12
26.
Wha
t is t
he n
umbe
r of
the
beas
t?
Rev
elat
ion
13:1
8
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____
____
____
__
It
is in
tere
stin
g th
at th
e R
oman
Cat
holic
Dou
ay V
ersi
on o
f the
Bib
le, i
n a
foot
-no
te t
o th
is ve
rse
corr
ectly
sta
tes,
"666
. Th
e nu
mer
ical
let
ters
of
this
nam
e sh
all
mak
e up
thi
s nu
mbe
r."
In a
chu
rch
whi
ch h
as u
sed
Latin
as
its
eccl
esia
stic
al la
ngua
ge, a
lang
uage
whi
ch h
as s
even
num
eric
al le
tters
, I (1
), V
(5
), X
(10)
, L (5
0), C
(100
), D
(500
) and
M (1
000)
, the
sear
ch is
not
diff
icul
t. Th
e m
ost
conv
inci
ng s
olut
ion
to v
erse
18
is th
e tit
le i
nscr
ibed
in
the
papa
l
tiara
(th
ree
tiere
d cr
own)
: “V
icar
ius
Filii
Dei
.” T
he U
nite
d St
ates
Rom
an
Cat
holic
pap
er, ‘
Our
Sun
day
Vis
itor,’
Nov
embe
r 15
, 191
4, s
tate
d: “
The
title
of t
he P
ope
of R
ome
is V
icar
ius
Filii
Dei
and
if y
ou ta
ke th
e le
tters
of
his
title
whi
ch r
epre
sent
Lat
in n
umer
als
. . .
and
add
them
tog
ethe
r th
ey c
ome
to 6
66.
Vica
rius
Fi
lii D
ei m
eans
Vic
ar o
f the
Son
of G
od.”
How
di
d th
is R
oman
Cat
holic
new
spap
er d
isce
rn t
he
num
ber
666
from
this
Lat
in ti
tle?
Let u
s as
crib
e La
tin n
umer
als
to th
is te
rm. B
efor
e w
e do
so
we
mus
t rem
embe
r tha
t the
re w
as n
o le
tter "
u" in
the
Latin
alp
habe
t and
"v"
was
use
d in
its s
tead
. So
me
try t
o fin
d ot
hers
who
se n
ame
by s
ome
met
hod
of c
alcu
latio
n ad
ds t
o 66
6. B
ut th
e lo
ne s
igni
fican
ce to
Bib
le p
roph
ecy
is w
heth
er th
e Pa
pacy
mee
ts
this
crit
erio
n, w
hich
, as
we
have
seen
, eve
n R
oman
Cat
holic
s adm
it.
Our
stu
dy s
how
s th
at th
e lit
tle h
orn
of D
anie
l 7, a
nd th
e se
ven
head
ed b
east
of
Rev
elat
ion
13 a
re th
e sa
me
pow
er—
The
Rom
an C
atho
lic C
hurc
h. T
he n
ames
of
ALL
who
wor
ship
this
bea
st a
nd it
’s im
age
will
not
be
foun
d w
ritte
n in
the
Lam
b’s
book
of
life.
Fr
iend
s, th
ese
are
not
our
wor
ds b
ut t
he w
ords
of
Sc
riptu
re.
Stud
y th
e B
ible
and
his
tory
for
you
rsel
f… a
sk t
he H
oly
Spiri
t to
sh
ow y
ou th
e tru
th…
He
is fa
ithfu
l to
do s
o if
you
have
a c
ontri
te h
eart…
then
m
ake
up y
our o
wn
min
d. It
is o
ur p
raye
r tha
t you
will
cho
ose
the
truth
and
that
yo
ur n
ame
will
be
writ
ten
in th
e La
mb’
s boo
k of
life
.
AN
SWE
RS: 1) It w
as slain and burned. 2) Lives were prolonged. 3) The Sea. 4) Terrible B
east, Leopard, Bear, and Lion. 5) The
Dragon. 6) Satan- ‘Pagan R
ome’. 7) R
uling Powers/K
ingdoms. 8) 10 N
ations of Western Europe during their rule. 9) B
lasphemy.
