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ANSWER: The truth about the claim that “the Pope is about to enforce Sunday Law” is that the Papacy is indeed trying to implement Sunday law because Sunday is her supposed “mark” of authority/power over divine times and laws in order to reestablish UNIVERSAL Papal Supremacy under the leadership of the Jesuit Order (Pope Francis is a Jesuit who kept his silver Jesuit cross).[Authors Note: This answer will be frequently updated to add more analysis and resources regarding the Papacy’s push towards universal Sunday Legislation.]I. THE PAPACY’S SUNDAY AGENDA"Therefore, also in the particular circumstances of our own time, Christians will naturally strive to ensure that civil legislation respects their duty to keep Sunday holy."—Pope John Paul II, Dies Domini, 1998"In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays."—Catechism of the Catholic Church, #2188"A person who violates the sanctity of Sunday is to be punished as a heretic."—Pope John Paul II (quoted from Detroit News, July 7, 1998, pA1)The Catholic canonical definition of a “heretic”:"Whoever denies or places in doubt any truth that must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or repudiates the Christian faith as a whole, and does not come to his senses after having been LEGITIMATELY WARNED, is to be PUNISHED AS A HERETIC...whoever obstinately rejects a teaching that the [1] Roman Pontiff or the [2] College of Bishops, exercising the authentic Magisterium, have set forth to be held definitively, or who affirms what they have condemned as erroneous, and does not retract after having been LEGITIMATELY WARNED, is to be punished with an appropriate penalty."—Pope John Paul II, in his apostolic letter “Ad Tuendam Fidem”, Canon 1436 (May 18, 1998)“There is no graver offense than heresy... and therefore it must be rooted out with fire and sword.”—Catholic Encyclopedia, volume 14 (1911): 767-768“A heretic merits the pains of fire....By the Gospel, the canons, civil law, and custom, heretics must be burned.”—“The American Textbook of Popery”, p 164 (quoting from the “Directory for the Inquisitors”).“Heretics may be not only excommunicated but also justly put to death.”—”Catholic Encyclopedia”, Vol. XIV, p. 768Notice what Pope Francis I said when during his historic visit to the United States of America in 2015. The trend is that the Papacy is using the Climate Change movement and the USA as a catalyst to promote a certain “rest” for “nature” and the “poor”."The biblical tradition clearly shows that this renewal entails recovering and respecting the rhythms inscribed in nature by the hand of the Creator. We see this, for example, in the law of the Sabbath. On the seventh day, God rested from all his work. He commanded Israel to set aside each seventh day as a day of rest, a Sabbath, (cf. Gen 2:2-3; Ex 16:23; 20:10). Similarly, every seven years, a sabbatical year was set aside for Israel, a complete rest for the land (cf. Lev 25:1-4)...On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has special importance. Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationships with God, with ourselves, with others and with the world...The law of weekly rest forbade work on the seventh day, 'so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your maidservant, and the stranger, may be refreshed' (Ex 23:12). [Sunday] Rest opens our eyes to the larger picture and gives us renewed sensitivity to the rights of others. And so the day of rest, centered on the Eucharist, sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us to greater concern for NATURE [Climate Change] and the POOR [Socialism]."—Pope Francis I, Encyclical "Laduato si'" (May 24, 2015), Vatican.va, para. 71 & 237Notice what the AP News wrote under the headline: "Pope: Use Pandemic to Give the Environment a Vital 'Rest'" in 2020,"VATICAN CITY (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how the Earth can recover 'if we allow it to rest' and must spur people to adopt simpler lifestyles to help a planet 'groaning' under the constant demand for economic growth, Pope Francis said Tuesday. In his latest urgent appeal to help a fragile environment, Francis also renewed his call for the cancellation of the debts of the most vulnerable countries. Such action would be just, he said, since rich countries have exploited poorer nations’ natural resources. 'In some ways, the current pandemic has led us to rediscover simpler and sustainable lifestyles,' Francis said in a written message. Citing the medical, social and economic crises triggered by the pandemic, Francis said it was 'time for restorative justice'. Francis invited ALL NATIONS to 'adopt more ambitious national targets to reduce emissions' harming the environment."—The Associated Press, Frances D'Emilio (September 1, 2020)More Details and Timeline of the “Push for Sunday Law”: [1] Towards Global Sunday Law and [2] Sabbath News ArchivesII. THE PAPACY’S AGENDA ANALYZED[UPDATES: Pastor Doug Batchelor, and others, provide a recent analysis of the Jesuit Pope Francis’s push towards Sunday Law.]Uploaded April 26, 2020: “Sunday Law News Report”Uploaded Sep 4, 2020: “How The Pope Plans To Save The Planet?”Uploaded Sep 18, 2020: “Climate Sunday Launches across Britain & Ireland”Uploaded by CNN Mar 1, 2010: “Blue [Sunday] Laws Survive” in AmericaUploaded by Bible Flock Box Nov 20, 2020: “Pope Francis, Climate Change, and Joe Biden”Pope Francis discusses climate change on the first call with BidenUploaded Dec 28, 2020: “Pandemic, Politics, Papacy, and Prophecy”Uploaded Feb 11, 2021: “Climate Change: Famines, Pestilence, Earthquakes”Written March 15, 2021 by Thomas D. Willaims, Ph.D.Pope Francis Calls for ‘New World Order’ After the PandemicPope Francis insists in a new book things will never be the same in a post-pandemic world, calling instead for a “new world order.”https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/03/15/pope-francis-calls-for-new-world-order-after-the-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3pM3LqOyjONdo-vSfE0C8DggQj6cIuHwq5gKLgtBulpWvQ9I-q_w3EB7QThe Papacy Behind Economic PolicyMAJOR U.S. COMPANIES PARTNER WITH POPE FRANCISThe “Council of Inclusive Capitalism” (CIC) is spearheaded by a strange combination of Lynn Forester de Rothschild (from the powerful family of the Rothschild business empire), Pope