styles himself Christ’s vicegerent, displaying a magnificence that no emperor can equal. Is
this being like the poor
[Lord] Jesus or the humble [Apostle] Peter? He [i.e., the Pope] is, say they, the
lord of the world! But Christ, whose
vicar he boasts of being, said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’ Can the dominions of a vicar extend beyond
those of his superior?” – Martin Luther (1483-1546; German Reformer)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: The gold, silver, precious stones,
and other monetary and property wealth (to include banking interests) of Papal Rome are so immense that they probably cannot be
properly estimated by anyone who does not have direct access to their financial
records.))
“We still have documents of
Byzantine ambassadors reporting on the four questions ritually put to every
priest about to be consecrated as a bishop of the Roman Church: ‘Have you
sodomized a boy? Have you fornicated
with a nun? Have you sodomized any
four-legged animal? Have you committed
adultery?’ These questions accurately
reflected the standard required of would-be bishops. St. Peter Damian wrote a famous book, the
‘Liber Gomorrhianus’ (book of Gomorrha), graphically describing the veniality,
lechery, bestiality, and homicidal fecklessness of his fellow Roman
clerics.”
Malachi Martin (Author; Roman Catholic scholar; Jesuit; confidant of popes; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church; 1981; Page 109)
“It was bitterly cold.
King Henry [IV of Germany]
stood barefoot, shivering in the snow, nearly freezing to death. Together with his wife and baby son, they had
crossed the Alps in the dead of winter, just so he could stand here [i.e.,
at the pope’s palace] today, begging forgiveness.
This was no mean [i.e., poor] man. This was Henry IV, the
King of Germany [1056-1106] and [the] ‘Holy Roman Emperor’
(1084-1106 AD) [Ed. One source: 1105]. So what could have caused him to
do such a crazy thing?
That’s easy. He had dared to question the authority of
the pope! And now Pope Gregory VII
showed [King] Henry who [really] held
the reins of power in Europe. In 1076 he [i.e., Pope Gregory VII] excommunicated [King] Henry from the Roman Catholic religion
and told his German subjects they didn’t have to serve him anymore. …That’s why he [King Henry IV of Germany] stood there,
freezing and humiliated in the snow for three days. He had to prove that he had learned his
lesson. He had learned the hard way who
was the real boss in world affairs: the Roman Catholic pope.
…The new pope, Benedict XVI, was recently in Germany for World Youth Day
2005. He urged Europe to return to its ‘Christian roots’. What does that mean? It means a time when
kings lived in fear of the pope. This new Roman
Catholic leader was formerly the Chief
Inquisitor, head of the ‘Holy
Office’ of the Inquisition. Is it any
coincidence that this German pope is still referred to by his colleagues as
‘Der Panzerkardinal’? …Get ready, folks, and hang onto your Bibles. What this new pope really
wants is a 21st century version of the Dark Ages.” – David W. Daniels (Author of Did The
Catholic Church Give Us The Bible?) (Preceding quotation is a large
excerpt from his article “A Return to Our Christian Roots?” from the
Sept./Oct. 2005 issue of the “Battle Cry” newsletter.)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: For much of the past four centuries
(and with few and rare exceptions), the Jesuit Superior General (i.e., the Black Pope) has controlled and directed the White Pope,
the Papacy, and the Roman
Curia.))
“[The
Albigensian Christians] preached against the immoralities of the [Roman
Catholic] priesthood, pilgrimages, worship of saints and idols…opposed
the claims of the Church of Rome; made great use of the Scriptures.
…By
1167 they [i.e., the Albigensian Christians] embraced possibly a
majority of the population of South France.
…In
1208 a crusade was ordered by Pope Innocent III; a bloody
war of extermination followed, scarcely paralleled in history.
Town after town was put to the sword, and the inhabitants murdered without
distinction of age or sex.
…Within a hundred years the Albigenses were utterly rooted out.”
