This article contains many shocking papal declarations and papal
documents that, as a Bible believing Christian, you may find extremely
offensive and very disturbing. If you’re the type of Christian who is
easily offended, you are “advised” to exercise “discretion.” In other
words, take a moment to think about whether you really want to read the
following article. But if you decide to continue reading, you may rest
assured that the following will prove to be a real eye opener, if you
are sincerely seeking His truth.
We start by quoting some of the appalling papal declarations in chronological order.
Saint Pope Nicholas I (pope from April 24, 858, to November 13, 867):
“I
am in all and above all, so that God himself, and I, the vicar of God,
hath both one consistory…and I am able to do almost all that God can
do…I then, being above all…seem by this reason, to be above all gods.”
(Source:
“The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period,
” by Josiah Pratt, pub. 1856, p.159)
“Wherefore, No marvel if it be in my power to dispense with all things, yea, with the precepts of Christ.” (Source: ibid., Pratt, p. 159)
The following text was written by Pope Nicholas I in response to a letter he received from the Catholic bishops of Lorraine:
“You affirm that you are submissive to your
sovereign, in order to obey the words of the apostle Peter, who said,
‘Be subject to the prince, because he is above all mortals in this
world.’ But you appear to forget that we, as the vicar of Christ, have
the right to judge all men: thus, before obeying kings, you owe
obedience to us; and if we declare a monarch guilty, you should reject
him from your communion until we pardon him.
“We alone have the power to bind and to loose, to
absolve Nero and to condemn him; and Christians can not, under penalty
of excommunication, execute other judgment than ours, which alone is
infallible. People are not the judges of their princes; they should obey
without murmuring the most iniquitous orders; they should bow their
foreheads under the chastisements which it pleases kings to inflict on
them, for a sovereign can violate the fundamental laws of the State, and
seize upon the wealth of the citizen, by imposts or by confiscations;
he can even dispose of their lives, without any of his subjects having
the right to address to him simple remonstrances. But if we declare a
king heretical and sacrilegious, if we drive him from the Church, clergy
and laity, whatever their rank, are freed from their oaths of fidelity,
and may revolt against his power.”
(Source: A Complete History of the Popes of
Rome, from Saint Peter, the First Bishop to Pius the Ninth, the Present
Pope: Including the History of Saints Martyrs, Fathers of the Church,
Religious Orders, Cardinals, Inquisitions, Schisms and the Great
Reformers (Google eBook), by Louis Marie DeCormenin, James L. Gihon, 1857, p. 242.)
Writing to Charles the Bald, to incite him against the King of Lorraine, he said:
“We order you, in the name of religion, to invade
his states, burn his cities, and massacre his people, whom we render
responsible for the resistance of their bad prince.” (Source: ibid., Gihon, p. 242.)
To an envoy from Constantinople, Pope Nicholas said:
“Know, prince, that the vicars of Christ (the
popes) are above the judgment of mortals, and that the most powerful
sovereigns have no right to punish the crimes of popes, how enormous
soever they may be….; for no matter how scandalous or criminal may be
the debaucheries of the pontiffs, you should obey them, for they are
seated on the chair of St. Peter.
“Fear, then, our wrath and the thunders of our
vengeance, for Jesus Christ has appointed us with his own mouth absolute
judges of all men, and kings themselves are submitted to our
authority.” (Source: ibid., Gihon, p. 243.)
When the King of Bulgaria became a convert to Catholicism, he
persecuted those of his subjects who refused to follow his example. This
earned him the following praise from Pope Nicholas I:
“I glorify you for having maintained your
authority by putting to death those wandering sheep who refuse to enter
the fold, and you not only have not sinned by showing a holy rigor, but I
even congratulate you upon having opened the kingdom of heaven to the
people submitted to your rule. A king need not fear to command
massacres, when these will retain his subjects in obedience, or cause
them to submit to the faith of Christ, and God will reward him in this
world, and in eternal life, for these murders.” (Source: ibid., Gihon, p. 244.)
Note: Pope Nicholas I was made a SAINT by the Church
of Rome in 1630, which means that as a “saint” he is to be emulated,
obeyed and prayed to.
Saint Pope Gregory VII (pope from June 30, 1073, to May 25, 1085):
From the pope’s Dictatus Papae, of 1075, we quote the following stunning papal declarations:
“That the Roman pontiff alone can with right be called universal.”
“That he alone may use the imperial insignia.”