Francis I (the Jesuit theocrat of over 1.3 billion people), and 27 core leaders of Fortune 500 companies (whose companies have a cumulative worth of over $2.1 trillion). The total assets of this council are valued at over $10.1 trillion. This council seems to surpass the power of even most government leaders. One wonders how this powerful council will affect economic and political policy in the years to come.Business Insider reports:“The move toward a kinder capitalism just got religious. The CEOS of Bank of America, Visa, EY, BP, Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce, and several other Fortune 500 companies are joining forces with Pope Francis to promote a more inclusive form of capitalism in a new organization called the Council for Inclusive Capitalism With the Vatican.To join, business leaders must commit to measurable steps to create a more equitable and fair economic system, including adherence to the UN's sustainable development goals. As part of the commitment, the companies must take steps toward ending poverty, providing access to clear water, and reducing income inequality.This is not the first time the pope has taken a strong stance on capitalism. In the third encyclical of his papacy in October, Pope Francis rebuked free market capitalism. An encyclical is a way for religious leaders to establish a historical record of the church's teachings at the time. He's also repeatedly called for leaders to combat "dismal" inequality with fairer policies.In 2013, Pope Francis wrote a long statement, called an apostolic exhortation, chiding trickle-down economics, or the belief that as the rich get richer, their wealth trickles down and lifts up the middle class and poor as well."The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith," he wrote in the encyclical letter.In a statement, Pope Francis said an economic system that is more trustworthy is "urgently needed," adding that the business leaders on the council "have taken up the challenge by seeking ways to make capitalism become a more inclusive instrument for integral human well-being."The member companies of the new council represent more than $10.5 trillion in assets under management, companies with over $2.1 trillion of market capitalization, and 200 million workers in over 163 countries."This Council will follow the warning from Pope Francis to listen to 'the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor' and answer society's demands for a more equitable and sustainable model of growth," said Lynn Forester de Rothschild, founder of the Council and managing partner of Inclusive Capital Partners.—Marguerite Ward, “Pope Francis joins with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies to form a new council focused on creating a more equitable economy”, BusinessInsider Inc., (Dec 8, 2020, 8:59 AM)“The Pope means business. Capitalism met Catholicism on Tuesday, as business leaders from some of the world’s biggest Fortune 500 companies announced a new partnership with Pope Francis…The Council comprises 27 core members known as the "Guardians of Inclusive Capitalism", who represent companies with over $2.1 trillion in market capitalization and 200 million workers, making this council even more powerful than government leaders...The Council’s founding, spearheaded by Lynn Forester de Rothschild of the famous banking family, illustrates a collaborative effort of the environmental, social, and governance-focused practices occurring in the economic landscape already.”—Haley Messenger, “Big business gets its wings as leaders from major U.S. companies partner with Pope Francis”, NBC News, (Dec. 8, 2020, 6:17 PM PST)More on the Papacy’s Role in World Economics and Politics:The Papacy and the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC)The Political and Economic Policy of the Papacy AnalyzedIII. THE HISTORICAL PROTESTANT VIEW REGARDING THE PAPACYGoing on about the comments that the Adventists were the ones who invented the teaching that the “Antichrist” is the Papacy… it is academically dishonest and lazy scholarship. The Seventh-day Adventist Church was not the original teacher of the historicist interpretation of Bible Prophecy which points to the Papacy as the Antichrist power on Earth.Did you know that the first person to call the seat of the Papacy, “antichrist”, was himself a Pope?Pope Gregory the Great wrote to Emperor Mauritius,“Moreover, I say confidently that anyone calling himself universal priest, or desires to be so called, shows himself, by this self-exaltation, to be the forerunner to the ANTICHRIST because by this display of pride he sets himself superior to others…”—Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD), in a letter to the Emperor Mauritius, Book 4, Letter 30In fact, the protestant reformers of the Great Protestant Reformation, among other great reformers, had taught the same historicist view as the Adventists:John Wycliffe (?-1384) → Catholic Scholar"We suppose that Antichrist, the head of all these evil men, is the pope of Rome." (Foxe's Book of Martyrs, p. 90)[Wycliffe died of a stroke while saying mass in 1384. In 1415, the Catholic church officially declared him a heretic and his writings as heresy. In 1428, his bones were dug up and burned and cast into a river].John Huss (1372-1415) → pre-reformation priest and martyr"The Pope is... the true Antichrist, of whom it is written, that he sitteth in the temple of God, among the people where Christ is worshiped.” (Foxe's Book of Martyrs, p. 90)[Huss was burned at the stake in 1415].Nicolaus Von Amsdorf (1483-1565) → Lutheran"He (the antichrist) will be revealed and come to naught before the last day, so that every man shall comprehend and recognize that the pope is the real, true antichrist and not the vicar of Christ ... Therefore those who consider the pope and his bishops as Christian shepherds and bishops are deeply in error, but even more are those who believe the Turk (ISLAM) is the antichrist. Because the Turk (ISLAM) rules outside of the church and does not sit in the holy place, nor does he seek to bear the name of Christ, but is an open antagonist of Christ and His church. This does not need to be revealed, but it is clear and evident because he persecutes Christians openly and not as the pope does, secretly under the form of Godliness." (Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, Furnemliche und gewisse Zeichen, sig.A2r.,v.)Martin Luther (1483-1546) → Lutheran"nothing else than the kingdom of Babylon and of very Antichrist. For who is the man of sin and the son of perdition, but he who by his teaching and his ordinances increases the sin and perdition of souls in the church; while he yet sits in the church as if he were God? All these conditions have now for many ages been fulfilled by the papal tyranny." (Martin Luther, “First Principles”, pp. 196-197)"This teaching [of the supremacy of the pope] shows forcefully that the Pope is the very Antichrist who has exalted himself above, and opposed himself against Christ." (Martin Luther, “Smalcald Articles”. II. IV 10-12)“We here are of the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist.” (Aug. 18, 1520). (Taken from “The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers”, by LeRoy Froom. Vol. 2., pg. 121).