WEBVTT 00:25.590 --> 00:27.470 Welcome to Inquisition Update. 00:27.750 --> 00:30.630 My name is Tom Friess, and I'll be your host for the next hour. 00:30.970 --> 00:33.590 You're listening to FirstAmendmentRadio .com. 00:33.690 --> 00:35.130 Thanks for tuning in, everybody. 00:35.930 --> 00:40.130 We'll continue now our reading and discussion of the book, A Woman Rides a 00:40.130 --> 00:41.390 Beast, by Dave Hunt. 00:42.260 --> 00:48.310 Beginning at the top of page 133, under the subtitle, No Discussion Allowed, 00:49.090 --> 00:55.270 Dave Hunt is going to describe for us what was a gigantic fraud in the Roman Catholic 00:55.270 --> 00:55.690 Church. 00:55.870 --> 01:02.590 Vatican Council won, and the declaration of papal infallibility as a dogma of the 01:02.590 --> 01:03.650 Roman Catholic Church. 01:03.830 --> 01:05.670 A gigantic fraud. 01:06.450 --> 01:12.570 Now, Dave Hunt is proving this, but he uses the testimony of Roman 01:12.570 --> 01:19.110 Catholic bishops in attendance of that council, and of official Roman Catholic 01:19.110 --> 01:20.230 Church historians. 01:21.170 --> 01:28.650 It was widely discussed among Roman Catholics prior to that council that the 01:28.650 --> 01:32.170 people did not believe in papal infallibility. 01:32.170 --> 01:37.050 And neither did the bishops who participated in the council. 01:37.890 --> 01:42.170 Now again, the subtitle of this portion of the chapter is entitled, No Discussion 01:42.170 --> 01:43.170 Allowed. 01:43.390 --> 01:44.830 It was a railroad job. 01:45.730 --> 01:50.110 It says, Devout Roman Catholics today have sincerely believed the deceitful 01:50.110 --> 01:55.830 impression given by their church that Vatican Council won's declaration of papal 01:55.830 --> 02:02.210 infallibility represented the mind and the will of the attending bishops On the 02:02.210 --> 02:07.930 contrary, many bishops were strongly opposed to affirming infallibility, 02:08.510 --> 02:11.650 both on scriptural and traditional grounds. 02:12.570 --> 02:18.370 Some left the council in protest before the final vote was taken, and only 02:18.370 --> 02:23.670 affirmed it later under Vatican threats and for the sake of church unity. 02:23.670 --> 02:31.490 Bishop Lecourtier was so distressed by the fraud that he, quote, threw his conciliar 02:31.490 --> 02:35.670 documents into the Tiber and left Rome, unquote. 02:36.330 --> 02:39.430 For that act, he was removed from his bishopric. 02:40.530 --> 02:42.850 Attending bishops were virtual prisoners. 02:43.930 --> 02:47.830 Exit visas were deliberately withheld to prevent anyone from leaving. 02:48.770 --> 02:54.990 Among those fleeing Rome were two Armenian bishops, one of whom was Placidus 02:54.990 --> 03:01.690 Cassangin, abbot general of all the Armenian Antonite monks. 03:02.510 --> 03:08.450 From the other side of the Roman border, outside papal jurisdiction, he wrote both 03:08.450 --> 03:13.030 the pope and the council that, quote, under the constant threat of 03:13.030 --> 03:19.170 imprisonment and owing to his serious illness, he had feared for his life and 03:19.170 --> 03:23.570 thought his only safety lay in flight, unquote. 03:24.190 --> 03:29.130 In other words, he felt like his life was threatened and he needed to get out of 03:29.130 --> 03:29.570 dodge. 03:30.290 --> 03:36.430 That's the kind of power that was exercised by the papal proponents of papal 03:36.430 --> 03:37.250 infallibility. 03:37.250 --> 03:43.030 The Jesuits organized the convening of that council and they were simply 03:43.030 --> 03:49.650 attempting to consolidate all the power of the Roman Catholic Church into one man 03:49.650 --> 03:54.370 that they could control so that they no longer had to wrestle with church 03:54.370 --> 03:54.910 councils. 03:55.930 --> 04:03.830 It was extremely important to the Jesuits to have the pope declared infallible so 04:03.830 --> 04:08.230 that they could easily control the church by controlling one single man. 04:08.630 --> 04:13.010 They could unite all the church on one single man. 04:13.090 --> 04:19.370 And I've asserted previously on previous programs that I believe the Jesuits had in 04:19.370 --> 04:26.570 mind that if they could float this trial balloon called papal infallibility and if 04:26.570 --> 04:34.210 it floated, then after a given period of time, after the controversy had subsided 04:34.210 --> 04:40.210 over papal infallibility then would be an appropriate time to place a Jesuit upon 04:40.210 --> 04:41.210 the papal throne. 04:41.590 --> 04:46.550 That it was the object of the Jesuits to consolidate all the power of the Roman 04:46.550 --> 04:53.670 Catholic Church into the papal chair and to fit it for the eventual occupation of a 04:53.670 --> 04:54.730 Jesuit priest. 04:54.870 --> 04:56.690 And that has occurred today. 04:58.170 --> 05:05.170 Now, he continues, oppressive rules were imposed which designed to stifle 05:05.170 --> 05:08.530 opposition and to eliminate free discussion. 05:09.510 --> 05:14.930 Quote, there was to be no discussion in small groups, speeches at the council 05:14.930 --> 05:20.010 could not be printed making it impossible to study the arguments and give a careful 05:20.010 --> 05:21.050 response to them. 05:21.930 --> 05:27.170 And bishops were forbidden under pain of mortal sin to say anything about what took 05:27.170 --> 05:29.390 place in the great hall of the council. 05:29.910 --> 05:30.330 Unquote. 05:31.370 --> 05:35.530 Such was the cult-like control over council members. 05:36.370 --> 05:37.410 Cult-like control? 05:37.610 --> 05:39.090 That's because it is a cult. 05:39.090 --> 05:44.470 Roman Catholicism is the greatest, the largest, the most powerful, 05:44.710 --> 05:49.930 the most wealthy, the most all-controlling cult on the planet. 05:50.750 --> 05:55.490 And it reminds me, this use of the word cult to describe this council, 05:56.250 --> 06:00.830 it reminds me of the testimony by Janet Reno after the Waco tragedy. 06:00.830 --> 06:07.430 After the public auto-defe, the burning alive of the Branch Davidians down in 06:07.430 --> 06:08.150 Waco, Texas. 