“That of the pope alone all princes shall kiss the feet.”
“That his name alone shall be spoken in the churches.”
“That this title [Pope] is unique in the world.”
“That it may be permitted to him to depose emperors.”
“That no synod shall be called a general one without his order.”
“That no chapter and no book shall be considered canonical without his authority.”
“That he himself may be judged by no one.”
“That the Roman church has never erred; nor will it err to all eternity, the Scripture bearing witness.”
“That the Roman pontiff, if he have been canonically ordained, is undoubtedly made a saint by the merits of St. Peter;
St. “Ennodius,
bishop of Pavia, bearing witness, and many holy fathers agreeing with him. As is contained in the decrees of St. Symmachus the pope.”
“That he may absolve subjects from their fealty to wicked men.”
(Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatus_papae)
“The Pope cannot make a mistake.” (Source: Pope
Gregory VII, (quoted by The Benedictine Network in a listing of notable
items by the various popes throughout history))
Pope Innocent III (pope from February 22, 1198, to July 16, 1216):
“We may according to the fullness
of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom
the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but
God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the
true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Greogory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.)
“Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view
of God which conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity.”
(Source: Papal Bull, 1198. This quote comes from Peter Tompkins, Symbols of Heresy in THE MAGIC OF OBELISKS, p.57 (New York: Harper, 1981))
“It was said to me in the prophet: ‘I have set you
over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to
destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant’ (Jer. 1:10)…Others
were called to the role of caring, but only St. Peter was invested with
the fullness of power [plenitudo potestatis]. See then what manner of
servant this is, appointed over the household; he is indeed the vicar of
Jesus Christ, the successor of St. Peter, the Christ of the Lord, the
God of Pharaoh…the midpoint between God and man… who can judge all
things and is judged by no one.” (Source: Consecration Sermon, c. 1200,
see Rome Has Spoken; Granfield, Patrick, The Limits of the Papacy:Authority and Autonomy in the Church, NY:Crossroad, 1987; p. 32.)
Pope Gregory IX (pope from March 19, 1227, to August 22, 1241)
Pope Gregory IX, in 1229, issued the papal bull,
Excommunicamus, in which he denied legal consul to defendants on trial by the Inquisition. (Source: Kirsch, 79)
He further convened a church council in which it was ordered that
every man fifteen and older and every woman thirteen and older was to
swear that they would denounce heretics. The church council also set
the precedent of refusing to let defendants know who had accused them.
(Source: Engh, 132)
Pope Gregory IX also established in 1231 the
Holy Office of Inquisition
as a separate tribunal answerable only to the Pope. Its rule of law
was “guilty until proven innocent.” A papal statute decreed burning as a
standard penalty. Executions were carried out by civil authorities,
not priests, to preserve the church’s “sanctity.” (Source: Ellerbe, 78;
Haught, 74 (1990); McBrien, 212)
Pope Boniface VIII (pope from January 23, 1295, to October 11, 1303):
“We declare, say, define, and
pronounce, that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every
human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” (Source: Bull “Unam Sanctum,” as cited in “Apostolic Digest, Book V: The Book of Obedience”)
“If, therefore, the Greeks or others say that they
are not committed to Peter and to his successors, they necessarily say
that they are not of the sheep of Christ, since the Lord says that there
is only one fold and one shepherd (Jn.10:16). Whoever, therefore, resists this authority, resists the command of God Himself.” (Source: Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, DNZ:468, (quoted in Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of Christians”, Chapter 4: “There
is No Allegiance to Christ Without Submission to the Pope”))
Pope Clement VI (pope from May 7, 1342, to December 6, 1352):
“No man outside obedience to the Pope of Rome can
ultimately be saved. All who have raised themselves against the faith of
the Roman Church, and died in final impenitence have been damned, and
gone down to Hell.” (Source: Pope Clement VI, “Super Quibusdam,” as cited in “Apostolic Digest, Book V: The Book of Obedience”)
Saint Pope Pius V (pope from January 7, 1566, to May1, 1572)
“The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.)
Note: The above blasphemous words are coming from a
sainted pope of Rome!
Blessed Pope Pius IX (pope from June 16, 1846, to February 7, 1878):
“I alone…am the successor of the apostles, the vicar of Jesus Christ..I am the way, the truth, and the life…” (Source:
History of the Christian Church, by Henry Charles Sheldon, p. 59.)
