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Pope Francis I, the latest head of the Roman Catholic Church, went on record recently saying that the Big Bang theory is correct. He is also accommodating on homosexuality. How are we to react to this man and his claims? Should we have respect for him and call him “His Holiness” as many people do? S
Peter, and Vicar of Jesus Christ and of God on Earth. Apart from the fact that the latter two titles are blasphemous inventions, a knowledge of the chicanery and outright deceit by which the Pope historically obtained these titles and their inherent rights serves to heighten the bold-faced effronter
The coronation ceremonies were on a splendid scale. But the size of Rome, whose population at this time may not have exceeded thirty-five thousand, must be taken into account when we compare them with the pageants of the ancient city. At the enthronization in St. The coronation ceremonies were on a
Another achievement of Pope John XXII, to return to him, was his reduction of the papal taxation of Christendom to an organized system. The sources from which the papacy drew its moneys were: 1) freewill offerings, which were given to the pope for church appointments and other papal favors. These ap
Pope Zacharias was being hard-pressed by still another foe. Aistulf (749-756), the king of the Lombards, a half Christianized barbarian race, was threatening the capture of Rome. Zacharias was in a quandary. He would not appeal for protection to the emperor, who sat in Constantinople, for he had con
The only words that apply are those of the truly holy apostle Paul in Galatians 1:8, "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." Paul is writing here about the gospel of salvation all of grace, grace that
As was said, the ten pontiffs who occupied the papal throne during the years 1431-1517 gladly received the new learning and were deeply influenced by it. All were worldly men who gave little thought to the spiritual interests of the Christian church. They were patrons of letters, artists, and great
He has power to declare what is right or wrong and to consign to eternal perdition anyone who defies his judgment. He may depose emperors and free their subjects from allegiance to civil rules which are contrary to the hierarchy. He is the only personage in the world who is infallible. Therefore, ac
Rev. Stewart is pastor of the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church in Northern Ireland. he key to understanding the political pretensions of the church of Rome lies in her understanding of herself as the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church headed by the pope, who is not only the "Successor of