06:08.330 --> 06:18.610 She was asked by a council convened to investigate the tragedy, and they asked 06:18.610 --> 06:21.450 Janet Reno to describe what a cult is. 06:22.270 --> 06:26.690 And if you listen to her testimony, you would think she was describing the 06:26.690 --> 06:27.750 Roman Catholic Church. 06:28.550 --> 06:35.010 And I advise my listeners, if you would like to go to Google Video and listen to 06:35.010 --> 06:40.650 her testimony before that commission, and her description of what a cult is and 06:40.650 --> 06:45.430 compare it, her description with the Roman Catholic Church, and you'll see what I'm 06:45.430 --> 06:45.730 saying. 06:46.710 --> 06:53.030 Now, in the main session of this council, Vatican Council 1, those who dared to 06:53.030 --> 06:59.010 voice any opposition were interrupted, quote, often with the explanation that no 06:59.010 --> 07:04.930 one was allowed to speak so negatively about the Holy See, unquote. 07:06.230 --> 07:10.950 Sincere Catholics believe papal infallibility was passed down from Peter 07:10.950 --> 07:16.410 to his successors, but in fact it was foisted upon the Roman Catholic Church by 07:16.410 --> 07:23.810 a ruthless cadre of Vatican insiders who conspired to stifle discussion, 07:24.630 --> 07:29.530 rigged the elections, and literally intimidated bishops into voting out of 07:29.530 --> 07:32.930 fear for a proposition which they opposed. 07:35.290 --> 07:40.450 The dogma of papal infallibility was widely opposed among the bishops, 07:41.170 --> 07:46.790 widely opposed among the clergy, and it was a railroad job, plain and 07:46.790 --> 07:47.130 simple. 07:47.370 --> 07:51.950 The historians make this evident, so do the bishops who protested. 07:52.770 --> 07:58.770 Quote, the elections are dishonest, unquote, was entered on December 20th, 07:58.810 --> 08:03.930 1869, in Archbishop George Darboy's diary. 08:05.050 --> 08:09.610 Another bishop complained of, quote, the utter worthlessness of these 08:09.610 --> 08:10.970 elections, unquote. 08:11.970 --> 08:17.990 Now, under licensing dictatorial powers, which is exactly what papal infallibility 08:17.990 --> 08:25.270 accomplished, Dave Hunt says, quote, the pressure was felt in particular by 08:25.270 --> 08:31.090 bishops' financial dependence upon the Vatican, unquote, was the earnest 08:31.090 --> 08:33.590 complaint of more than one council member. 08:34.570 --> 08:37.650 They were financially pressed into voting. 08:37.650 --> 08:39.870 They were afraid of losing their jobs. 08:41.050 --> 08:46.610 Now, many felt like they, quote, had a knife at their jugular, unquote, 08:47.170 --> 08:51.890 forcing them to approve what the vast majority actually opposed. 08:52.570 --> 08:57.410 When the Armenian bishops, in the face of dire threats, remained steadfast in their 08:57.410 --> 09:02.190 refusal to support papal infallibility, the pope commanded their leaders, 09:02.630 --> 09:08.290 quote, to perform compulsory spiritual exercises in a monastery, unquote. 09:08.810 --> 09:11.530 In other words, drop it, give me 20, right? 09:12.750 --> 09:19.930 It says, when Bishop John Stephanian refused to comply, the papal police 09:19.930 --> 09:21.870 arrested him on the street. 09:22.950 --> 09:28.750 So here we have even law enforcement getting involved to keep these people at 09:28.750 --> 09:31.470 the council and to make them vote a certain way. 09:33.250 --> 09:38.310 His resistance provoked a riot by a mob which rescued him. 09:38.770 --> 09:42.810 If it weren't for a mob supporting him, he would have been arrested. 09:43.890 --> 09:49.330 That's how much the people were against the declaration of papal infallibility. 09:50.070 --> 09:55.350 Now, to aid in the intimidation of the bishops in attendance, the papal police 09:55.350 --> 09:57.690 instituted surprise house searches. 09:58.490 --> 10:00.330 Okay, they're going house to house. 10:01.210 --> 10:08.090 Quote, Monsignor Lorenzo Randy, papal minister of police, and later a 10:08.090 --> 10:13.770 cardinal, he was elevated to cardinal for obedient service to the pope, you might 10:13.770 --> 10:20.230 know, had all letters from newspaper correspondents intercepted at the Vatican 10:20.230 --> 10:25.370 post office and suppressed the most negative reports, unquote. 10:25.930 --> 10:28.490 So now you know why he was elevated to cardinal. 10:29.090 --> 10:35.850 He was a part of the police force and was later elevated to the cardinal because he 10:35.850 --> 10:42.810 had all the newspaper, all the press articles about the council, Vatican 10:42.810 --> 10:48.330 Council 1, filtered first to the Vatican post office so that they could be sorted. 10:49.490 --> 10:54.070 So that certain negative reports could not reach the press. 10:56.190 --> 10:57.910 That's a railroad job. 10:58.870 --> 11:00.570 A gigantic fraud. 11:01.390 --> 11:05.690 Using, once again, the civil power, the police force. 11:06.690 --> 11:08.570 Now, as for J. 11:08.630 --> 11:08.890 H. 11:09.010 --> 11:13.110 Ignaz von Dallinger, one of the most eminent Roman Catholic historians and 11:13.110 --> 11:19.410 theologians at the time, his reward for 47 years of teaching Roman Catholic theology 11:19.410 --> 11:22.490 and history was to be excommunicated. 11:23.490 --> 11:30.910 His crime had been to point out that the pope's claim to infallibility lacked 11:30.910 --> 11:35.850 support either from scripture nor from church tradition. 11:36.890 --> 11:42.210 Such was certainly the predominant view of Roman Catholic historians and even the 11:42.210 --> 11:46.050 most bishops within the Roman Catholic Church at that time. 11:47.250 --> 11:51.790 Von Dallinger's monumental work entitled The Pope and the Council, and I highly 11:51.790 --> 11:56.830 recommend my listeners get a copy, The Pope and the Council, it's currently 11:56.830 --> 12:02.950 being reprinted, it's available, and you will find, just type in the search 12:02.950 --> 12:09.690 engine on eBay, The Pope and the Council, and you'll come up with dozens of works 12:09.690 --> 12:11.770 that are current publications. 