“The foundation of all our confidence is found in
the Blessed Virgin Mary. God has committed to her the treasury of all
good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are
obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is His
will: That we obtain everything through Mary.” (Source: Ubi Primum, 1849.)
“Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies… pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.” (Source: The encyclical Quanta Cura, Issued December 6, 1866.)
“[I]n none of these [Protestant] societies, and
not even in all of them taken together, can in some way be seen the one
and Catholic Church which Christ the Lord built, constituted, and willed
to exist. Neither will it ever be able to be said that they are members
and part of that Church as long as they remain visibly separated from
Catholic unity. It follows that such societies, lacking that living
authority established by God, which instructs men in the things of the
faith and in the discipline of the customs, directing and governing them
in all that concerns eternal salvation, they continuously mutate in
their doctrines without that mobility and the instability they find one
end. Everyone therefore can easily comprehend and fully reckon that this
is absolutely in contrast with the Church instituted by Christ the
Lord, in which the truth must always remain constant and never subject
to change whatsoever, deposited as if it were into a warehouse,
entrusted to be guarded perfectly whole. To this purpose, it has
received the promise of the perpetual presence and the aid of the Holy
Spirit. No one then ignores that from these dissentions [disagreements]
in doctrines and opinions derive social divisions, which find their
origin in these innumerable communions and which are always and
increasingly diffused with grave damage[s] to the Christian and civil
society.” (Source:
Apostolic Letter Iam Vos Omnes (1868))
“You above all, venerable brothers, have known how this dogma of our
religion has been unanimously and unceasingly declared, defended and
insisted upon in synods by the Fathers of the Church. Indeed, they have
never stopped teaching that ‘God is one, Christ is one, the Church
established upon Peter by the voice of the Lord is one;’ ‘the massive
foundation of the great Christian state has been divinely built upon, as
it were, this rock, this very firm stone;’ ‘this Chair, which is unique
and the first of gifts, has always been designated and considered as
the Chair of Peter;’ ‘shining forth throughout the world it maintains
its primacy;’ ‘it is also the root and matrix whence sacerdotal unity
has sprung;’ it is not only the head but also the mother and teacher of
all the Churches…’the Roman Pontiff, who holds Primacy in the entire
world, is the Successor of Blessed Peter the Prince of the Apostles and
the true Vicar of Christ, the head of the whole Church, and is the
visible Father and Teacher of all Christians.’ There are other, almost
countless, proofs drawn from the most trustworthy witnesses which
clearly and openly testify with great faith, exactitude, respect and
obedience that all who want to belong to the true and only Church of
Christ must honor and obey this Apostolic See and Roman Pontiff.”
(Source: Pope Pius IX,
Amantissimus (On The Care Of The Churches), Encyclical promulgated on April 8, 1862, # 3.)
“Those who are obstinate toward the authority of the Roman Pontiff cannot obtain eternal salvation.” (Source: Pope Pius IX,
Quanto Conficiamur Moerore, DNZ:1677, (quoted in
Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There
is No Salvation Without Personal Submission to the Pope”))
Note: Pope Pius IX, the longest reigning pope in history, is on his way to becoming sainted by the Church of Rome.
Pope Leo XIII (pope from February 20, 1878, to July 20, 1903)
“Our
thoughts went out towards the immense multitude of those who are
strangers to the gladness that filled all Catholic hearts: some because
they lie in absolute ignorance of the Gospel; others because they
dissent from the Catholic belief, though they bear the name of
Christians. This thought has been, and is, a source of deep concern to
Us; for it is impossible to think of such a large portion of mankind
deviating, as it were, from the right path, as they move away from Us,
and not experience a sentiment of innermost grief. But since We hold
upon this earth the place of God Almighty…” (Source:
Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae—The Reunion of Christendom (Rome: 1894))
“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.” (Source:
Sapientiae Christianae: On Christians as Citizens (January 10, 1890))
“This is our last lesson to you: receive it,
engrave it in your minds, all of you: by God’s commandment salvation is
to be found nowhere but in the Church; the strong and effective
instrument of salvation is none other than the Roman Pontificate.”
(Source: Allocution for the 25th anniversary of his election, February
20, 1903; Papal Teachings: The Church, Benedictine Monks of Solesmes,
St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, page 653).