“Luther… proved, by the revelations of Daniel and St. John, by the epistles of St. Paul, St. Peter, and St. Jude, that the reign of Antichrist, predicted and described in the Bible, was the Papacy … And all the people did say, Amen! A holy terror seized their souls. It was Antichrist whom they beheld seated o­n the pontifical throne. This new idea, which derived greater strength from the prophetic descriptions launched forth by Luther into the midst of his contemporaries, inflicted the most terrible blow o­n Rome.” (J. H. Merle D’aubigne’s “History of the Reformation of the Sixteen Century”, book vi, chapter xii, p. 215.)Matthias Flacius (1570) → Lutheran"The sixth and last reason for our separation from the pope and his followers be this; By many writings of our church, by the Divinely inspired Word, by prophecies concerning the future and by the special characteristics of the Papacy, it has been profusely and thoroughly proved that the pope with his prelates and clergy is the real true great antichrist, that his kingdom is the real Babylon, a never ceasing fountain and a mother of all abominable idolatry." (Flacius, Etliche Hochwichtige Ursachen und Grunde, warum das siche alle Christen von dem Antichrist…absondern sollen)Georg Nigrinus (1530-1602)"The Jesuits claim to be sorely offended and have taken my declarations as an insult and blasphemy in branding the Papacy as the antichrist of which Daniel, Paul, Peter, John and even Christ prophesied. But this is as true as it is that Jesus is the Messiah, and I am prepared to show it even by their own definition of the word 'antichrist'." (Translated from "Nigrinus, Antichrists Grundliche Offenbarung" fol. 6v.)"This Jesuit further contends that the Papacy cannot be antichrist because the Papacy has lasted for centuries, but that the antichrist is supposed to reign only for 3 1/2 years ... But no one doubts today that Daniel spoke of YEAR-DAYS, not literal days ... The prophetic time-periods of forty-two months, 1260 days, 1, 2, 1/2 times are prophetic, and according to Ezekiel 4, a day must be taken for a year." (Translated from "Nigrinus, Antichrists Grundliche Offenbarung" fols.28v. 29r.)John Calvin (1509-1564) → Calvinist Protestantism"Though it be admitted that Rome was once the mother of all Churches, yet from the time when it began to be the seat of Antichrist it has ceased to be what it was before. Some persons think us too severe and censorious when we call the Roman Pontiff Antichrist. But those who are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption against Paul himself, after whom we speak and whose language we adopt .. I shall briefly show that (Paul's words in II Thess. 2) are not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the Papacy." (“Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin, Vol.3, p.149)"Daniel and Paul had predicted that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God...We affirm him to be the Pope." (L. Froom, “Prophetic Faith of our Fathers”, Volume 2)John Knox (1505-1572) → Scotch Presbyterian“Yea, to speak it in plain words; lest that we submit ourselves to Satan, thinking that we submit ourselves to Jesus Christ, for, as for your Roman kirk, as it is now corrupted, and the authority thereof, whereon stands the hope of your victory, I no more doubt but that it is the synagogue of Satan, and the head thereof, called the pope, to be that man of sin, of whom the apostle speaks." (John Knox, The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, p.65)The Appellation from the Sentence Pronounced by the Bishops and Clergy: Addressed to the Nobility and Estates of Scotland 1558"yea, we doubt not to prove the kingdom of the Pope to be the kingdom and power of Antichrist." (Extracted from Selected Writings of John Knox: Public Epistles, Treatises, and Expositions to the Year 1559; edited by Kevin Reed Presbyterian Heritage Publications in1995)Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) → Anglican"Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of Antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons." (Works by Cranmer, vol.1, pp.6-7)Roger Williams (1603-1683) → First Baptist Pastor in America“Pastor Williams spoke of the Pope as "the pretended Vicar of Christ on earth, who sits as God over the Temple of God, exalting himself not only above all that is called God, but over the souls and consciences of all his vassals, yea over the Spirit of Christ, over the Holy Spirit, yea, and God himself...speaking against the God of heaven, thinking to change times and laws; but he is the son of perdition." (The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers by Froom, Vol. 3, pg. 52)The Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) → Baptist"The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ." (1689 Baptist Confession of Faith)The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) → Presbyterian"There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalts himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God." (1646 Westminster Confession of Faith)Cotton Mather (1663-1728) → Congregational Theologian“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.” (“The Fall of Babylon” by Cotton Mather in Froom’s book, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 3, pg. 113.)John Wesley (1703-1791) → Methodist"... In many respects, the Pope has an indisputable claim to those titles. He is, in an emphatical sense, the man of