12:12.410 --> 12:13.650 And read this for yourself. 12:14.510 --> 12:19.350 Von Dallinger's monumental work, The Pope and the Council, published just 12:19.350 --> 12:24.270 prior to Vatican Council I, was immediately placed on the index of 12:24.270 --> 12:25.430 forbidden reading. 12:26.170 --> 12:31.310 You know, just like the Bible is forbidden reading in the Roman Catholic Church. 12:32.190 --> 12:36.730 According to Roman Catholic canon law, now somebody might roll their eyes and 12:36.730 --> 12:38.550 say, well Catholics read the Bible in this country. 12:38.670 --> 12:44.250 You've got to remember, they're under Protestant observation in this country. 12:45.250 --> 12:51.390 In Roman Catholic countries, you rarely if ever see someone carrying or studying the 12:51.390 --> 12:53.350 Bible alone. 12:54.030 --> 12:59.110 They're taught to get their Bible teaching from the priest. 13:00.190 --> 13:05.130 And if they're going to study the Bible alone, they have to have the approval of 13:05.130 --> 13:05.690 their bishop. 13:06.690 --> 13:13.550 So they're carefully guarded in what they read and what they believe from the Bible. 13:15.290 --> 13:22.830 Now, Pope Pius IX could not afford to have the bishop read such facts from history as 13:22.830 --> 13:32.090 the following, Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius know nothing of special papal 13:32.090 --> 13:37.910 prerogative, or of any higher or supreme right of deciding in matters of doctrine. 13:38.390 --> 13:44.870 In the writings of the Greek doctors Eusebius, St. Athanasius, St. Basil the 13:44.870 --> 13:51.670 Great, the two Gregories and St. Epiphanius, there's not one word of any 13:51.670 --> 13:55.010 prerogatives of the Roman bishop, the Pope. 13:55.570 --> 14:01.790 The most copious of the Greek fathers, St. Chrysostom, is wholly silent on the 14:01.790 --> 14:02.190 subject. 14:02.610 --> 14:04.310 And so are the two Cyrils. 14:04.310 --> 14:11.730 Equally silent are the Latins, Hilary, Hattian, and Zeno, Lucifer, 14:13.210 --> 14:18.170 Sulpicius, and St. Ambrose. 14:19.150 --> 14:23.130 St. Augustine has written more on the Church, its unity and authority, 14:23.350 --> 14:25.390 than all the other fathers put together. 14:26.210 --> 14:30.990 He urges all sorts of arguments to show that the Donatists are bound to return to 14:30.990 --> 14:35.630 the Church, but of the papal chair as one of them, he knows nothing. 14:36.530 --> 14:36.990 Unquote. 14:38.010 --> 14:44.630 So, Church historians are poring over Church history to find some grounds, 14:44.870 --> 14:53.250 some justification, some former teaching by some of the most prestigious writers of 14:53.250 --> 14:54.410 the Roman Catholic Church. 14:54.410 --> 14:59.370 Early writings of the Roman Catholic Church, called the Church Fathers, 15:00.150 --> 15:05.510 searching in vain for any word to indicate that the Pope was infallible. 15:06.110 --> 15:07.790 They simply couldn't find anything. 15:08.650 --> 15:12.970 There's no support for papal infallibility in Roman Catholic Church history. 15:13.810 --> 15:18.690 Bishop Joseph Hefela of Rottenburg, a former professor of Church history, 15:19.550 --> 15:22.130 addressed these words to the First Vatican Council. 15:22.130 --> 15:22.950 Quote. 15:23.790 --> 15:25.510 Forgive me if I speak simply. 15:25.890 --> 15:30.690 I'm very familiar with the old documentary sources of the history and the teachings 15:30.690 --> 15:36.210 of the Church, with the writings of the Fathers and the Acts of the Councils, 15:36.210 --> 15:41.930 so that I can say I've had them in my hands night and day, but in all those 15:41.930 --> 15:47.230 documents I've never seen the doctrine of papal infallibility from a credible 15:47.230 --> 15:47.890 source. 15:48.410 --> 15:48.810 Unquote. 15:49.810 --> 15:51.770 Hassler informs us further. 15:52.170 --> 15:52.450 Quote. 15:53.270 --> 15:59.110 Archbishop Thomas Connolly of Halifax, Nova Scotia, had come to Rome as a 15:59.110 --> 16:01.810 convinced adherent of papal infallibility. 16:02.730 --> 16:06.290 After thorough study, he became one of its declared opponents. 16:07.090 --> 16:12.750 He repeatedly challenged the infallibilists in the Council Hall to come 16:12.750 --> 16:17.510 up with clear text from the first three centuries, always in vain. 16:17.510 --> 16:24.830 He made a private offer of £1,000, perhaps $30,000 in today's money, 16:25.390 --> 16:28.370 to anyone who could provide the text that he wanted. 16:29.130 --> 16:31.230 All he got was a forgery. 16:31.910 --> 16:32.370 Unquote. 16:33.170 --> 16:37.610 Von Dollinger, one of that day's great authorities on Roman Catholic Church 16:37.610 --> 16:40.510 history, agreed entirely with Hefele. 16:41.330 --> 16:47.290 His book, which by the way is banned by Rome, warned of Pope Pius IX's coming 16:47.290 --> 16:53.830 attempt to push through the dogma of papal infallibility and reminded the bishops who 16:53.830 --> 16:57.670 would gather to deliberate this vital decision. 16:58.090 --> 16:58.490 Quote. 16:58.890 --> 17:05.410 None of the ancient confessions of faith, no catechism, none of the patristic 17:05.410 --> 17:11.230 writings composed for the instruction of the people, contain a syllable about the 17:11.230 --> 17:17.830 Pope, still less any hint that all certainty of faith and doctrine depends on 17:17.830 --> 17:18.310 the Pope. 17:18.650 --> 17:23.390 For the first thousand years of Roman Catholic Church history, not a question of 17:23.390 --> 17:26.470 doctrine was ever finally decided by the Pope. 17:26.930 --> 17:33.690 Even the controversy about Christ kindled by Paul of Samasata, which occupied the 17:33.690 --> 17:38.890 whole Eastern Church for a long time and necessitated the assembling of several 17:38.890 --> 17:44.450 councils, was terminated without the Pope taking any part in it at all. 17:45.310 --> 17:49.670 In three controversies during this early period, the Roman Catholic Church took an 17:49.670 --> 17:50.370 active part. 17:50.910 --> 17:56.310 The question about Easter, about heretical baptism, and about the penitential 17:56.310 --> 17:56.890 discipline. 