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Everybody knows about the Biblical account
of an end times Antichrist, but few today

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realise that that Antichrist is already
here, in the Vatican, the Pope of Rome.

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He

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proposeth and exalteth himself above all
that is called God, all that is

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worshipped, so that he as God sitteth in
the temple of God, showing himself that he

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is God.

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2 Thessalonians 2 verse 4.

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Historic Protestant Christianity has
proclaimed the dynasty of the papacy and

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the succession of the popes to be the
Antichrist, prophesied about in Holy

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Scripture.

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While the title Pope is simply the English
for the word Papa, which means father of

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fathers, Jesus explicitly says,
And call no man your father upon the

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earth, for one is your father which is in
heaven.

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Matthew chapter 23 and verse 9.

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The Latin equivalent of the Greek word
anti is vicarious, from which comes the

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word vicar.

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So the Pope's title as vicar of Christ,
by translation, is actually Antichrist.

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The word anti in New Testament Greek,
along with its Latin equivalent vicarious,

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doesn't just mean against, but in the
place of, or the substitute of.

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And the Pope of Rome is not only against
Christ by his foul doctrine and immoral

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living, but assumes the place of Christ by
presuming himself the head of the church,

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a position that the Scripture gives to the
Lord Jesus Christ alone.

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And this is no minority view.

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This is part of historic Orthodox
Christian doctrine.

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Did you know that the Westminster
Confession of Faith, first published in

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1646, and has had for over 350 years a
Presbyterian witness, states, There is no

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other head of the church but the Lord
Jesus Christ.

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Nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be
the head thereof.

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But is that Antichrist, that man of sin
and son of perdition, that exalteth

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himself in the church against Christ and
all that is called God?

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Both Baptist and Congregational
Confessions of Faith carry the exact same

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view.

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And also John Wesley, the founder of the
Methodist Church, said that the Pope is

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the son of perdition, as he has caused the
death of numberless multitudes,

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both of his opposers and his followers,
destroyed innumerable souls, and will

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himself perish everlastingly.

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And the translators of the 1611 King James
Version wrote in their preface that the

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work had given, quote, such a blow unto
that man of sin as will not be healed,

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end quote, referring to the Roman pontiff.

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But let's hear for a moment from the Popes
themselves.

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Pope Pius X said this, The Pope is not
simply the representative of Christ.

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On the contrary, he is Jesus Christ
himself, under the veil of the flesh.

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Does the Pope speak?

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It is Jesus Christ who is speaking.

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Hence, when anyone speaks of the Pope,
it is not necessary to examine,

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but to obey.

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More recently, in 1984, Pope John Paul II
said, Don't go to God for forgiveness.

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Come to me, contradicting what the Bible
says about confessing our sins to God

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alone.

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And most recently, the current Pope,
Pope Francis, has this year declared,

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Jesus is my teacher and my pastor,
but God the Father, Abba, is the light and

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the creator.

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This is my being.

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Do you think we are very far apart?

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The Pope is not a great Christian leader.

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He is not a pious follower of Jesus.

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He is not Father of Fathers.

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But as Martin Luther said, The Pope is the
masked and incarnate devil, because he is

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the Antichrist.