sin, as he increases all manner of sin above measure. And he is, too, properly styled, the son of perdition, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers and followers, destroyed innumerable souls, and will himself perish everlastingly. He it is that opposeth himself to the emperor, once his rightful sovereign; and that exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped - Commanding angels, and putting kings under his feet, both of whom are called gods in scripture; claiming the highest power, the highest honour; suffering himself, not once only, to be styled God or vice-God. Indeed no less is implied in his ordinary title, "Most Holy Lord," or, "Most Holy Father." So that he sitteth - Enthroned. In the temple of God - Mentioned Rev. xi, 1. Declaring himself that he is God - Claiming the prerogatives which belong to God alone." (John Wesley, “Explanatory Notes Upon The New Testament”, p.216)“He [the Pope] is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin, as he increases all manner of sin above measure. And he is, too, properly styled the Son of Perdition, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers and followers…He [the pontifex maximus] it is...that exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped...claiming the highest power, and highest honour...claiming the prerogatives which belong to God alone” (Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms, by Albert Close, pg. 110)Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) → Particular Baptist"It is the bounden duty of every Christian to pray against Antichrist, and as to what Antichrist is no sane man ought to raise a question. If it be not the popery in the Church of Rome there is nothing in the world that can be called by that name. If there were to be issued a hue and cry for Antichrist, we should certainly take up this church on suspicion, and it would certainly not be let loose again, for it so exactly answers the description.""Popery is contrary to Christ’s Gospel, and is the Antichrist, and we ought to pray against it. It should be the daily prayer of every believer that Antichrist might be hurled like a millstone into the flood and for Christ, because it wounds Christ, because it robs Christ of His glory, because it puts sacramental efficacy in the place of His atonement, and lifts a piece of bread into the place of the Saviour, and a few drops of water into the place of the Holy Ghost, and puts a mere fallible man like ourselves up as the vicar of Christ on earth; if we pray against it, because it is against Him, we shall love the persons though we hate their errors: we shall love their souls though we loath and detest their dogmas, and so the breath of our prayers will be sweetened, because we turn our faces towards Christ when we pray." (Michael de Semlyen, All Roads Lead to Rome)Rev. James Aitken Wylie (1808-1890) → Presbyterian minister & Scottish Historian"The same line of proof which establishes that Christ is the promised Messiah, conversely applied, establishes that the Roman system is the predicted Apostacy. In the life of Christ we behold the converse of what the Antichrist must be; and in the prophecy of the Antichrist we are shown the converse of what Christ must be, and was. And when we place the Papacy between the two, and compare it with each, we find, on the one hand, that it is the perfect converse of Christ as seen in his life; and on the other, that it is the perfect image of the Antichrist, as shown in the prophecy of him. We conclude, therefore, that if Jesus of Nazareth be the Christ, the Roman Papacy is the Antichrist." (J.A.Wylie, Preface to "The Papacy is the Antichrist, A Demonstration")Ellen G. White (1827 - 1915) → SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS"This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of "the man of sin" foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan's power - a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.""To secure worldly gains and honors, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the great men of earth; and having thus rejected Christ, she was induced to yield allegiance to the representative of Satan - the bishop of Rome… Prophecy had declared that the papacy was to "think to change times and laws. (Daniel 7:25)" (E.G.White, The Great Controversy, pp.49-51)Other Reformers Include:Philipp MelanchthonHuldreich ZwingliThe Translators of the King James Bibleetc…“Wycliffe, Tyndale, Luther, Calvin, Cranmer; in the seventeenth century, Bunyan, the translators of the King James Bible and the men who published the Westminster and Baptist confessions of Faith; Sir Isaac Newton, Wesley, Whitfield, Jonathan Edwards; and more recently Spurgeon, Bishop J.C. Ryle and Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones; these men among countless others, all saw the office of the Papacy as the antichrist.”—Michael de Semlyen, “All Roads Lead to Rome”, Dorchestor House Publications, p. 205. 1991.)"Many of the great Christians of Reformation and post-Reformation times shared this view of prophetic truth and identified antichrist with the Roman Papacy. Among adherents of this interpretation were the Waldenses, the Hussites, Wycliff, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Melanchthon, the Baptist theologian John Gill, the martyrs - Cranmer, Tyndale, Latimer and Ridley."—”The Blessed Hope”, p.3Unfortunately, the churches have fallen asleep to the messages of their Church fathers who received light into the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation.Because of this, the sons of Loyola, have infiltrated their protestant ranks for the purposes of uniting them with the Bishop of Rome, their old abusive mother, who for centuries had not recanted their blasphemy against the Living God and her supposed “infallibility”.IV. THE PAPACY IN THE BIBLE~OLD TESTAMENT~It is the Roman Catholic Church who says in her heart, “…‘I AM, and there is [1] NO ONE ELSE BESIDES ME; I shall not sit as a [2] WIDOW, Nor shall I know the [3] LOSS OF CHILDREN [the Protestants]’” (Isaiah 47:8).Notice in Isaiah 47:8, the woman calls herself “I am” which is a title that belongs to Jesus (compare this to John 8:58, Exodus 3:14, John 14:6).[1] “There is no one else besides me” (Her Political Power).