17:57.790 --> 18:03.610 In all three, the Popes were unable to carry out their own will in view and 18:03.610 --> 18:07.810 practice, and the other churches maintained their different usages. 18:07.810 --> 18:14.170 Pope Victor's attempt to compel the churches of Asia Minor to adopt the Roman 18:14.170 --> 18:22.910 usage by excluding them from his communion proved a failure." So the Pope couldn't 18:22.910 --> 18:30.350 even disassociate with the church and to get the churches of Asia Minor to 18:30.350 --> 18:31.350 cooperate with it. 18:31.930 --> 18:33.970 Where's the papal infallibility in that? 18:34.510 --> 18:35.470 There isn't any. 18:35.470 --> 18:40.850 It is fully established fact of history that for many centuries after Christ, 18:41.070 --> 18:47.650 the church had no notion, the church had no notion, that the Bishop of Rome had the 18:47.650 --> 18:52.230 final word on all disputes, or that he was infallible. 18:53.130 --> 18:58.470 Moreover, when the Popes began to assert their alleged infallibility, as we've 18:58.470 --> 19:01.750 already seen, they often used it wickedly. 19:01.750 --> 19:09.750 Furthermore, according to a 1987 Time poll, 93% of today's Catholics hold the 19:09.750 --> 19:16.050 opinion that, quote, it is possible to disagree with the Pope and still be a good 19:16.050 --> 19:17.270 Catholic, unquote. 19:18.030 --> 19:21.410 So much for the practical effect of papal infallibility. 19:22.030 --> 19:25.870 No wonder the church got along without it for 1800 years. 19:26.590 --> 19:28.310 A tragic farce. 19:28.310 --> 19:33.350 There's no doubt that the claim of infallibility further encourages the 19:33.350 --> 19:37.110 despotism, which is already so much a part of the papacy. 19:38.150 --> 19:44.850 Despotism in turn leads to contempt for truth, because the despot's power over 19:44.850 --> 19:47.330 others must be maintained at all costs. 19:48.210 --> 19:52.750 The defect of character in Pope Pius IX was evident to many observers. 19:52.750 --> 19:58.230 Though the Pope had personally approved an article in La Civiltà Cattolica, 19:58.790 --> 20:05.670 which in February of 1869 began his campaign for infallibility, he denied any 20:05.670 --> 20:09.570 knowledge of it in an audience with foreign ambassadors. 20:10.410 --> 20:15.570 The deceit was blatant, but the Pope seemed blind to the fact that anyone with 20:15.570 --> 20:17.410 common sense knew he was lying. 20:18.070 --> 20:22.990 The Pope wrote articles under another name, and then denied knowing of them. 20:23.730 --> 20:29.510 When bishops Clifford, Ramadi, and Place protested the demeaning language 20:29.510 --> 20:35.670 that Pope Pius IX had publicly used concerning them, quote, he denied the 20:35.670 --> 20:36.330 whole thing. 20:36.630 --> 20:37.110 Unquote. 20:37.870 --> 20:44.610 Before many witnesses, Bishop Henry Merritt, Dean of the Sorbonne in Paris, 20:45.070 --> 20:50.110 called Pope Pius IX, quote, false and a liar. 20:50.750 --> 20:51.050 Unquote. 20:51.890 --> 20:58.750 Pope Pius IX constantly applied pressure and threats, engineered behind the scenes 20:58.750 --> 21:05.090 intrigue, and denounced in vicious terms any who opposed infallibility. 21:05.630 --> 21:11.570 Yet to the very end, he insisted that he desired to, quote, leave the council 21:11.570 --> 21:12.990 completely free. 21:13.330 --> 21:13.870 Unquote. 21:14.670 --> 21:19.990 Quoting further, the facts proving the opposite are too numerous to mention. 21:20.510 --> 21:20.870 Unquote. 21:21.330 --> 21:28.650 Wrote Count Trautmansdorf in Vienna on June 22nd, 1870. 21:29.510 --> 21:35.950 In view of these and many other evidences of blatant dishonesty, Cardinal Gustav von 21:35.950 --> 21:43.370 Hohenlohe remarked, quote, I need no other argument against papal infallibility than 21:43.370 --> 21:44.730 this single one. 21:44.730 --> 21:50.210 That in my entire life I have never met a man who was less particular about the 21:50.210 --> 21:52.410 truth than Pope Pius IX. 21:53.350 --> 21:53.790 Unquote. 21:54.810 --> 22:00.770 Such was the man who used the power of his despotic office to force the bishops to 22:00.770 --> 22:08.710 approve a dogma, which forced the bishops to approve a dogma which the majority of 22:08.710 --> 22:09.830 them opposed. 22:10.780 --> 22:17.930 Bishop Dupinloop noted on April 15th, 1870, that several bishops had said to 22:17.930 --> 22:21.190 him, quote, I'd rather die than see all that. 22:21.550 --> 22:22.010 Unquote. 22:22.670 --> 22:28.570 Some of the bishops grew, quote, bitter from vexation and despair or fell 22:28.570 --> 22:29.150 sick. 22:29.530 --> 22:30.030 Unquote. 22:30.830 --> 22:36.270 For many, the council looked like a degrading game, a tragic farce. 22:36.270 --> 22:42.570 Bishop George Strassmayer complained that Vatican Council 1 had not had, 22:43.290 --> 22:48.870 quote, the freedom necessary to make it a true council and to justify its passing 22:48.870 --> 22:54.250 resolutions binding the conscience of the entire Catholic world. 22:55.050 --> 22:58.250 The proof of this was perfectly self-evident. 22:58.650 --> 22:59.210 Unquote. 22:59.770 --> 23:06.030 Now under the subtitle Infallibility or Instability, Dave says, as we've already 23:06.030 --> 23:10.730 noted, more than a few members, quote, left the council and discussed 23:10.730 --> 23:12.150 before it ended. 23:12.550 --> 23:12.930 Unquote. 23:13.710 --> 23:19.990 On July 17th, 1870, the day before the vote was taken, 55 bishops who were 23:19.990 --> 23:24.970 opposed declared that, quote, out of reverence for the Holy Father, 23:25.770 --> 23:30.590 out of reverence for the Pope, they did not wish to take part in the 23:30.590 --> 23:30.910 vote. 23:31.670 --> 23:34.450 They then left Rome in protest. 23:35.050 --> 23:35.330 Unquote. 23:35.990 --> 23:40.410 They left the council out of concern for the Pope. 23:40.850 --> 23:45.010 They didn't want this papal infallibility to destroy the papacy. 