10) Man w
ho claims to be G
od and forgives the sins of others. 11) Above G
od. 12) Speaking great things and blasphemy. 13)
Speaking great things. 14) Against the m
ost High—
God. 15) A
gainst God. 16) M
akes war against the saints. 17) M
akes war
against the saints. 18) Time, Tim
es, dividing of time=1260 yrs. 19) G
od’s Times and Law
s. 20) All kindreds, tongues, and na-
tions. 21) 42 months=1260 yrs. 22) It w
as wounded alm
ost to death. 23) Wound w
as healed. 24) ALL the w
orld marveled at the
beast. 25) Their name N
OT in the B
ook of Life. 26) 666.
*No
lette
r ‘u’
in L
atin
. ‘v
’ use
d in
stea
d.
1
In o
ur p
revi
ous
stud
ies
we
disc
over
ed th
at t
he p
roph
ecie
s of
Dan
iel
wer
e se
aled
unt
il ‘th
e tim
e of
the
end.
’ W
e fo
und
that
the
time
of th
e en
d be
gan
in 1
798,
whi
ch e
nded
the
1260
yea
rs o
f pap
al p
erse
cutio
n of
the
sain
ts, a
nd
that
the
sea
led
prop
heci
es o
f D
anie
l w
ere
open
ed t
o un
ders
tand
ing.
W
e al
so l
earn
ed t
hat
thes
e un
seal
ed p
roph
ecie
s of
Dan
iel a
re a
lso
reve
aled
in
the
book
of R
evel
atio
n. I
n th
e 13
th c
hapt
er
of R
evel
atio
n, w
e ar
e to
ld a
bout
two
beas
ts
that
aris
e, o
ne fr
om th
e se
a an
d on
e fr
om th
e ea
rth.
Thes
e tw
o be
asts
will
bat
tle a
gain
st
the
rem
nant
of
God
as
desc
ribed
in c
hapt
er
12.
Let
’s n
ow t
ake
a lo
ok a
t th
e se
ven-
head
ed b
east
, th
e on
e th
at a
rises
fro
m t
he
sea,
and
let t
he B
ible
and
hist
ory
test
ify w
ho
this
end
tim
e po
wer
is.
Bef
ore
we
begi
n, l
et’s
ref
resh
our
mem
orie
s a
bit
conc
erni
ng a
cou
ple
of
de
finiti
ons.
Dan
iel 7
:17
says
: “T
hese
gre
at b
east
s, w
hich
are
fou
r, ar
e fo
ur k
ings
” an
d ve
rse
23 s
ays:
“Th
e fo
urth
bea
st s
hall
be t
he f
ourt
h ki
ngdo
m u
pon
eart
h,
whi
ch s
hall
be d
iver
se fr
om a
ll ki
ngdo
ms,
and
shal
l dev
our
the
who
le e
arth
, an
d sh
all t
read
it d
own,
and
bre
ak it
in p
iece
s.”
Ete
rnal
Tru
th M
inist
ries
Pres
ents
Les
son
13
“The
Bea
st w
ith S
even
Hea
ds”
Stud
ies o
n B
ible
Pro
phec
ySt
udie
s on
Bib
le P
roph
ecy
“...f
or th
e w
ords
are
clo
sed
up a
nd se
aled
till
the
time
of th
e en
d.”
Dan
iel 1
2:9
2
So w
e fin
d th
at b
east
s re
pres
ent
king
dom
s or
pol
itica
l po
wer
s. T
he U
S is
re
pres
ente
d by
a b
ald
eagl
e, R
ussi
a a
bear
, etc
. W
hat a
bout
wat
er o
r the
sea
? Is
aiah
17:
13 s
ays:
“th
e na
tions
sha
ll ru
sh li
ke
the
rush
ing
of m
any
wat
ers..
.”
and
Rev
elat
ion
17:
15 s
ays:
“T
he w
ater
s w
hich
thou
saw
est,
whe
re th
e w
hore
sitt
eth,
are
peo
ples
, and
mul
titud
es, a
nd
natio
ns, a
nd t
ongu
es.”
So
we
see
that
wat
ers
or th
e se
a re
pres
ents
peo
ples
, an
d m
ultit
udes
, and
nat
ions
, and
tong
ues.
1.
Wha
t hap
pene
d to
the
four
th b
east
of D
anie
l 7?
Dan
iel 7
:11
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2.
The
dom
inio
n of
the
othe
r th
ree
beas
ts in
Dan
iel 7
was
take
n aw
ay
but
wha
t abo
ut th
eir
actu
al li
ves?