“Remember and understand well that where Peter is,
there is the Church; that those who refuse to associate in communion
with the Chair of Peter belong to Antichrist, not to Christ. He who
would separate himself from the Roman Pontiff has no further bond with
Christ.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum, quoted in “Acts of Leo XIII: Supreme Pontiff”, Rome: Vatican Press, 1896, (quoted in Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of Christians”, Chapter 4: “There
is No Allegiance to Christ Without Submission to the Pope”))
“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. This
obedience should, however, be perfect…(and) must consequently be
accepted without wavering….
“Wherefore it belongs to the Pope to judge
authoritatively what things the sacred oracles contain, as well as what
doctrines are in harmony, and what in disagreement, with them; and also,
for the same reason, to show forth what things are to be accepted as
right, and what to be rejected as worthless; what it is necessary to do
and what to avoid doing, in order to attain eternal salvation.” (Source:
Pope Leo XIII, inSapientiae Christianae (On Christians As Citizens), Encyclical promulgated on January 10, 1890, #22-24.)
Saint Pope Pius X (pope from August 4, 1903, to August 20, 1914):
“The
Pope is not simply the representative of Jesus Christ. On the contrary,
he is Jesus Christ Himself, under the veil of the flesh, and who by
means of a being common to humanity continues His ministry amongst men …
Does the Pope speak? It is Jesus Christ Who is speaking. Does he teach?
It is Jesus Christ Who teaches. Does he confer grace or pronounce an
anathema? It is Jesus Christ Himself Who is pronouncing the anathema and
conferring the grace. Hence consequently, when one speaks of the Pope,
it is not necessary to examine, but to obey: there must be no limiting
the bounds of the command, in order to suit the purpose of the
individual whose obedience is demanded: there must be no cavilling at
the declared will of the Pope, and so invest it with quite another than
that which he has put upon it: no preconceived opinions must be brought
to bear upon it: no rights must be set up against the rights of the Holy
Father to teach and command; his decisions are not to ‘be criticized,
or his ordinances disputed. Therefore by Divine ordination, all, no
matter how august the person may be — whether he wear a crown or be
invested with the purple, or be clothed in the sacred vestments: all
must be subject to Him Who has had all things put under Him.” (Source:
Evangelical Christendom, Vol. 49, January 1, 1895, p. 15, “the organ of the
Evangelical Alliance,” published in London by J. S. Phillips.)
Note: Pope Pius X was sainted by the Roman Catholic Church.
Blasphemy against Yahuwah does not disqualify a pope from “sainthood,” in the Roman Church.
Pope Benedict XV (pope from September 3, 1914, to January 22, 1922):
“To such extent did Mary suffer and almost die
with her suffering and dying Son; to such extent did she surrender her
maternal rights over her Son for: man’s salvation . . that we may
rightly say she redeemed the human race together with Christ.” (Source: Inter Sodalicia, 1918)
“All those who seek Mary’s protection will be saved for all eternity.” (Source:
http://www.romancatholicteachings.com/catholic_catechism/catechism1.html)
“What will it cost you, oh Mary, to hear our
prayer? What will it cost you to save us? Has not Jesus placed in your
hands all the treasures of His grace and mercy? You sit crowned Queen at
the right hand of your son: your dominion reaches as far as the heavens
and to you are subject the earth and all creatures dwelling thereon.
Your dominion reaches even down into the abyss of hell, and you alone,
oh Mary, save us from the hands of Satan.” (Source:
http://www.reachingcatholics.org/polytheistic.html;
http://earnestlycontending.com/maranatha/?p=743)
“…Our immortal predecessor, Pope Leo XIII…” (Source: Pope Pius XI, in Quas Primas (On the Feast of Christ the King), Encyclical promulgated on December 11, 1925, #18.)
“No one is found in the one Church of Christ, and
no one perseveres in it, unless he acknowledges and accepts obediently
the supreme authority of St. Peter and his legitimate successors.”
(Source: Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos, PTC:873, (quoted in Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of Christians”, Chapter 4: “There
is No Allegiance to Christ Without Submission to the Pope”))
Pope Pius XII (pope from March 2, 1939, to October 9, 1958):
“O
Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look
with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who art the
Seat of Wisdom, enlighten the minds wretchedly enfolded in the darkness
of ignorance and sin, that they may clearly recognize the Holy,
Catholic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ,
outside of which neither sanctity nor salvation can be found. Call them
to the unity of the one fold, granting them the grace to believe every
truth of our holy faith and to submit themselves to the Supreme Roman
Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, that, thus being united
with us by the sweet chains of charity, there may soon be but one fold
under one and the same Shepherd; and may we all thus, O Glorious Virgin,
exultantly sing forever: ‘Rejoice, O Virgin Mary! Thou alone hast
destroyed all heresies in the whole world!’ Amen.” (Source: Pope Pius
XII,
The Raccolta, Benzinger Brothers, Boston, 1957, No. 626.)