23:46.590 --> 23:48.630 We'll be back right after these messages. 23:48.810 --> 23:51.810 You're listening to Inquisition Update on First Amendment Radio. 24:12.200 --> 24:15.820 You're listening to FirstAmendmentRadio .com worldwide. 24:16.320 --> 24:17.480 Freedom is never free. 24:17.660 --> 24:20.960 We need your support today at FirstAmendmentRadio.com. 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29:33.430 --> 29:35.410 What difference would it make to Roman Catholics? 29:36.290 --> 29:39.350 And the better question is, what difference would it make to all the 29:39.350 --> 29:46.790 evangelicals, the ecumenical evangelicals, who have essentially signed on as 29:46.790 --> 29:55.210 co-religionists with Roman Catholicism, have literally abandoned Protestantism to 29:55.210 --> 29:56.390 become Roman Catholics? 29:57.290 --> 30:03.130 What would it do to their ecumenical endeavors to learn of how, in fact, 30:03.350 --> 30:06.850 the papacy was declared infallible at First Vatican Council? 30:07.430 --> 30:14.030 What would they all do if they became aware of the fraud that was Vatican 30:14.030 --> 30:15.070 Council 1? 30:15.070 --> 30:16.750 What would they do? 30:17.310 --> 30:18.590 I know what I'd do. 30:19.410 --> 30:27.910 It says, on July 18, 1870, the last day of the Council, there were only 535 yes 30:27.910 --> 30:35.670 votes, less than half of the 1,084 original members entitled to vote. 30:36.430 --> 30:42.070 Yet the Vatican newspapers deceitfully wrote it up as though the assent had been 30:42.070 --> 30:42.990 unanimous. 30:42.990 --> 30:45.710 There's the Pope's control of the press. 30:46.690 --> 30:49.150 The newspapers wrote it up that it was unanimous. 30:50.170 --> 30:56.030 Through threats of demotion and job loss and other pressures, the Pope managed 30:56.030 --> 31:00.250 eventually to obtain the submission of most of those opposed. 31:01.150 --> 31:06.250 Such was the unbiblical and scandalously dishonest manner in which papal 31:06.250 --> 31:10.210 infallibility became a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. 31:11.150 --> 31:15.510 Unfortunately, far, far too few Catholics know the facts. 31:16.490 --> 31:21.570 Bishop Dupinloop entered in his diary on the 28th of June of 1870, quote, 31:22.110 --> 31:24.210 I'm not going to the Council anymore. 31:24.950 --> 31:29.970 The violence, the shamelessness, and even more, the falsity, vanity, 31:30.210 --> 31:35.190 and continual lying forced me to keep my distance, unquote. 31:35.190 --> 31:43.050 On August 26th of 1870, 14 German theologians declared, quote, freedom from 31:43.050 --> 31:49.770 every sort of moral coercion and from influence to superior force is a sine qua 31:49.770 --> 31:52.290 non of all ecumenical councils. 31:53.230 --> 31:57.190 Such freedom was missing from this gathering, unquote. 31:57.670 --> 32:03.190 Further insights into the character and behavior of Pope Pius IX, which Hassler, 32:03.390 --> 32:07.710 during years of research, gleaned from the secret Vatican archives and other 32:07.710 --> 32:10.010 documents, are tragically reading. 32:10.530 --> 32:17.350 Quote, the unhealthy mysticism, the childish tantrums, the shallow 32:17.350 --> 32:23.270 sensibility, the intermittent mental absences, the strangely inappropriate 32:23.270 --> 32:29.670 language, even in strictly official speeches, and the senile obstinacy all 32:29.670 --> 32:33.650 indicate the loss of a solid grip on reality. 32:34.530 --> 32:40.270 Beyond this, there are instances of near megalomania, which are still hard to 32:40.270 --> 32:40.790 evaluate. 32:41.650 --> 32:50.070 In 1866, Pope Pius IX applied Christ's saying, quote, I am the way, the truth, 32:50.210 --> 32:52.790 and the life, unquote, to himself. 32:53.580 --> 33:01.830 On April 8th of 1871, Count Henry von Arnanschau reported to the Imperial 33:01.830 --> 33:09.510 Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck, of Pope Pius IX's attempt to work a 33:09.510 --> 33:09.950 miracle. 33:10.570 --> 33:17.550 Quote, as he was passing by the church of Trinita de Monte, the Pope bade a cripple, 33:17.650 --> 33:23.730 who was lying out in front, quote, rise up and walk, unquote, but the 33:23.730 --> 33:26.290 experiment failed, unquote. 33:27.070 --> 33:36.250 The historian Ferdinand Gregorovius had previously noted in his diary of June 33:36.250 --> 33:43.490 17th, 1870, quote, the Pope recently got the urge to try out his infallibility. 33:43.490 --> 33:51.770 While out on a walk, he called to a paralytic, quote, get up and walk, 33:52.170 --> 33:52.570 unquote. 33:52.850 --> 33:59.190 The poor devil gave it a try and collapsed, which put God's vice-regent 33:59.190 --> 34:01.110 very much out of sorts. 34:01.990 --> 34:05.090 The anecdote has already been mentioned in the newspapers. 34:05.730 --> 34:09.010 I really believe that he's insane, unquote. 34:09.970 --> 34:14.950 Pius IX gave the impression that he was suffering from delusions of grandeur in 34:14.950 --> 34:16.070 other ways as well. 34:16.870 --> 34:22.550 Some, even bishops, thought he was mad, or talked about pathological symptoms. 34:23.490 --> 34:29.730 The Catholic Church historian Franz Xavier Krauss noted in his diary, quote, 34:30.210 --> 34:37.270 apropos of Pope Pius IX, Ducamp agrees with my view that ever since 1848, 34:38.070 --> 34:44.330 the Pope has both been mentally ill and malicious, close all quotes. 34:44.970 --> 34:47.350 The bitter truth of papal tyranny. 34:48.170 --> 34:54.090 While Pope Pius IX, living in his fantasy world of omnipotence, was forcing the 34:54.090 --> 35:00.790 incredible concept upon the Church and the world that the magic of an office could 35:00.790 --> 35:06.770 render a mere human infallible, the Italian people, chafing under the 35:06.770 --> 35:10.650 Pope's depravity and barbarism, were planning his overthrow. 35:11.630 --> 35:17.530 Accusing the papacy of erecting a, quote, fortress of usurped power upon the 35:17.530 --> 35:24.250 corpses of passing generations, unquote, Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini 35:24.250 --> 35:29.170 denounced Pope Pius IX and his predecessor popes eloquently. 