D
anie
l 7:1
2
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____
__
“The
life
of t
he fo
urth
bea
st is
not
pro
long
ed a
fter
its
dom
inio
n is
gon
e, a
s w
ere
the
lives
of
the
prec
edin
g be
asts
. The
ir d
omin
ion
was
take
n aw
ay, b
ut th
eir
lives
w
ere
prol
onge
d fo
r a
seas
on.
The
terr
itory
an
d
su
bjec
ts
of
the
Baby
loni
an
king
dom
st
ill
exis
ted,
th
ough
mad
e su
bjec
t to
the
Per
sian
s. So
with
the
Pers
ian
king
dom
in r
espe
ct to
Gre
ece,
and
Gre
ece
in
resp
ect
to
Rom
e.
But
wha
t su
ccee
ds
the
four
th
king
dom
? N
o go
vern
men
t or
stat
e in
whi
ch m
orta
ls h
ave
any
part
, fol
low
s it.
Its
car
eer e
nds i
n th
e la
ke o
f fir
e, a
nd it
has
no
exis
tenc
e be
yond
. The
lion
was
m
erge
d w
ith th
e be
ar, t
he b
ear
into
the
leop
ard,
the
leop
ard
into
the
four
th
beas
t. Bu
t the
four
th b
east
is n
ot m
erge
d in
to a
noth
er b
east
. It i
s to
be
cast
into
the
lake
of f
ire.
” S
mith
, Dan
iel a
nd th
e Re
vela
tion,
p.1
14-1
15.
3.
In
visi
on, t
he a
post
le J
ohn
saw
a b
east
ris
e up
out
of w
hat?
R
evel
atio
n 13
:1
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____
“W
hene
ver
a be
ast i
s se
en to
com
e up
out
of t
he
sea,
it d
enot
es t
hat t
he p
ower
ari
ses
in a
thic
kly
popu
late
d te
rrito
ry. I
f th
e w
inds
are
rep
rese
nted
as
blo
win
g up
on t
he s
ea,
as i
n D
anie
l 7:
2,
3,
polit
ical
com
mot
ion,
civ
il st
rife
, an
d re
volu
tion
are
indi
cate
d.”
Ibid
, p.5
62.
11
prof
esse
dly
Chr
istia
n fo
rm.
John
say
s th
at i
t w
as o
ne o
f th
e he
ads
of t
his
le
opar
d be
ast t
hat w
as w
ound
ed to
dea
th. I
n ot
her w
ords
, thi
s w
ound
fell
upon
th
e fo
rm o
f gov
ernm
ent t
hat e
xist
ed in
the
Rom
an E
mpi
re a
fter i
ts ch
ange
from
pa
gani
sm to
Chr
istia
nity
. Thu
s it
is e
vide
nt th
at it
was
the
papa
l hea
d th
at w
as
wou
nded
to d
eath
, and
who
se d
eadl
y w
ound
was
hea
led.
Thi
s w
ound
ing
is th
e sa
me
as th
e go
ing
into
cap
tivity
(Rev
elat
ion
13:1
0).
It w
as i
nflic
ted
whe
n th
e po
pe w
as t
aken
pris
oner
by
B
erth
ier,
the
Fren
ch g
ener
al u
nder
Nap
oleo
n, a
nd th
e pa
pal
gove
rnm
ent
was
fo
r a
time
abol
ishe
d,
in
1798
A
.D.
Strip
ped
of h
is po
wer
, bo
th c
ivil
and
eccl
esia
stic
al,
the
ca
ptiv
e po
pe (
Pius
VI)
died
in
exile
at
Val
ence
in
Fran
ce,
Aug
ust 2
9, 1
799.
23.
Wha
t the
n ha
ppen
ed to
his
dea
dly
wou
nd?
Re
vela
tion
13:3
MID
DLE
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____
____
____
____
____
__
A m
ere
197
days
(the
re w
as n
o le
ap y
ear i
n 18
00) w
ere
to p
ass
afte
r the
dea
th
of P
ius
VI b
efor
e th
e in
itial
evi
denc
e of
this
hea
ling
coul
d be
det
ecte
d. D
espi
te
the
proh
ibiti
on o
f th
e Fr
ench
Gov
ernm
ent
prev
entin
g th
e el
ectio
n of
a
succ
esso
r to
Pius
VI,
a ne
w P
ope,
Piu
s VII
was
ele
cted
on
Mar
ch 1
4, 1
800.