“As St. Bernard declares, ‘it is the will of God
that we obtain favors through Mary, let everyone hasten to have recourse
to Mary.” (Source: Superiore Anno, 1940.)
“It is absolutely necessary that the Christian
community be subject in all things to the Sovereign Pontiff if it wishes
to be a part of the divinely-established society founded by our
Redeemer.” (Source: Pope Pius XII, Orientalis Ecclesiae, quoted in “Acta Apostolicae Sedis”, 36:129, Rome: Vatican Press, (quoted in Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of Christians”, Chapter 4: “There
is No Allegiance to Christ Without Submission to the Pope”))
“We teach,…We declare that the Roman Church by the
Providence of God holds the primacy of ordinary power over all others,
and that this power of jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff, which is truly
episcopal, is immediate. Toward it, the pastors and the faithful of
whatever rite and dignity, both individually and collectively, are bound
by the duty of hierarchical subordination and true obedience, not only
in matters which pertain to faith and morals, but also in those which
concern the discipline and government of the Church spread throughout
the whole world, in such a way that once the unity of communion and the
profession of the same Faith has been preserved with the Roman Pontiff,
there is one flock of the Church of Christ under one supreme shepherd.
This is the teaching of the Catholic truth from which no one can depart
without loss of faith and salvation.” (Source: Pope Pius XII, Ad Apostolorum Principis (On Communism And The Church In China), Encyclical Promulgated on June 29, 1958, #46.)
Blessed Pope John XXIII (October 28, 1958, to June 3, 1963)
“Into this fold of Jesus Christ no man may enter
unless he be led by the Sovereign Pontiff and only if they be united to
him can men be saved…” (Source: Pope John XXIII, Coronation Homily, Nov. 4, 1958.)
Pope Paul VI (pope from June 21, 1963, to August 6, 1978):
“The Church … been accustomed to have recourse to
that most ready intercessor, her Mother Mary … For as St. Irenaeus says,
she ‘has become the cause of salvation for the whole human race.'”
(Source: Christi Matri)
Blessed Pope John Paul II (pope from Oct 16, 1978, to April 2, 2005)
“Don’t go to God for forgiveness of sins: come to me.” (Source:
Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1984.)
“The truth of the Assumption, defined by Pius XII,
is reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council, which thus expresses the
Church’s faith: “Preserved free from all guilt of original sin, the
Immaculate Virgin was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory upon
the completion of her earthly sojourn. She was exalted by the Lord as
Queen of the Universe…For the Mother of Christ is glorified as ‘Queen of
the Universe’.” (Source: Pope John Paul II, in Redemptoris Mater (On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church), Encyclical promulgated on March 25, 1987, #41.)
“Today…new knowledge leads us to recognize in the
theory of evolution more than a hypothesis.” (Source: VATICAN CITY, OCT
23, 1996,
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/darwin.htm)
“Have no fear when people call me the ‘Vicar of
Christ,’ when they say to me ‘Holy Father,’ or ‘Your Holiness,’ or use
titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.”
(Source: Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope (New York: Alfred A. Knoff. 1995): 6.)
Pope Benedict XVI (pope from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013):
“Jesus does not describe the end of the world, and
when He uses apocalyptic images, He does not act as a ‘seer’. On the
contrary, He wishes to ensure that His disciples in every age remain
unmoved by dates and predictions…” (Source: A statement made on November
18 2012, during his Monday Angelus to the faithful.
http://visnews-en.blogspot.com/2012/11/christ-guides-journey-of-humanity.html)
“You cannot find Jesus outside the Church.” (Source: Uttered on April 23, 2013, in the Apostolic Palace’s Pauline Chapel,
http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=7508)
“The interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures
cannot be solely an individual scholarly effort, but must always be
compared with, inserted within, and authenticated by the living
tradition of the Church.” (Source: April 12, 2013, speaking to the
pontifical biblical commission.
http://www. catholicworldreport.com/Blog/ 2219/when_will_the_media_turn_ on_pope_francis.aspx#. UX8SPyv71Us)
“We define that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff hold primacy over the whole world.” (Source: The Most Holy Councils, Vol. XIII, column 1167.)