35:29.390 --> 35:30.350 Here's what he said. 35:31.170 --> 35:36.530 The gospel whispers universal love and brotherhood, but you have sown discord. 35:37.210 --> 35:38.790 You have inspired hatred. 35:39.750 --> 35:43.450 You who would have protected the weak against the oppressor. 35:43.970 --> 35:46.870 You who should have encouraged peace among citizens. 35:46.870 --> 35:54.910 You have summoned the paid assassins from Spain, France, Austria, and Naples to whet 35:54.910 --> 36:03.050 their murderous daggers upon the very stone of the altar while you have warned 36:03.050 --> 36:08.830 your citizens' slaves, quote, do not dare to arise, unquote. 36:09.650 --> 36:15.110 In 1861, the Parliament of the newly created Kingdom of Italy declared Rome to 36:15.110 --> 36:15.910 be its capital. 36:15.910 --> 36:18.610 Even though the Pope was still its tyrant. 36:19.130 --> 36:23.250 When the time came to enforce that verdict, those fighting for Italian 36:23.250 --> 36:25.790 independence would not be denied. 36:26.850 --> 36:32.990 The combined Papal, French, and Austrian armies were not able to withstand the 36:32.990 --> 36:36.470 forces fighting for Italian freedom and unity. 36:37.070 --> 36:42.910 On September 20th, 1870, almost two months to the day after Vatican Council I had 36:42.910 --> 36:48.550 confirmed the Pope's infallibility, he was finally deposed as the ruler of the 36:48.550 --> 36:49.590 province of Rome. 36:50.630 --> 36:58.750 Overwhelming the defending Papal army, the troops of the General Cordona battered 36:58.750 --> 37:04.510 their way through Rome's walls near the Porta Pia, the plebiscite to which we have 37:04.510 --> 37:10.750 already referred, confirmed by an overwhelming vote, Rome's annexation to a 37:10.750 --> 37:11.950 united Italy. 37:11.950 --> 37:18.450 Pope Pius IX withdrew into the Vatican in self-imposed imprisonment, and from that 37:18.450 --> 37:23.210 sanctuary loosed a veritable bombardment of words upon his enemies. 37:23.970 --> 37:28.530 His damnation of King Victor Emmanuel, which we've covered previously on this 37:28.530 --> 37:35.930 program, we read every word that Pope Pius IX wrote about Victor Emmanuel, 37:36.210 --> 37:44.470 a stunning, a stunning damnation that went on and on for pages. 37:44.990 --> 37:53.050 Read something like this, this is an extremely abridged version of his 37:53.050 --> 37:59.890 denunciation of King Victor Emmanuel, Quote, wherever he may be, whether in the 37:59.890 --> 38:05.350 house or in the field, in all the faculties of his body, damned in his 38:05.350 --> 38:11.850 mouth, in his breath, in his heart, may heaven, with all the powers that move 38:11.850 --> 38:16.730 therein, rise up against him, curse him, and damn him. 38:16.730 --> 38:25.510 Quote, the curse ran for more than 130 words, and my recollection of it was that 38:25.510 --> 38:28.590 it was much longer than 130 words. 38:29.810 --> 38:35.290 I read it here on the program and it took me quite a spell to read it all, 38:35.410 --> 38:42.770 and it was a scathing, I've never read such cursing words in my life. 38:42.770 --> 38:49.370 Not profanity, but spiritual curses that Pope Pius IX levied against Victor 38:49.370 --> 38:49.810 Emmanuel. 38:50.350 --> 38:51.430 And for what crime? 38:52.210 --> 38:54.090 Simply putting the Pope in his place. 38:55.090 --> 39:02.010 The Italian people said to the Pope, you shall not be a king over us. 39:02.770 --> 39:04.530 And they ceded their own government. 39:04.530 --> 39:11.030 The people rose up against the papacy and established their own republican 39:11.030 --> 39:12.690 government and their own leaders. 39:13.350 --> 39:16.990 And they started making their own laws. 39:17.950 --> 39:22.950 And they were simply following the example of all of Europe at that time. 39:24.050 --> 39:32.010 And yet Pope Pius IX, who had seen the last holdout, Italy, turn against him, 39:32.010 --> 39:38.930 at this time chose to declare himself infallible, divine and infallible. 39:39.710 --> 39:41.850 That's the arrogance of the papacy. 39:42.630 --> 39:47.710 He says, as for the rest of his enemies, which according to the vote must have been 39:47.710 --> 39:54.330 about 99% of the Italian population, the Pope thundered, quote, with the 39:54.330 --> 39:59.730 authority of almighty God and the holy apostles Peter and Paul, all those who 39:59.730 --> 40:06.170 have perpetrated the invasion, usurpation and occupation of the provinces 40:06.170 --> 40:12.910 of our domain, or of this dear city, Rome, have incurred major excommunication 40:12.910 --> 40:19.410 and all the rest of the censures and ecclesiastical penalties covered by the 40:19.410 --> 40:26.070 sacred canons, apostolic constitutions and decrees of all the general councils and 40:26.070 --> 40:29.050 especially the council of Trent, unquote. 40:29.510 --> 40:36.270 Now, if you have any idea what he's just done, he's just, well, burned them all at 40:36.270 --> 40:36.790 the stake. 40:36.790 --> 40:44.610 Anyone who has supported the so-called rebels in Italy, the 99% of the 40:44.610 --> 40:53.430 population, who were in favor of uniting Italy under a civil ruler and forming 40:53.430 --> 40:59.210 their own constitution and leaving the Pope to be what he should be in the world. 41:00.090 --> 41:00.530 Nothing. 41:00.530 --> 41:08.050 Of course, the Pope's frustrated fulminations, at least on this occasion, 41:08.710 --> 41:09.490 were in vain. 41:10.410 --> 41:14.530 The Italians were not impressed with the new dogma of papal infallibility. 41:15.510 --> 41:19.410 Rome has continued under the control of the Italian government to this day. 41:20.230 --> 41:24.310 Now, he's not talking about Vatican City, he's talking about Rome proper. 41:25.370 --> 41:31.510 Rome, the city of Rome, not the Vatican, but the city of Rome, remains under the 41:31.510 --> 41:34.390 Italian civil government even to this day. 41:35.290 --> 41:42.170 The papacy is not a dictator over Italy anymore, or at least theoretically not a 41:42.170 --> 41:43.810 dictator over Italy anymore. 