Dr. Henry H. Halley (Halley’s Bible Handbook)
“Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope.” – Pope Innocent III (Lotario; born-died: c.1161-1216; pope: 1198-1216) ((Ed. Comment: GOD will judge the pope!))
“The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one’s thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is by no means worthy of favor and support.” – Pope Gregory XVI (Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; born-died: 1765-1846; pope: 1831-1846)
“The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defense of liberty of conscience, are a most pestilential error – a pest, of all others, most to be dreaded in a State.” – Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; born-died: 1792-1878; pope: 1846-1878) (Encyclical Letter; August 15, 1854)
“The State has not the right to leave every man free
to embrace whatever religion he should deem true.
…The [Roman Catholic] Church has the right
to require that the [Roman] Catholic religion shall be the
religion of the State, to the exclusion of all others.
…Cursed be those who assert liberty of conscience and of worship and such that maintain that the [Roman Catholic] Church may not employ force.”
The Syllabus Errorum of Pope Pius IX (December 1864)
“These false and perverse opinions [of democracy and individual freedom] are so much the more detestable, by as much as they…hinder and banish that salutary influence which the [Roman] Catholic Church, by the institution and command of her Divine Author, ought freely to exercise, even to the consummation of the world, not only over individual men, but [over] nations, [over] peoples, and [over] sovereigns.” – Pope Pius IX (Quanta Cura; December 8, 1864) (A Woman Rides the Beast by Dave Hunt; Page 120.)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: Papal Rome has long reserved to herself the “right” to enslave nations under vile ecclesiastical tyranny, and to use force and torture wherever and whenever she deems such measures “necessary”. Her numerous official statements claim her absolute “right” to do so, and history has recorded the results: numerous instances of “holy” Inquisition, “holy” crusades, and brutal religious genocide carried out by this religious-political-financial institution upon millions and millions of innocent men, women, and children!))
“Have not the popes [e.g., Pope Pius IX in his Syllabus of Errors] publicly and repeatedly anathematized the sacred principle of Liberty of Conscience? Have they not boldly said, in the teeth of the nations of Europe, that Liberty of Conscience must be destroyed – killed at any cost? Has not the whole world heard the sentence of death to liberty coming from the lips of the old man of the Vatican [i.e., the pope]?” – Charles Chiniquy (Author; Ex-Catholic priest)
“It was the Pope of Rome [i.e., Pope Pius IX], and he alone, of all the European potentates, that gave his recognition and his blessing to the Confederate government…” – Thomas M. Harris (U.S. Army Brigadier General; Rome’s Responsibility for the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 1897; Page 16)
“As with any ‘pyramidal’ scheme, whether it is in
marketing, Freemasonry, the Jesuits, or the Roman Catholic Church; it is a hierarchy. Those at the top level of the ‘pyramid’ leech
off the efforts and revenues of the hundreds of thousands [Ed. Note: or, millions]
under them at the lower levels. Nor
is it intended for those while at the bottom to ever know the purposes and
affairs of those at the top. The lower
levels are intentionally lied to and deceived, so as to make them
to ‘think’ that they know.
…At the bottom of the [Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchical] pyramid they are taught Christ; at the top, it’s an occult different matter.”
John Daniel (The Grand Design Exposed; 1999; Page 158)
“The Canon Law, among
other things, declares that the Pope is the lord of all kings, and all people; that the [Roman Catholic] Church can use force in carrying out her discipline; that her
clergy are exempt from the civil tribunals of the land; that all laws contrary to Canon Law are void; that all education must be under the control of the Bishops; that the Pope can depose ‘heretical’ sovereigns; that he can release from oaths and prisons; that
the priests have power to direct the people in their political duties; and that
‘heresy’ is to be punished with death.” – Hector Macpherson (The Jesuits in
History; Page 116)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: Such power should never be
in the hands of any man or small group of men. Papal Rome’s use of “force” in the past
has included: “holy” Inquisition (including brutal torture); “holy”
crusades and wars against innocent men, women, and children who would not bow
to papal authority; fomenting of revolutions and wars; and assassination of
heads of State. Papal Rome has often misused the label of
“heretic”, applying it to those who opposed her false doctrines and papal
corruption – or who simply wanted to possess a Bible in their native language. Papal Rome has labeled entire population groups (e.g.,
Albigensian Christians, Waldensian Christians, etc.) as “heretics” in order to
slaughter them and confiscate (i.e., loot) their property – and to
remove any challenge to her claimed authority to rule over all people.))