“All names which in the Scriptures are applied to
Christ, by virtue of which it is established that he is over the church,
all the same names are applied to the Pope.”(Source: Robert Bellarmine, On the Authority of Councils, Volume 2: 266.)
“The
Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus
Christ, Himself, hidden under the veil of flesh.” (Source:
Catholic National (July, 1895))
“Take care that we lose not that salvation, that
life and breath which thou hast given us, for thou art our shepherd,
thou art our physician, thou art our governor, thou art our
husbandman, thou art finally another God on earth.” (Source:
Christopher Marcellus addressing Pope Julius II during the Fifth Lateran Council which began in 1512, as quoted in Alexander Hislop, The light of prophecy let in on the dark places of the papacy (London: William Whyte and Co., 1846): 91 and Letters between a Catholic and a Protestant on the doctrines of the Church of Rome originally published in Borrow’s Worcester Journal (Worcester Journal, 1827): 29. Find the original Latin version
here.)
“It seems that Pope John Paul II now presides over the universal Church from his place upon Christ’s cross.”
(Source:
“Auckland Bishop Says Pope Presides From the Cross” (Zenit, September 20, 2004))
“The priest has the power of the keys, or the
power of delivering sinners from Hell, of making them worthy of
Paradise, and of changing them from the slaves of Satan into the
children of God. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of
His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon….
“Were
the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to
administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another
confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, ‘Ego te absolve,’ the
priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, ‘Ego te absolve,’
and the penitents of each would be equally absolved…
“Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of
his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as
it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence,
and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father…
“Let the priest,” says St. Laurence Justinian, “approach the altar as another Christ.” (Source:
St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Dignities and Duties of the Priest (1927))
“The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on
earth…by divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in
morals over each and every pastor and his flock. He is the true vicar,
the head of the entire church, the father and teacher of all Christians.
He is the infallible ruler, the founder of dogmas, the author of and
the judge of councils; the universal ruler of truth, the arbiter of the
world, the supreme judge of heaven and earth, the judge of all, being
judged by no one, God himself on earth.” (Source: Quoted in the New York Catechism.)
“Even if the Pope were Satan incarnate, we ought
not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on
his bosom. He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death,
for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we
honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope. I know very
well that many defend themselves by boasting: ‘They are so corrupt, and
work all manner of evil!’ But God has commanded that, even if the
priests, the pastors, and Christ-on-earth were incarnate devils, we be
obedient and subject to them, not for their sakes, but for the sake of
God, and out of obedience to Him.” (Source:
St. Catherine of Siena,
SCS, p. 201-202, p. 222, quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone,
Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There is No Salvation
Without Personal Submission to the Pope”)
“The doctrines of the Catholic Church are entirely independent of Holy Scripture.” (Source: Familiar Explanation of Catholic Doctrine, Rev. M. Mullers, p.151.)
“If we must choose between the Holy Scriptures of
God, and the old errors of the church, we should reject the former.”
(Source: Johann Faber (defender of the Papacy) cited in History of The Reformation, by J. H. Merle d’Aubigne, book 11, Ch. 5, Par. 9.y J. H. Merle d’Aubigne, book 11, Ch. 5, Par. 9.)
“Like two sacred rivers flowing from paradise, the
Bible and divine tradition contain the word of God, the precious gems
of revealed truths. Though these two divine streams are in themselves,
on account of their divine origin, of equal sacredness, and are both
full of revealed truths, still of the two, tradition is to us more clear
and safe.” (Source: Catholic Belief, Joseph Faa di Bruno, p. 45.)
“I
never invite an angel down from heaven to hear mass here. The is not
the place for angels. The only person in heaven I ever ask to come down
here is Jesus Christ, and Him I command to come down. He has to come
when I bid him. I took bread in my fingers this morning and said: ‘This
is the body and blood of Jesus Christ’, and He had to come down. This is
one of the things He must do. He must come down every time I say mass
at my bidding….I do it in obedience, reverence, homage, and adoration,
but I do it, and when I do it, Christ must obey.” (Source: Roman
Catholic Priest David S. Phelan,
The Western Watchman (St. Louis: Western Watchman Publishing Company), June 10, 1915.)