“We have constantly sought during the whole course of Our Pontificate and striven, as far as it was possible, by teaching and action, to bind every Nation and people more closely to Us, and make manifest everywhere the salutary influence of the See of Rome…We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.”—Pope Leo XIII, “Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae” (June 20, 1894).[2] “I shall not sit as a widow” (Power over Kings/Governments).Revelation 17:2“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”[3] “I shall not know the loss of children” (Her Power over Churches).“It must be always clear that the one, holy, catholic and apostolic universal church is not the sister, but the mother of all the churches.”—“Dominus Iesus” (August 6, 2000).~NEW TESTAMENT~Revelation 18:7 (New Testament)“In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘[1] I SIT AS A QUEEN, and [2] AM NO WIDOW, and [3] WILL NOT SEE SORROW.’”[1] “I sit as a queen” (Her Political Power).“Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.”—Pope Boniface VIII, “Unam Sanctam” (Rome: 1302).[2] “I am not a widow” (Power over Kings/Governments).“The vicar of the incarnate Son of God, anointed high priest and supreme temporal ruler, (the Pope) sat in his tribunal impartially to judge between nation and nation, between people and prince, between sovereign and subject.”—Henry Edward Manning, “The Temporal Power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ” (1862): 46. [this source is a Catholic functionary][3] “I will not see sorrow” (Her Power over Churches).The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls the Church, “Mother and Teacher” (Article 3, “Catechism of the Catholic Church”).Excerpt from the Infamous Jesuit Oath:“My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant, and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.”—This oath is taken from the book Subterranean Rome by Carlos Didier, translated from the French and published in New York in 1843. Dr. Alberto Rivera escaped from the Jesuit Order in 1967, and he describes his Jesuit oath in exactly the same way as it appears in this book. “Semper idem: always the same”.—The Jesuit Oath of Induction is also recorded in the Congressional Record of the U.S. (House Bill 1523, Contested election case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913, pp. 3215-3216).This oath is also very similar to the oaths of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Malta.The Bible says, “3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4).V. THE CATHOLIC VIEW OF THEMSELVES"The Pope is NOT only the representative [Vicar] of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ Himself, hidden under [the] veil of flesh."—The Catholic National, July 1895.The word “anti” in the original Greek means “instead of” or “in place of”. The term “Antichrist” actually means “one who puts himself in the place of Christ”. It is blasphemy of the highest order.The Bible definition of “blasphemy” is found in Luke 5:21."We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty."—Pope Leo XIII, in an Encyclical letter, June 20, 1894. Also found in Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae (The Reunion of Christendom), June 20, 1894“Tradition, NOT Scripture, is the rock on which the [Catholic] church of Jesus Christ is built.”—Adrien Nampon (a Jesuit), from the Catholic Doctrine, as defined by the Council of Trent (p. 157)“But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.”—Pope Leo XIII, “Sapientiae Christianae: On Christians as Citizens” (January 10, 1890).“All dogmatic decrees of the pope, made with or without this general council, are infallible… Once made, no pope or council can reverse them…This is the Catholic principle, that the church cannot err in faith.”—”The Catholic World”, June 1871, pp. 422-423."The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ."—Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap."The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ."—Ferraris’ Ecclesiastical (Catholic) Dictionary“The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ.”—St. John Vianney (the patron saint of parish priests)“The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, AND the Vicar of God. ‘The Pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity that, properly speaking, he has not been established in any rank of dignity, but rather has been placed upon the very summit of all ranks of dignities…’ He is likewise the DIVINE MONARCH and SUPREME EMPEROR and KING OF KINGS” Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as [1] King of Heaven and [2] of Earth and of [3] the Lower Regions.”—Ferraris’ Eccl. Dictionary (Catholic) Article, Pope.This is blasphemy at the highest order. All of these titles belong to God alone and not the Bishop of Rome who calls himself “God of Earth”.//ABOVE: Notice the triple crown.VI. PROTESTANTISM RETURNS TO HER ABUSIVE MOTHER"Protestantism shall give the hand of fellowship to the Roman power. Then there will be a law against the Sabbath of God's creation, and then it is that God will do His 'strange work' in the earth."—”The S.D.A. Bible Commentary” 7:910 (1886). LD 130.1"How the Roman church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see.... And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism, for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism."—“The Review and Herald”, June 1, 1886. LDE"The professed Protestant world will form a confederacy with the man of sin, and the church and the world will be in corrupt harmony."—”The S.D.A. Bible Commentary” 7:975 (1891). LDE 130.3VII. THE BOTTOM LINE:Daniel 12:1 (The Warning of the Great End-Time Tribulation)“At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.Matthew 24:15–22 (The Warning of the Great End-Time Tribulation)“15 Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the SABBATH. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.”Matthew 24:3–14 (The Signs of the End)“3 Now as He [Jesus] sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, “I am the Christ,” and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.’”Notice what this publication wrote all the way back in 1904 (117 years ago from the year 2021):"It is on the law of God that the last great struggle of the controversy between Christ and His angels and Satan and his angels will come, and it will be decisive for all the world.... Men in responsible positions will not only ignore and despise the Sabbath themselves, but from the sacred desk will urge upon the people the observance of the first day of the week, pleading tradition and custom in behalf of this man-made institution. They will point to calamities on land and sea—to the storms of wind, the foods, the earthquakes, the destruction by fire—as judgments indicating God's displeasure because Sunday is not sacredly observed. These calamities will increase more and more, one disaster will follow close upon the heels of another; and those who make void the law of God will point to the few who are keeping the Sabbath of the fourth commandment as the ones who are bringing wrath upon the world. This falsehood is Satan's device that he may ensnare the unwary."—"The Southern Watchman" (June 28, 1904)Even earlier than that:“The Lord has a controversy with his professed people in these last days. In this controversy men in responsible positions will take a course directly opposite to that pursued by Nehemiah. They will not only ignore and despise the Sabbath themselves, but they will try to keep it from others by burying it beneath the rubbish of custom and tradition. In churches and in large gatherings in the open air, ministers will urge upon the people the necessity of keeping the first day of the week. There are calamities on sea and land: and these calamities will increase, one disaster following close upon another; and the little band of conscientious Sabbath-keepers will be pointed out as the ones who are bringing the wrath of God upon the world by their disregard of Sunday.”—”The Review and Herald” (March 18, 1884, paragraph 14)What actually happens supernaturally behind the scenes?“Calamities in the Cities—When God's restraining hand is removed, the destroyer begins his work [Matt 13:28]. Then in our cities the greatest calamities will come. Is this because people do not keep Sunday? No; but because men have trampled upon the law of Jehovah. The Lord is slow to anger. This should inspire the heart with gratitude. ‘The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet’" (Nahum 1:3).—”Manuscript Releases”, vol. 3 [Nos. 162-209], p. 314.The Devil had always used the Commandments as a testing point of loyalty to God or Man. For example, Satan (through the use of the secular government of ancient Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar II), had tested the entire empire regarding the first two commandments regarding worship and idolatry. Three Hebrew boys, even on the threat of Death by fire, had stayed true to their God in those days of trial (Daniel 3).A similar test will be played out before the Second coming of Jesus Christ but it is specifically regarding the fourth commandment which regards the Sabbath. The sabbath is important because it is not only a time for a date with God, it is in fact the time-signature of God’s title as Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. The Sabbath is intrinsically connected to God’s Name, Title, and Territory. To change it is blasphemy at the highest order and any other Sabbath other than the Seventh-Day is counterfeit and is of the spirit of Antichrist.[Fun Fact: The word “Anti” (αντι) in the original Greek means “instead of” or “in place of” (also see Strong’s Concordance).]In other words, the Sabbath is important because the day on which we worship determines the authority we worship. In other words, the Sabbath is not only about personal rest/date with the Lord, it is about power, authority, and worship.Today, the counterfeit sabbath is Sunday and very few Christians know the history as to why that is. To make your own sabbath is essentially to denounce God’s own penmanship as the Creator of the Heavens and of the Earth “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. THEREFORE the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” (Exodus 20:11).Revelation 14:6–7“6 Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. 7 And he said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.’”Notice the parallels with the Sabbath Commandment in Exodus 20:11 and Revelation 14:6–7. The Sabbath is part of the First Angels Message (one of three final warnings/messages given by God to the whole world before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ).In other terms, God, the master artist of Time, Space, and matter had written His final genuine signature as the author (artist) of Creation with the Sabbath. The Seventh-day Sabbath is a memorial of the Creator etched into Time itself so that no one would forget who He is. The Sabbath commandment (4th commandment) is the only commandment that starts with the word “remember”.Optional Read: How will the world end according to the Bible?VIII. RESOURCES: These resources will help you better understand the role “Sunday” has in our current events. Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. Let’s investigate history.To find out more about the HISTORY of how Sunday came into the Church, read:Constantine’s Christianity — Origins of a Compromised ChristianityYou will notice parallels on how Sunday keeping was vital to the early Catholic Church and how it relates to our current time.To find out how secret societies are involved, read:The Modern Tower of Babel — The Secret ThreadYou will learn WHO in the world will be helping the Papacy establish her primacy over the Earth.Jesuit Espionage — Undermining the Protestant ReformationYou will learn HOW the Papacy has been working under the nose of the Protestants of the world.The Jesuits and the Nazi Party — Killing the Sabbath-keepersYou will learn how the Papacy reacts to those who disagree with her, especially on the Sabbath.The Massacre of the Innocents — Brief History of Papal GenocideYou will learn how the Papacy reacts to those who disagree with her, especially on the Sabbath.The Counter-Reformation — the Five Methodologies the Papacy used to combat ProtestantismYou will learn how the Papacy reacts to those who disagree with her.To find out what Bible prophecy says about the role of the Papacy in our last days, read:What are the four beasts in Daniel chapter 7?You will learn who the antichrist and the little horn is.What are the different types of Christian eschatology?You will learn how the Jesuits undermined Protestant theology in terms of bible prophecy.