“And of all plagues with which mankind are
cursed,
Ecclesiastic tyranny is the worst.”
Daniel DeFoe (1660-1731; English writer)
“[The Pope is] the very antichrist,
and ‘son of perdition’, of whom [the Apostle] Paul speaks.” –
John Knox (1505-1572; Scottish Reformer)
“The oracles of God
foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church:
and in the Pope of Rome all the characteristics of that Antichrist
are so marvelously answered that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it,
there is a marvelous blindness upon them.”
Cotton Mather (1663-1728; American clergyman)
“The [Holy] Bible is not for the people;
whosoever will be saved must renounce it. It is a forbidden book.
Bible societies are satanic contrivances.”
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: Papal Rome for centuries forbade the common man to read the Holy Bible in his own native language. Papal Rome hunted down and executed many individuals for the “crime” of printing, distributing, or even possessing a Bible in their own native language.))
“Now we hope that none of you will be slain, but we wish you to know that the Kingdom of Heaven will be given as a reward to those who shall be killed in this war.” – Pope Leo IV (pope: 847-855)
“We confidently reply that those who shall die in battle fighting bravely against pagans or unbelievers shall receive eternal life.”
((Ed. Comments to the
preceding two quotes:
(1) GOD alone decides who will receive “eternal life”. No pope or other man on planet Earth can
promise “eternal life” to anyone for deeds done on behalf of a religious institution!
(2) False promises of “eternal life”,
forgiveness of sins, early release from purgatory, etc., were used by
popes to get violent criminals (e.g., rapists and murderers) and thugs
to “sign up” for “crusades” to savagely slaughter and butcher innocent
Moslems, Jews, and even Bible-believing Christians (such as the Albigenses in
southern France and the Waldenses in southeastern France and northwestern
Italy)!
(3) The “formula”
for “eternal life” is clearly spelled out in the Holy Bible. This editor most highly recommends that you take no man’s word for
what specifically constitutes “salvation” and “eternal life”, but rather “search
the Scriptures” in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. In other
words, study the entire Bible from cover to cover, asking God the Father
to show you, in Christ Jesus’ name, what you must do
to inherit eternal life, and what you must not do that would keep you
from entering into the kingdom of God.
(4) Speaking of “the
Kingdom of Heaven”: If you have not
seen Ridley Scott’s film “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005) that deals with that
period of history when “Christian” [i.e., Roman Catholic] crusaders held
Jerusalem, I highly recommend that you view it.
This movie clearly shows the “ugly side” of organized religion
(especially the hierarchical variety) – and its role in inciting “holy war”.))
((Ed. Comment: Speaking
of movies, “King Arthur – Director’s Cut” (2004) by Jerry Bruckheimer,
shows the “ugly side” of organized hierarchical religion. This movie shows the use of torture by Papal Rome on poor peasants. Papal
Rome for centuries tortured women
and children, as well as men and the elderly.))
I. INTERESTING
REVELATIONS ABOUT CERTAIN POPES (Using
quotes by various authors with a few editorial comments)
((Ed.
Note: I will attempt to list these popes as they appeared
chronologically in history. A fair number of the below-listed quotes came from
Ronald Cooke’s book The Death of the Pope of Rome.))
“At the election of Pope Damascus I [Ed. Note: pope: 366-384
A.D.], in AD 366, thirty-seven
corpses littered the Liberian Basilica after a fracas between the followers
of Damascus and his archrival Ursinus.”