Step
by
step
the
wou
nd c
ontin
ued
to h
eal.
In 1
929,
Car
dina
l G
aspa
rri
and
Ben
ito
Mus
solin
i si
gned
an
agre
emen
t, w
hich
res
tore
d th
e te
mpo
ral
pow
er o
f th
e
papa
cy.
The
wou
nd c
ontin
ues
to h
eal
toda
y as
Pap
al
Rom
e ge
ts c
lose
r to
the
wor
ld p
rom
inen
ce a
nd p
ower
it
once
had
ove
r the
nat
ions
of t
he e
arth
. 24
. H
ow p
opul
ar d
id th
e be
ast b
ecom
e af
ter
that
?
Reve
latio
n 13
:3 L
AST
PART
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__
“The
Pap
acy'
s re
viva
l an
d re
stor
atio
n ha
s am
azed
the
wor
ld.
One
hun
dred
ye
ars
ago,
no
Rom
an C
atho
lic c
ould
hol
d pu
blic
offi
ce in
Gre
at B
rita
in o
r th
e U
nite
d St
ates
. Th
e Ro
man
Cat
holic
Chu
rch
was
an
unpo
pula
r, ha
ted
and
de
spis
ed c
hurc
h. I
t w
as c
onsi
dere
d by
mill
ions
to
be u
nchr
istia
n, p
agan
, id
olat
rous
, deg
radi
ng, o
ppre
ssiv
e an
d ev
en a
cur
se to
the
com
mun
ity. T
oday
, Ro
man
Cat
holic
ism
is
look
ed u
pon
in e
xact
ly t
he o
ppos
ite l
ight
. It
is a
n
amaz
ing
reve
rsal
of p
ublic
opi
nion
.” C
ooke
, The
Ant
ichr
ist 6
66, p
age
23.
25.
Wha
t doe
s the
Bib
le sa
y ab
out a
ll w
ho w
orsh
ip th
is b
east
?
Reve
latio
n 13
:8
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____
____
10
NO
TE: T
here
are
30
days
to a
mon
th in
the
Jew
ish
cale
ndar
. 42
mon
ths
times
30
day
s pe
r mon
th g
ives
us
1260
tota
l day
s. U
sing
the
day
for a
yea
r prin
cipl
e fo
r ap
ocal
yptic
pro
phec
y (s
ee E
zeki
el 4
:6; N
umbe
rs 1
4:34
) thi
s wou
ld b
e 12
60
year
s tha
t thi
s bea
st p
ower
wou
ld c
ontin
ue b
efor
e it
is w
ound
ed.
The
re a
re a
t le
ast
six
poin
ts b
y w
hich
to
esta
blis
h th
at t
he l
ittle
hor
n of
D
anie
l 7 a
nd th
is le
opar
d be
ast s
ymbo
lize
the
sam
e po
wer
: 1.
The
littl
e ho
rn w
as a
bla
sphe
mou
s pow
er, a
s is t
he le
opar
d be
ast.
2.
The
litt
le h
orn
mad
e w
ar w
ith th
e sa
ints
, and
pre
vaile
d ag
ains
t the
m. T
he
leop
ard
beas
t als
o m
akes
war
with
the
sain
ts, a
nd o
verc
omes
them
. 3.
The
littl
e ho
rn h
ad a
mou
th s
peak
ing
grea
t thi
ngs.
This
bea
st s
peak
s gr
eat
thin
gs a
nd b
lasp
hem
ies.
4. T
he li
ttle
horn
aro
se a
fter t
he fa
ll of
the
paga
n fo
rm o
f the
Rom
an E
mpi
re.
The
beas
t of
Rev
elat
ion
13:2
aris
es a
t th
e sa
me
time;
for
the
dra
gon,
pag
an
Rom
e, g
ives
him
his
pow
er, h
is se
at, a
nd g
reat
aut
horit
y.
5. P
ower
was
giv
en t
o th
e lit
tle h
orn
to c
ontin
ue f
or a
tim
e, t
imes
, an
d th
e
divi
ding
of t
ime,
or 1
260
year
s. To
this
bea
st a
lso
pow
er w
as g
iven
for
forty
-tw
o m
onth
s or 1
260
year
s. 6.