When interpreting the Bible, is there only one correct interpretation for the passage?In an historic study of Scripture interpretation we find four possible meanings based on the literal. They are:There are two basic senses of Holy Scripture: the literal (or historical) and the spiritual. The spiritual sense is further divided into the allegorical, the tropological (or moral), and the anagogical.St. Thomas cites St. Gregory the Great on the phenomenon of multiple senses in the Bible: “Holy Writ by the manner of its speech transcends every science, because in one and the same sentence, while it describes a fact, it reveals a mystery.”[1] The Master of Aquino goes on to explain that “The author of Holy Writ is God, in whose power it is to signify His meaning, not by words only (as man also can do), but also by things themselves. So, whereas in every other science things are signified by words, this science has the property, that the things signified by the words have themselves also a signification.”[2]The Catechism of the Catholic Church cites a medieval couplet which summarizes these four senses: Lettera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia. (The Letter speaks of deeds; Allegory to faith; the Moral how to act; Anagogy our destiny.)[3]The literal is the plainest sense inasmuch as it “relates deeds” simply. For instance, the literal sense of the creation of Eve out Adam’s side is that this event related in Genesis actually happened. That Eve was literally formed out of the side of Adam is historical fact.[4] No matter what allegorical meanings can be drawn out of the account (and there are many), the literal sense stands as a reliable historical record. The same can be said of all history related in the Bible: the events related in the historical books of the Old Testament, as well as the Gospels and Acts. The literal sense is not merely the meaning given by the human author; it is that, but it is much more. It is God signifying his meaning “by words,” as St. Thomas affirmed. In pointing this out, he also declares, with St. Augustine, that there can be more than one literal sense: “Since the literal sense is that which the author intends, and since the author of Holy Writ is God, Who by one act comprehends all things by His intellect, it is not unfitting, as Augustine says (Confess. xii), if, even according to the literal sense, one word in Holy Writ should have several senses.”Without the literal sense, Holy Scripture would be virtually meaningless, as “All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal.”[5] It is important, then, in the modern milieu – with Biblical Modernism still rampant – that the literal truth of the sacred page be vigorously defended. This would include the historical reality of such things as Creation, the Resurrection of Our Lord, his miracles, the interaction of angels in the lives of men (e.g., Abraham, Tobias, St. Peter), the virgin birth, and Our Lord’s promises to the Church. If God cannot teach reliable truth “by words,” then how can the inspired text be reliable when the same Authority teaches “by things themselves”? If Jonas in the whale’s belly was a fiction, then why is not Jesus’ reference to Jonas[6] also a fiction? For that matter, why is not Jesus’ Resurrection, which was foreshadowed by Jonas, a fiction, too?The academic specialty to which Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio assigned this sense is “biblical exegesis.”Next, we consider the allegorical sense. According to St. Thomas, it is present “so far as the things of the Old Law signify the things of the New Law.” Considering the creation of Eve out of the sleeping Adam’s side, we can see that it is an allegory of Christ and the Church, which is his Bride. St. Augustine, noting the verb used in his Latin version of John 19, spoke of it as such: “The Evangelist has expressed himself cautiously; not struck, or wounded, but opened His side… To shadow forth this, the woman was made out of the side of the sleeping man; for this second Adam bowed His head and slept on the cross, that out of that which came therefrom, there might be formed a wife for Him.”[7] The Doctor of Grace also sees the water of baptism and the wine of the Eucharist, the two sacraments which, par excellence, form the Mystical Body, coming out of the pierced side our Our Lord.Dr. D’Ambrosio points out that the popular label for allegory in modern biblical exegesis, “typology,” is not an historical term coming from the Fathers. Of course, this does not mean that something cannot be a “type” of something else; it simply means the term itself is a neologism. St. Paul, after all, called Adam “a figure (typos) of him who was to come.”[8] Some scholars, like Msgr. John Steinmuller, consider the “typical sense” as part of the allegorical sense.The Old Testament is full of the foreshadowing of New Testament realities. The choosing of a son other than the oldest to receive the inheritance of the firstborn (e.g., Isaac instead of Ishmael, Jacob instead of Esau) is taken by many of the Fathers to be allegorical of the Gentile Church receiving the inheritance over the Jews. The Isaac – Ishmael allegory also has the sanction of inspiration.[9] The Ark of the Covenant is seen as an allegory both of Our Lord and of Our Lady. The manna in the desert typifies the Eucharist.[10] These types are manifold.Many of these allegorical interpretations show up the Church’s liturgy. For example, the Easter Vigil applies the Israelites’ passage through the Red Sea to the catechumens being baptized on that day.It should be pointed out that, while St. Thomas seems to limit the allegorical sense to Old Testament types, there are New Testament passages which admit of allegorical interpretations as well. Dr. D’Ambrosio cites one such exegesis by St. Augustine, who interpreted the parable of the good Samaritan in such a way that the man who fell among robbers was the whole human race to whom Our Lord, the Good Samaritan, gave healing and succor. Further allegorical probing into this passage identifies the faithless Jews with the priest and Levite, the Church with the inn, the sacraments with the oil and wine, and even the donkey as the flesh Our Lord assumed in the incarnation.Dr. D’Ambrosio assigns this sense to systematic theology as its academic specialty.The moral or tropological sense (from the Greek word trepein, to