Malachi Martin (Author;
Roman Catholic scholar; Jesuit; confidant of popes; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church; 1981; Page 43)
((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: This is not an unusual case.
The aristocratic families that were battling for the office of pope frequently
committed murder in order to eliminate their rivals and to secure the
office of pope!))
“Within a year Pope Stephen [pope: 768-772 A.D.] will have used Duke Desiderius to get Christophorus, Sergius, and Gratiosus imprisoned, first their eyes cut out, and then their lives ended. He will then turn on Desiderius, and by December of AD 771 will encompass his ruin and death.”
Malachi Martin (The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Church; 1981; P. 70)
“For Marozia [Ed. Note: the famous papal prostitute], the reading of Pope John XII’s [pope: 955-964 A.D.] sins must have provided a paroxysm [i.e., a sudden convulsion or outburst] of personal suffering. Every word is accurate. ‘Your grandson, Pope John XII, perjured himself… He stole the treasury of the popes… He was deposed by a Holy Synod and replaced by Pope Leo VIII… Then the apostate returned to Rome; evicted Pope Leo VIII; cut off the nose, tongue, and two fingers of the Cardinal Deacon; flayed the skin of Bishop Otger; cut off the hands of Notary Azzo; and beheaded sixty-three of Rome’s clergy and nobility… During the night of May 14, 964, while having illicit and filthy relations with a Roman matron, he was surprised in the act of sin by the matron’s angry husband who, in just wrath, smashed his skull with a hammer, and thus liberated his evil soul into the grasp of Satan.’” – Malachi Martin (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church; 1981; Pages 101, 102)
“…When Pope John XIX died under suspicious circumstances,
which usually means he was murdered, in 1033 [Ed. Note: one source: 1032], his
relative took his son of 12, had papal clothes made for him and lifted him
bodily onto the papal throne and had him consecrated pope as Benedict IX. …[Pope] Benedict [IX] sold the papal throne to Gratian, who became Pope Gregory
VI. Benedict continued to live in the
Lateran Palace, [which according to Malachi] Martin, ‘he converted into
the best brothel in town’.”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the
Pope of Rome; 2005; Pages 10, 11)
“…In the eleventh century, the Man of Sin appeared to have attained
the summit of arrogance and blasphemy in the person of [Pope] Gregory VII. …He [i.e., Pope Gregory VII] assumed not only the appellation of
‘Universal Bishop’, but also those of ‘Sovereign Pontiff’, ‘Christ’s Vicar’,
‘Prince of the Apostles’, ‘God on earth’, ‘Lord God the Pope’, ‘His Holiness’,
‘King of kings and Lord of lords’, ‘Prince over all nations and kingdoms’, ‘The
Most Holy and Most Blessed’, ‘Master of the Universal World’, ‘Father of
Kings’, ‘Light of the World’, ‘Most High and Sovereign Bishop’, etc., etc.”
David
Benedict (General History of the
Baptist Denomination)
“[Pope] Boniface VIII… [pope:
1294-1303]: This evil deceiver started his rule in the papal chair by
‘pretending to be God’. ((Ed. Note: He obtained the papal office by
pulling off a clever trick as explained in this next sentence.)) He
whispered through a hidden tube to the ruling pope Celestine and commanded him to lay down his [papal] office. Celestine thought he was
hearing the [very] voice of God, and responded to the command by laying
down his office. He [Celestine] was immediately locked up in prison and starved
to death by [Pope] Boniface [VIII], who became both pope and emperor.
The [new] Pope then fought with the powerful
Colonna family, which led him to destroy the city of Palestrina, where he killed
6000 citizens in a bloody massacre.
He also issued his famous papal bull – Unam Sanctum [sic]
– in which he claimed that the Pope of Rome was ruler over both
spiritual and temporal powers, which enabled him to wear the ‘triple tiara’
signifying such powers, and which all popes ever since have worn, including the
late pope. [This means that]… he claimed absolute
authority over all matters
terrestrial and celestial.