41:44.710 --> 41:49.530 Now, as we've already mentioned, the Concordat with Mussolini in 1929 would 41:49.530 --> 41:55.450 salvage for the Popes their autonomy over a city-state, the Vatican, which has 41:55.450 --> 41:59.030 thereafter enjoyed equal status with the nations of the world. 41:59.410 --> 42:01.850 Now, I want to make a correction here. 42:02.630 --> 42:07.130 Dave Hunt, for all the good he's doing in this book, is telling an untruth, 42:07.190 --> 42:08.890 and he knows it to be untruth. 42:09.310 --> 42:16.910 The Bible clearly describes Vatican City as that great city which reigneth over the 42:16.910 --> 42:18.190 kings of the earth. 42:18.190 --> 42:25.790 Make no mistake about it, the Bible speaks specifically of Vatican City, and he calls 42:25.790 --> 42:31.950 it that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth, situated on seven 42:31.950 --> 42:34.610 hills, full of blasphemy. 42:35.570 --> 42:41.030 That woman that rides the scarlet-colored beast in Revelation 17 is the Roman 42:41.030 --> 42:44.930 Catholic Church, which is the Vatican, which is the papacy. 42:44.930 --> 42:50.130 And he says, Dave says, that they enjoy equal status with the nations of the 42:50.130 --> 42:50.330 world. 42:50.530 --> 42:56.630 No, the Vatican rules over the kings of the earth. 42:57.350 --> 43:03.470 The Bible is clearly describing a global government controlled by Vatican City, 43:04.370 --> 43:08.550 that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth. 43:09.150 --> 43:14.630 That's a reality today, and it was a reality during the time of the writing of 43:14.630 --> 43:15.950 this book by Dave Hunt. 43:16.770 --> 43:19.950 The Vatican does not enjoy equal status with anyone. 43:20.910 --> 43:27.430 The Vatican is supreme and all-powerful, controlling all the governments of the 43:27.430 --> 43:27.730 world. 43:28.230 --> 43:30.810 And if that's not true, the Bible is a liar. 43:31.770 --> 43:33.310 Dave Hunt well knows this. 43:34.030 --> 43:39.690 He continues now, he says, The Vatican did not die, nor did the Roman Catholic Church 43:39.690 --> 43:40.490 shrivel up. 43:41.270 --> 43:44.890 It has grown worldwide to nearly one billion members. 43:45.790 --> 43:52.410 The Pope's influence around the globe, though affected more subtly, is now 43:52.410 --> 43:53.570 greater than ever. 43:54.530 --> 44:00.110 John's vision is still remarkably accurate, though much remains to be 44:00.110 --> 44:00.690 fulfilled. 44:01.530 --> 44:07.530 That's as close as Dave Hunt comes to suggesting that the papacy controls all 44:07.530 --> 44:10.050 the governments on the globe. 44:10.610 --> 44:17.050 Now under the subtitle, Pomp and Adulation, Dave writes, Peter declared 44:17.050 --> 44:22.270 that Christ had left us, quote, an example that we should follow his 44:22.270 --> 44:23.710 steps, unquote. 44:23.910 --> 44:26.930 See 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 21. 44:27.810 --> 44:34.790 He wrote that church leaders were not to act as, quote, lords over God's heritage, 44:35.070 --> 44:35.590 unquote. 44:36.390 --> 44:40.430 But, like Christ, were to be examples of the flock. 44:40.550 --> 44:43.110 See 1 Peter, chapter 5, verse 1 through 3. 44:43.890 --> 44:49.250 That the popes have disobeyed both Christ and Peter, whom they claim was the first 44:49.250 --> 44:51.310 pope, is abundantly clear. 44:51.310 --> 44:57.570 How could any ordinary member of the flock follow the example of the autocratic, 44:58.070 --> 45:02.250 luxurious, and highly privileged papal lifestyle? 45:03.170 --> 45:08.050 The popes, in defiance of the one whom they say was the first pope, are 45:08.050 --> 45:12.670 literally, quote, unquote, lords over those under them. 45:13.270 --> 45:18.930 This fact has been manifest for centuries in their tyrannical conduct, which has 45:18.930 --> 45:25.390 been rendered even more offensive by the idea of infallibility becoming a dogma in 45:25.390 --> 45:26.590 the Roman Catholic Church. 45:27.310 --> 45:31.710 The donation of Constantine, though it admitted fraud, and we've already covered 45:31.710 --> 45:38.070 this, and from which popes claimed to get their authority and power, reveals a great 45:38.070 --> 45:42.250 deal about the way popes dressed, lived, and functioned during the Middle 45:42.250 --> 45:42.690 Ages. 45:42.690 --> 45:48.270 As Peter De Rosa puts it, quote, From the donation, the donation of 45:48.270 --> 45:53.010 Constantine, it is plain that the bishop of Rome looked like Constantine, 45:53.510 --> 45:59.590 lived like him, dressed like him, inhabited his palaces, ruled over his 45:59.590 --> 46:03.390 lands, had exactly the same imperial outlook. 46:04.170 --> 46:09.750 The pope, too, wanted to lord it over the church and the state. 46:09.750 --> 46:16.310 Only 700 years after Peter died, the popes had become obsessed with power 46:16.310 --> 46:17.130 and possessions. 46:18.210 --> 46:24.790 Peter's alleged successors became not the servants, but the masters of the world. 46:25.630 --> 46:31.650 They dress in purple like Nero, and call themselves Pontifex Maximus, 46:32.090 --> 46:32.590 unquote. 46:32.590 --> 46:38.570 The unbiblical nature of the papal office gives the man holding it a power greater 46:38.570 --> 46:41.150 than even that of a political tyrant. 46:41.890 --> 46:47.810 And both the opportunity and temptation for abuse is immeasurably increased when 46:47.810 --> 46:53.830 the man is considered to be infallible, something which no civil ruler would dare 46:53.830 --> 46:54.830 to claim today. 46:55.270 --> 47:01.410 To see the devastating effect of ascribing such supreme authority to a mere man, 47:01.410 --> 47:06.590 one need only watch the obsequious reaction of those who find themselves 47:06.590 --> 47:11.970 fortunate enough to meet the pope in person, to shake his hand or reach out in 47:11.970 --> 47:12.310 touching. 47:13.250 --> 47:18.490 Observe the wild enthusiasm of tens of thousands who gather when the pope makes a 47:18.490 --> 47:19.450 personal appearance. 