At t
he e
nd o
f th
e 12
60 y
ears
the
"sai
nts,
" "t
imes
," a
nd "
law
s" w
ere
to b
e ta
ken
out o
f th
e "h
and"
of
the
little
hor
n. A
t the
end
of
the
sam
e pe
riod,
the
leop
ard
beas
t w
as h
imse
lf to
be
led
"int
o ca
ptiv
ity."
Rev
elat
ion
13:1
0. B
oth
thes
e sp
ecifi
catio
ns w
ere
fulfi
lled
in th
e ca
ptiv
ity a
nd e
xile
of t
he p
ope,
and
the
tem
pora
ry o
verth
row
of t
he p
apac
y by
Fra
nce
in 1
798.
Th
ese
six
poin
ts a
lone
pro
ve th
e id
entit
y of
the
little
hor
n an
d th
e le
opar
d be
ast
to b
e th
e sa
me.
Whe
n w
e ha
ve in
pro
phec
y tw
o sy
mbo
ls, a
s in
this
inst
ance
,
repr
esen
ting
pow
ers
that
com
e up
on t
he s
tage
of
actio
n at
the
sam
e tim
e,
oc
cupy
the
sam
e te
rrito
ry,
mai
ntai
n th
e sa
me
char
acte
r, do
the
sam
e w
ork,
ex
ist t
he s
ame
leng
th o
f tim
e, a
nd m
eet t
he s
ame
fate
, tho
se s
ymbo
ls r
epre
sent
th
e sa
me
iden
tical
pow
er.
22.
Wha
t di
d Jo
hn s
ee h
appe
n to
one
of
th
e be
ast’
s hea
ds?
Re
vela
tion
13:3
FIR
ST P
ART
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_ Th
e he
ad th
at w
as w
ound
ed to
dea
th w
as th
e pa
pal h
ead.
We
are
held
to th
is co
nclu
sion
by
the
prin
cipl
e th
at w
hate
ver i
s sp
oken
in p
roph
ecy
of th
e sy
mbo
l of
any
gov
ernm
ent,
appl
ies
to th
at g
over
nmen
t onl
y w
hile
it is
rep
rese
nted
by
that
sym
bol.
A
s st
ated
ear
lier,
Rom
e is
repr
esen
ted
by t
wo
sym
bols
, th
e dr
agon
and
the
le
opar
d be
ast,
beca
use
it ha
s pr
esen
ted
two
phas
es, t
he p
agan
and
the
papa
l; an
d w
hate
ver
is s
aid
of t
he l
eopa
rd b
east
app
lies
to R
ome
only
in
its
3
4.
T
his b
east
was
com
pose
d of
cha
ract
eris
tics f
rom
wha
t oth
er b
east
s?
Rev
elat
ion
13:2
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The
sign
ifica
nce
of th
e le
opar
d’s
body
, bea
r’s
feet
and
lion
’s m
outh
is n
ot to
be
lost
. Her
e th
e fir
st th
ree
beas
ts o
f the
pro
phec
y of
Dan
iel 7
are
repr
esen
ted,
co
nfirm
ing
the
fact
that
this
bea
st p
ower
inco
rpor
ated
the
feat
ures
of p
revi
ous
natio
ns w
hich
sto
od i
n bo
ld d
efia
nce
of G
od—
Bab
ylon
(lio
n),
Med
o-Pe
rsia
(b
ear)
and
Gre
ece
(leop
ard)
. In
des
crib
ing
the
first
bea
st o
f R
evel
atio
n 13
as
a le
opar
d be
ast,
Chr
ist
re
veal
ed t
o th
e ap
ostle
Joh
n a
faith
bui
lt on
Gre
ek i
ntel
lect
ualis
m,
relig
ious
pr
actic
es a
nd c
ultu
re.
The
two
grea
t inf
luen
ces
on th
e th
eolo
gy o
f the
Rom
an
chur
ch w
ere
Aug
ustin
e (B
isho
p of
Hip
po),
in t
he f
ifth
cent
ury
and
Thom
as
Aqu
inas
of
th
e th
irtee
nth
cent
ury.
A
ugus
tine
brou
ght
the
Gre
ek
paga
n
conc
epts
of
Plat
o in
to t
he C
hris
tian
Chu
rch.