[Pope] Boniface VIII robbed
and plundered everywhere he could while carrying on immoral affairs with
his mistress and her daughter. Philip le Bel of France was able to seize him
and imprison him in 1303. However, he
was later liberated by an armed insurrection and returned to Rome. He became insane and was placed in solitary
confinement where he died.”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the Pope of Rome; 2005; Pages 11, 12)
“[Pope] John XXII [pope:
1316-1334]: This pope was another
worthless character who took over the papal chair after poisoning Pope Alexander V.
Being [at that time] a
cardinal, he [i.e., John XXII] had access to the pope [Alexander V],
and to get the papal chair he poisoned the pope who occupied it.
He [Pope
John XXII] called for an army to
go against Ladislaus, king of Naples, because he had driven him [the pope]
out of Rome. He also struggled with the
General Council he had called to meet at Constance. Sixty charges were laid against him at this
council and he was deposed.
…The number of charges [against
Pope John XXII] were reduced from 60 to 5: lust, murder, rape, sodomy,
and piracy. He was found guilty and deposed.”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the Pope of Rome; 2005; Page 12)
((Ed. Note: This
phenomenon, i.e., the murder of the then current pope by his future
successor (in order to “seize” the coveted papal chair), seems to have occurred
frequently during Roman Catholic Church history.))
“[Pope] Alexander VI ([born-died:] 1431-1503; [pope:
1492-1503]): This very evil pope committed his first murder at the age of twelve and fathered at least ten illegitimate children.
…He bought the papal chair by giving various Cardinals all kinds of
expensive gifts so they would vote for him.
…He became pope in 1492 and took the title
Alexander VI.
He was the pope who had [the Dominican] Savonarola, the preacher
who cried out publicly against the crimes and sins of the papacy,
executed [in 1498].”
Ronald Cooke (The Death of the
Pope of Rome; 2005; Pages 12, 13)
((Ed. Comments to the
preceding quote:
(1) Many men bought the papacy.
Many men also murdered their competitors or the reigning pope in
order to obtain the coveted papal chair (with all its perks, privileges,
power, and wealth)!
(2) The Dominican Savonarola, a godly Roman Catholic who was also a
preacher of reform, led a “revival” in the Italian city of Florence. Because
this godly Roman Catholic had the courage to criticize and denounce Pope
Alexander VI and his corrupt papal court, he was murdered in 1498 on the orders of his own Church (the execution was carried out
shortly after his excommunication, and after threats had been made against the
people of Florence). Sadly, Savonarola
was not the only godly Roman Catholic murdered by his
own Church throughout history for the “crime” of trying to reform a very corrupt church hierarchy!))
“When Pius IX [pope: 1846-1878] (who had rammed papal infallibility through Vatican [Council] I) died [on February 8, 1878] …and his casket was carried with great pomp through the streets and up to St. Peter’s, mobs of Italians filled the square, throwing stones and shouting: ‘Death to the Pope! Death to the priests! Throw the pig in the river! Throw the beast in the Tiber [River]!’”
Dave Hunt (A Woman Rides the Beast; 1994; Page 498)
“In
Hitler’s Pope, award-winning [Roman Catholic] journalist John
Cornwell shows that Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII [pope: 1939-1958],
was instrumental in negotiating an accord that helped the Nazis rise to
unhindered power – and sealed the fate of the Jews in Europe.
Drawing upon secret Vatican and Jesuit archives to which
he had unprecedented access, Cornwell tells the full, tragic story of how narcissism,
long-standing personal antipathy for the Jews, and political and ‘spiritual’
ambition combined to make Pius the most dangerous churchman in history. Not just a firm and final indictment of Pius
XII’s papacy, Hitler’s Pope is also a searing exploration of its
lingering consequences for the Catholic Church today.”
(This quote was taken from the back cover of the book Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII by Roman Catholic journalis