47:20.370 --> 47:24.570 In their fawning acknowledgment of infallibility, there is an unwholesome 47:24.570 --> 47:28.630 identification of the Roman Catholic faithful with papal power. 47:28.630 --> 47:33.690 It is an identification which breeds, even among common church members, 47:33.870 --> 47:39.490 a blinding and destructive pride at belonging to, quote, the oldest, 47:39.850 --> 47:45.630 the largest, the one true church, outside of which there is no salvation, 47:46.150 --> 47:46.610 unquote. 47:47.350 --> 47:52.610 That conceit makes devout Catholics insensitive to what would otherwise be 47:52.610 --> 47:58.150 obvious failings in their church, and it keeps them in its power. 47:59.070 --> 48:03.710 The Roman Catholic Church has become the savior in the place of Christ, 48:04.410 --> 48:08.750 leading to the seductive and appealing belief that no matter what happens, 48:09.390 --> 48:15.710 that institution with the good offices of the pope, the saints, and especially Mary, 48:16.190 --> 48:21.630 will eventually get one to heaven if surviving relatives pay for enough masses 48:21.630 --> 48:23.250 to be said in one's name. 48:23.250 --> 48:30.230 It is a deadly delusion which is promoted in catechisms taught from childhood to all 48:30.230 --> 48:31.170 Roman Catholics. 48:31.990 --> 48:36.810 Such destructive deceit is made plausible by the teaching that although Christ paid 48:36.810 --> 48:43.150 for our sins on the cross, the church is the dispenser of the, quote, graces and 48:43.150 --> 48:44.770 merits he won. 48:45.590 --> 48:50.090 Add to that the ruinous conceit that subtly ensnares members of the Roman 48:50.090 --> 48:56.110 Catholic Church whose head is infallible, and one has the element to create craven 48:56.110 --> 48:59.670 superstition, and finally, tragedy. 49:00.370 --> 49:04.850 Yet the Roman Catholic Church has changed her mind enough times on important issues 49:04.850 --> 49:09.210 to demonstrate, even to herself, that she is not infallible. 49:10.050 --> 49:15.110 It used to be a mortal sin to eat meat on Friday, but that's no longer the rule. 49:15.790 --> 49:20.510 One used to see medals and statues of Saint Christopher, patron saint of 49:20.510 --> 49:25.410 travelers, displayed not only on dashboards, but even in elevators for 49:25.410 --> 49:25.970 protection. 49:26.830 --> 49:30.310 But this popular Catholic saint was declared a myth. 49:31.090 --> 49:37.230 The millions who for centuries thought he protected them were deluded, according to 49:37.230 --> 49:39.090 the latest ruling of the hierarchy. 49:39.770 --> 49:46.390 As ex-nun Patricia Nolan-Savis puts it, quote, Any organization that can, 49:46.690 --> 49:51.950 with the stroke of its sacerdotal pen, remove the pain of eternal punishment from 49:51.950 --> 49:57.610 a Friday hot dog, and pluck Saint Christopher from millions of dashboards, 49:58.190 --> 50:01.730 can surely admit that it has erred in other matters. 50:02.250 --> 50:02.770 Unquote. 50:03.470 --> 50:09.250 One would think so, but so far there has been no admission of wrongdoing by Rome, 50:09.430 --> 50:15.470 even regarding the Inquisition, the mistreatment and massacre of tens of 50:15.470 --> 50:20.750 thousands of Jews, the martyrdom of millions and I will say hundreds of 50:20.750 --> 50:27.610 millions of Christians, the slaughter of one million Serbs just during World War 50:27.610 --> 50:34.530 II, and the smuggling of tens of thousands of Nazi war criminals into safe havens 50:34.530 --> 50:35.450 around the world. 50:36.530 --> 50:37.250 Infallible? 50:38.010 --> 50:38.730 Hardly. 50:39.570 --> 50:43.230 It is the most diabolical institution on the planet. 50:44.110 --> 50:48.410 It is the woman riding the scarlet-colored beast of Revelation chapter 17. 50:49.470 --> 50:50.850 She has deceived the whole world. 50:51.790 --> 50:58.610 Now Dave Hunt talks about these fawning multitudes that gather around the Pope at 50:58.610 --> 50:59.890 any public appearance. 51:00.730 --> 51:05.450 I'd like to ask the question, what about the kings of the earth over which he 51:05.450 --> 51:05.910 rules? 51:06.610 --> 51:14.230 Have you seen the pictures on Google images of the kings and the queens and the 51:14.230 --> 51:21.810 presidents and the potentates of nearly every nation on the planet going to Rome 51:21.810 --> 51:25.470 and wearing the colors of a penitent? 51:26.270 --> 51:26.610 Black. 51:28.070 --> 51:29.870 Always dressed in black. 51:30.810 --> 51:36.090 And if they take their wives with them, they too must wear black and also a black 51:36.090 --> 51:37.430 veil over their faces. 51:38.230 --> 51:46.970 Have you seen the multitude of images that are now available to anyone to see how the 51:46.970 --> 51:50.030 kings of the earth react in the presence of the Pope? 51:51.030 --> 52:00.070 With heads bowed, with knees bent, while kissing his ring, or even more, 52:00.270 --> 52:02.650 on their knees before his feet. 52:04.190 --> 52:08.730 That's Bible prophecy being fulfilled right before our very eyes. 52:09.590 --> 52:11.730 They believe the Pope is infallible. 52:11.910 --> 52:14.510 They believe that the Pope is God on earth. 52:15.590 --> 52:19.330 And even if they don't believe that, they dare not utter it. 52:19.330 --> 52:27.190 Because they know the power that the Pope wields just by the breath of his mouth. 52:28.270 --> 52:33.590 That any nation on this earth whose potentate will not bow before the Pope of 52:33.590 --> 52:40.590 Rome, can the following day be under foreign attack or economic sanction or any 52:40.590 --> 52:45.610 other penal penalty that the Pope wishes to perpetrate. 52:47.110 --> 52:51.950 History repeats itself every day and it's time for God's people to wake up to the 52:51.950 --> 52:52.530 reality. 52:53.670 --> 52:57.470 And it's my pleasure to get to help that awakening. 52:58.350 --> 52:59.750 That's all I have for today. 52:59.950 --> 53:03.790 We'll continue with the reading of the book, A Woman Rides the Beast by 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