“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….Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as King of Heaven
and of earth and of the lower regions….The Pope is at it were God on
earth,…chief King of kings,…to whom has been entrusted by the omnipotent
God directions…of the heavenly kingdom.” (Source: Lucius Ferraris,
“Papa,” article 2 in his Prompta Bibliotheca (“Handy Library”),
Volume 6 (Venice, Italy: Gaspar Storti, 1772), pp. 26-29. Latin.
Reprinted (Rome: Press of the Propaganda, 1899))
“All
the names which are attributed to Christ in Scripture, implying His
supremacy over the church, are also attributed to the Pope.” (Source:
Robert Bellarmine, in Disputationes de Controversiis, “On the Authority
of Councils”, book 2, Chapter 17.)
“Receive the tiara adorned with three crowns and
know that thou art Father of princes and kings, Ruler of the world,
Vicar of our Savior Jesus Christ.” (Source: Papal Coronation Ceremony.)
“The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the
land….He is the vicegerent of Christ, and is not only a priest forever,
but also King of kings and Lord of lords.” (Source: La Civilta Cattolica,
March 18, 1871 (quoted in “An Inside View of the Vatican Council” by
Leonard Woosely Bacaon, p 229, American Tract Society edition))
“It is error to believe that, if the Pope were a
reprobate and an evil man and consequently a member of the devil, he has
no power over the faithful.” (Source: Council of Constance,
Condemnation of Errors, against Wycliffe, Session VIII, and Hus: Session
XV; DNZ:621, 617, 588, (quoted in Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone,
Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There is No Salvation
Without Personal Submission to the Pope”))
“To be subject to the Roman Pontiff is absolutely necessary for salvation.” (Source: St. Thomas Aquinas,
Against the Errors of the Greeks, Pt. 2, ch. 36; PTC:484, (quoted in
Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 5: “The Book of Obedience”, Chapter 1: “There
is No Salvation Without Personal Submission to the Pope”))
“It is an error to believe that a man is in the
Church if he abandons the See of Peter, the foundation of the Church.”
(Source: St. Cyprian, UOC, CSL, vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 207 (1868), (quoted in
Apostolic Digest, by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of
Christians”, Chapter 4: “There is No Allegiance to Christ Without
Submission to the Pope”))
“Where Peter (or his successor) is, there is the Church.” (Source: St. Ambrose, Commentary on Twelve of David’s Psalms, XL:30; JUR, vol. 2:1261, (quoted in Apostolic Digest,
by Michael Malone, Book 4: “The Book of Christians”, Chapter 4: “There
is No Allegiance to Christ Without Submission to the Pope”))
“The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of
bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as
Supreme Pastor and teacher of all the faithful–who confirms his brethren
in the faith–he proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to
faith or morals….The infallibility promised to the Church is also
present in the body of bishops when, together with Peter’s successor,
‘they exercise the supreme Magisterium,’ above all in an Ecumenical
Council. When the Church through its supreme Magistrium proposes a
doctrine ‘for belief as being divinely revealed,’ and as the teaching of
Christ, the definitions ‘must be adhered to with the obedience of
faith.’ This infallibility extends as far as the doposit of divine
revelation itself.” (Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church, #891, 1994 edition.)
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Compare the above statement with Scripture:
“You shall not add to the word that I command you nor take from it
that you may keep the commandments of Yahuwah your Eloah that I command
you.” (See Deuteronomy 4:2.)
“Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.” (See Deuteronomy 12:32.)
“Every word of Eloah is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their
trust in Him. Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar.” (See Proverbs 30:5-6.)
“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, Yahuwah shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.” (See Revelation 22:19.)
… “Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” (Revelation 18:4) |
“…the Pope is as it were God on earth, sole
sovereign of the faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plenitude of
power.” (Source: Lucius Ferraris, in “Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica,
Juridica, Moralis, Theologica, Ascetica, Polemica, Rubristica,
Historica”, Volume V, article on “Papa, Article II”, titled “Concerning
the extent of Papal dignity, authority, or dominion and infallibility”,
#1, 5, 13-15, 18, published in Petit Montrouge (Paris) by J. P. Migne,
1858 edition.)
“We confess that the Pope has power of changing
Scripture and of adding to it, and taking from it according to his
will.” (Source: Roman Catholic Confessions for Protestants Oath,
Article XI, (Confessio Romano- Catholica in Hungaria Evangelicis
publice praescripta te proposita, editi a Streitwolf), as recorded in
Congressional Record of the U.S.A., House Bill 1523, Contested election
case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913.)