turn) “turns” the meaning back on the reader so that he may apply it to his own life. St. Thomas says, “so far as the things done in Christ, or so far as the things which signify Christ, are types of what we ought to do, there is the moral sense.” Thus the parables have edifying moral lessons which we ought to “turn” upon ourselves. Am I that priest or Levite ignoring the poor unfortunate on the way to Jericho? Have I acted like the prodigal son’s older brother, being envious of the good treatment of my converted brethren? What about the talents God has given me? Can I say that I have invested them wisely by my diligence, or have I simply buried them in a napkin?One very effective use of the tropological sense of a parable is Nathan’s subtle narrative to King David, regarding the latter’s double crime of murder and adultery. Having elicited David’s indignation against the man who was the story’s antagonist, the Prophet uttered those terrible words: “Thou art the man.”[11] During the first Holy Week, our Lord performed a similar “turn” on the priests and ancients when he told them the parable of the householder,[12] alarming them so much that they wanted to kill him.Not surprisingly, the tropological sense corresponds to the academic specialty of moral theology. It also finds practical application in preaching and moral exhortations of various kinds.Finally, we come to the anagogical sense, which interprets the things related in Holy Scripture “as they signify what relates to eternal glory.” This meaning is not restricted to the state of glory in Heaven, but also pertains to the contemplative participation in the heavenly realities here and now.An example of the anagogical sense comes from the introit of the Mass for Laetare Sunday: “Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and come together all you that love her; rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exalt and be filled from the breasts of your consolation.(Is. 66:10-11) I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. (Ps 121:1)” The Prophet Isaias and the Psalmist are referencing a real city, Jerusalem, in some definite historical circumstances: the exile of her children to Babylon and the prospect of their return. This is the literal sense. We can also understand in this prayer allegorical and tropological meanings applied to the Church and ourselves individually. But the principal purpose of this introit is to lift our minds and hearts to the “heavenly [or “new”] Jerusalem.”[13] This is the anagogical sense.Other examples of the anagogical sense would include the parables of Our Lord which speak of a wedding feast (e.g., Mt. 22). Here, the happiness of heaven is symbolized by the feast, which also typifies the eternal nuptials of Christ with his bride, the Church. The parable of the ten virgins and that of the talents, related in Matthew 25, have obvious anagogical interpretations of the four last things, both from their content, and from their location, sandwiched as they are between our Lord’s eschatological discourse in Chapter 24 and his description of the final judgment later in Chapter 25.The advantages to the study of the quadriga, as this classical fourfold interpretation is called, are manifold. First, it is traditional. St. Thomas and other scholastics, along with such later scholars of renown as Cornelius A Lapide used it all the time. Its use by such approved authors makes it safe. Second, it reconciles what is the best from schools which were often at variance. In the patristic era, Antioch and Alexandria were often at each others’ throats. The Antiochene authors specialized in the literal sense, often to the deprecation of the other senses, whereas the Alexandrian authors could advance spiritual meanings at the expense of the literal. In reconciling the two the way St. Thomas did, we get the best of both worlds. More than this, studying Scripture according to the quadriga keeps the text living for us, preventing it from dying on the dissecting tables of historical critical scholars who see the sacred page as something to parse, reconstruct, cross reference with pagan fables, check for errors, and otherwise cut up as an historical cadaver.The fourfold interpretation helps us draw out dogmatic, moral, ascetical, and mystical theology directly from the inspired text, using the analogy of faith, instead of isolating the Scriptures as the subject of a specialty distinct from the rest of theology and Christian life. After all, it was written that we might believe in Jesus Christ “and that believing, [we] may have life in his name.”[14]Bibliography:Cyril Gaul, O.S.B., and Conrad Louis, O.S.B., Rome and the Study of Scripture, Sixth Edition. St. Meinrad, Indiana: Grail Publications, 1958.Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Translated by United States Catholic Conference, Inc. Bloomingdale, Ohio: Apostolate for Family Consecration, 1994.John F. McCarthy, “Lesson 2: The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture,” in The Roman Theological Forum Study Program (November 1998) Online. Available from: LESSON 2: THE FOUR SENSES OF SACRED SCRIPTURE [accessed 21 March 2006].St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Online Edition: Kevin Knight, 2003. Online, available at: SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: Home [accessed 21 March 2006].[1] Aquinas, Thomas, St., Summa Theologiae, Ia Q. 1, A. 10, Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, (Online Edition: Kevin Knight, 2003), http://www.newadvent.org/summa/100110.htm.[2] Ibid. (Unless otherwise noted all references to St. Thomas come from this same article in the Summa.[3] CCC No. 118.[4] This literal sense was defended by the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1909. Cf. Cyril Gaul, O.S.B., and Conrad Louis, O.S.B., Rome and the Study of Scripture, Sixth Edition (St. Meinrad, Indiana: Grail Publications, 1958), p. 121. [No pun intended, but the professor was beside herself when she read that I actually believed that Eve was taken from Adam’s side.][5] Cited in CCC # 117[6] Mt. 12:38-40.[7] Tract 120. Online, available at: Tractates on the Gospel of John (Augustine) [accessed 22 March 2006].[8] Rom. 5:14.[9] Gal. 4:22-30.[10] John 6:59.[11] 2 Kings 12:7.[12] Mt. 21:33-43.[13] Apoc. 3:12; 21:2; Heb. 12:22.[14] John 20:31.The Four Senses of Scripture