Tho
mas
Aqu
inas
mer
ged
the
view
s of
the
paga
n G
reek
phi
loso
pher
, Aris
totle
, with
Chr
istia
nity
. The
se, a
nd
othe
r G
reek
phi
loso
pher
s ta
ught
the
fal
se c
once
pt o
f th
e im
mor
talit
y of
the
so
ul, a
cen
tral t
each
ing
of th
e pa
pacy
. Th
is b
east
als
o po
sses
sed
the
feet
of a
bea
r, th
e sy
mbo
l of t
he
empi
re o
f Med
o-Pe
rsia
. It w
ould
cru
sh o
ppos
ition
und
erfo
ot a
s di
d M
edo-
Pers
ia. I
n w
hat w
ay w
as M
edo-
Pers
ia a
ble
to c
rush
op
posi
tion
unde
r its
fee
t? T
he k
ings
of
Med
o-Pe
rsia
wer
e
deifi
ed a
nd s
o, a
s go
ds, t
hey
wer
e de
clar
ed to
be
infa
llibl
e in
th
eir
deci
sion
mak
ing.
Thu
s w
e re
ad th
at th
eir
law
s co
uld
not
be a
ltere
d on
ce t
hey
wer
e en
acte
d by
the
kin
g. T
he l
ong
tradi
tion
of p
apal
infa
llibi
lity
in th
e R
oman
Cat
holic
Chu
rch
and
its p
rocl
ama-
tion
by P
ope
Pius
IX
, in
187
0 as
a d
ogm
a to
be
belie
ved
by a
ll, i
s in
the
tradi
tion
of t
he b
ear
(Med
o-Pe
rsia
) an
d is
a p
ower
ful
wea
pon
desi
gned
to
crus
h al
l dis
sent
from
Pap
al p
rocl
amat
ions
. How
app
ropr
iate
that
this
pow
er b
e re
pres
ente
d, in
sym
bol,
to p
osse
ss th
e fe
et o
f the
bea
r!
It
was
app
ropr
iate
for G
od to
dep
ict t
his
pow
er p
osse
ssin
g th
e m
outh
of t
he li
on, t
he s
ymbo
l of B
abyl
on in
Dan
iel 7
, for
this
beas
t w
ould
sp
eak
the
wor
ds
of
Bab
ylon
(’
conf
usio
n’).
B
abyl
on w
as i
dola
trous
and
bla
sphe
mou
s; a
s is
the
pap
acy.
B
abyl
on e
nfor
ced
wor
ship
ping
an
imag
e by
iss
uing
a d
eath
de
cree
des
igne
d to
que
ll al
l dis
sent
.
4
This
dec
ree
was
iss
ued
as t
he l
eade
rs o
f th
e na
tion
wer
e co
mpe
lled
to a
ssem
ble
on th
e pl
ain
of D
ura
to p
erfo
rm a
n ac
t of
wor
ship
bef
ore
the
imag
e se
t up
by
the
Lion
bea
st
pow
er—
Bab
ylon
(Se
e D
anie
l 3:
1-6)
. Th
e fir
st b
east
of
Rev
elat
ion
13 a
lso
uses
a d
eath
dec
ree
in o
rder
to q
uell
any
and
all d
isse
nt to
it’s
idol
atro
us a
nd b
lasp
hem
ous t
each
ings
. N
OTE
: Th
omas
Aqu
inas
adv
ocat
ed d
eath
for
her
etic
s as
ju
st,
and
the
use
of t
he s
tate
to
enfo
rce
the
chur
ch’s
pu
nish
men
t of h
eret
ics
In th
is c
ompo
site
des
crip
tion
the
first
bea
st o
f Rev
elat
ion
13 is
thus
iden
tifie
d as
a p
ower
—
1.
who
se th
eolo
gy is
mix
ed w
ith G
reek
phi
loso
phy
(leop
ard-
Gre
ece)
;
2
. w
hich
pro
clai
ms i
ts in
falli
bilit
y (B
ear-M
edo/
Pers
ia);
3.
teac
hes c
onfu
sion
, ido
latry
, and
use
s a d
eath
dec
ree
(Lio
n-B
abyl
on).
5.
Fro
m w
hom
did
this
bea
st r
ecei
ve h
is po
wer
, and
his
seat
, and
gre
at a
utho
rity
?
R
evel
atio
n 13
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6.