“He who does not enter by the door of the fold
shall not have salvation. The door of the fold is the Catholic Church
and union with the Head who represents Jesus Christ.” (Source: St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini, “Travels”, Chicago: 1944…)
“The Pope is of great authority and power, that he
is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws. The Pope can
modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he
acts as vicegerent of God upon earth…” (Source: Lucius Ferraris, in
“Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica, Ascetica,
Polemica, Rubristica, Historica”, Volume V, article on “Papa, Article
II”, titled “Concerning the extent of Papal dignity, authority, or
dominion and infallibility”, #30, published in Petit-Montrouge (Paris)
by J. P. Migne, 1858 edition.
“Christ entrusted His office to the chief
pontiff;… but all power in heaven and in earth has been given to
Christ;… therefore the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this
power.” (Source: Corpus Juris, chap. 1, column 29, translated from a gloss on the words Porro Subesse Romano Pontiff.)
“The Pope’s authority is unlimited, incalculable;
it can strike, as Innocent III says, wherever sin is; it can punish
every one; it allows no appeal and is itself Sovereign Caprice; for the
Pope carries, according to the expression of Boniface VIII, all rights
in the Shrine of his breast. As he has now become infallible, he can by
the use of the little word, ‘orbi,’ (which means that he turns himself
round to the whole Church) make every rule, every doctrine, every
demand, into a certain and incontestable article of Faith. No right can
stand against him, no personal or corporate liberty; or as the Canonists
put it.” (Source: ‘The tribunal of God and of the pope is one and the
same.’ Ignaz von Dollinger, in “A Letter Addressed to the Archbishop of
Munich”, 1871 (quoted in The Acton Newman Relations (Fordham University Press), by MacDougall, p 119-120))
“Therefore
the decision of the Pope and the decision of God constitute one
decision….Since, therefore, an appeal is always made from an inferior
judge to a superior, just as no one is greater than himself, so no
appeal holds when made from the Pope to God, because there is one
consistory of the Pope himself and of God Himself.” (Source: Augustinus
Triumphus, in
Summa de Potestate Ecclesiastica, 1483, questio 6. Latin.)
“We confess that whatever new thing the Pope
ordains, whether it be in Scripture or not in Scripture, and whatever he
commands is true, divine and salvific; and therefore ought to be held
by Lay People in greater esteem than the living God.” (Source: Roman Catholic Confessions for Protestants Oath,
Article IV, (Confessio Romano-Catholica in Hungaria Evangelicis publice
praescripta te proposita, editi a Streitwolf), as recorded in
Congressional Record of the U.S.A., House Bill 1523, Contested election
case of Eugene C. Bonniwell, against Thos. S. Butler, Feb. 15, 1913.)
An Appeal from the WLC Team:
We do not exaggerate when we state that almost all of the teachings
of the Roman Catholic Church contradict the Bible. The above statements
made by the popes and Vatican authorities irrefutably attest to the
validity of our claim, when compared with Scripture. Sadly, this may be
very difficult for our brothers and
sisters still trapped in this pagan system to accept. If only
Yahuwah’s people
who are members of this cult would honestly and prayerfully compare the
teachings of the popes with the Bible, they would undoubtedly realize
the truth about the false religion of Rome.
We tell the truth about the Catholic false religion because we care; we do not want any of His people to continue to be deceived by this wicked system. Time is running out, and
human probation
is about to end. It is of paramount importance that we come to grips
with Yahuwah’s teachings, and determine to follow His truth
no matter what the cost.
Today,
the whole world has been deceived by this false religion,
and very soon those who continue to expose the Satanic nature of this
religious system will face persecution and will pay the ultimate price.
Rome has never tolerated opposition, and has caused the death of about
100 million Bible-believing souls, who refused to submit to this false
religion. At WLC, we bring up these facts in an effort to spotlight the
truth for those who are sincere, that they may escape with their souls
from this pagan institution.
Salvation is readily and freely available to all who believe in Yahushua’s name, and
obey His commandments. There is
no place for human mediators between a sincere soul seeking to be saved and our loving Saviour. He wills that we come to Him
directly,
that He may save us from our sins. He will receive us with joy. He will
renew our minds and teach us to walk blameless before the Father. And
He will prepare our hearts for Heaven, that we may return with Him
following
His glorious second coming.
May Yahuwah continue to guide and bless all who are seeking to know and follow His Will.
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