Who
is th
e dr
agon
?
R
evel
atio
n 12
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By
the
drag
on o
f R
evel
atio
n 12
, and
the
beas
t firs
t int
rodu
ced
in R
evel
atio
n 13
... “
we
have
the
Rom
an p
ower
as
a w
hole
bro
ught
to v
iew
in it
s tw
o ph
ases
, pa
gan
and
papa
l; he
nce
thes
e tw
o sy
mbo
ls h
ave
each
the
seve
n he
ads
and
ten
horn
s.” S
mith
, Dan
iel a
nd th
e Re
vela
tion,
p.5
62.
Rom
e is
rep
rese
nted
by
the
drag
on a
nd t
he l
eopa
rd b
east
bec
ause
it
has
pres
ente
d tw
o ph
ases
, the
pag
an a
nd t
he p
apal
; an
d w
hate
ver
is s
aid
of t
he
leop
ard
beas
t app
lies t
o R
ome
only
in it
s pr
ofes
sedl
y C
hris
tian
form
, not
it’s
pa
gan
form
—re
pres
ente
d by
the
drag
on. T
he tr
ansf
er o
f the
impe
rial s
eat f
rom
R
ome
to C
onst
antin
ople
in 3
30 le
ft a
vacu
um o
f po
wer
in R
ome
whi
ch w
as
fille
d by
the
Papa
cy. T
he R
oman
Cat
holic
his
toria
n Fr
anci
s P. C
. Hay
s sta
tes:
“W
hen
the
Rom
an E
mpi
re b
ecam
e C
hris
tian
and
the
peac
e of
the
chur
ch w
as
guar
ante
ed, t
he E
mpe
ror
left
Rom
e to
the
Pope
, to
be th
e se
at o
f aut
hori
ty o
f th
e Vi
car
of C
hris
t, w
ho s
houl
d re
ign
ther
e in
depe
nden
t of
all
hum
an
au
thor
ity, t
o th
e co
nsum
mat
ion
of a
ges,
to th
e en
d of
tim
e.”
Papa
l Rig
hts
and
Priv
ilege
s, 18
89, p
p. 1
3, 1
4.
9
19.
Wha
t wou
ld h
e th
ink
to c
hang
e?
D
anie
l 7:2
5
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Ver
se 2
5 is
spea
king
abo
ut c
hang
ing
God
’s ti
mes
and
law
s. Fo
r m
any
year
s,
the
cons
iste
nt t
each
ing
of t
he R
oman
Cat
holic
Chu
rch
was
tha
t th
e Sa
bbat
h (th
e se
vent
h da
y) w
as c
hang
ed to
Sun
day
(the
first
day
) by
the
actio
n of
the
C
atho
lic C
hurc
h.
Not
ice
thes
e st
atem
ents
: ‘T
he c
hurc
h su
bstit
uted
Sun
day
for
Satu
rday
by
the
plen
itude
of t
hat d
ivin
e po
wer
whi
ch
Jesu
s C
hris
t be
stow
ed
upon
he
r...
The
Thir
d (s
ic)
Com
man
dmen
t co
mm
ands
us
to s
anct
ify S
unda
y as
the
Lo
rd’s
D
ay.’
Gei
erm
ann,
C
onve
rt’s
C
atec
hism
of
Cat
holic
Doc
trin
e, p
. 50.
“I
t ple
ased
the
chur
ch o
f God
, tha
t the
relig
ious
cel
ebra
tion
of th
e Sa
bbat
h da
y sh
ould
be
tran
sfer
red
to ‘t
he L
ord’
s day
’ (m
eani
ng S
unda
y),”
Cat
echi
sm o
f the
C
ounc
il of
Tre
nt, p
. 347
.
“Que
stio
n: B
ut h
as t
he c
hurc
h a
pow
er t
o m
ake
any
alte
ratio
n in
the
com
man
dmen
ts o
f God
? “A
nsw
er:
Inst
ead
of t
he s
even
th d
ay,
and
othe
r
fest
ival
s ap
poin
ted
by th
e ol
d la
w, t
he c
hurc
h ha
s pr
escr
ibed
the
Sun
days
and
hol
y da
ys t
o be
set
ap
art
for
God
’s w
orsh
ip;
and
thes
e w
e ar
e no
w ob
liged
to k
eep
in c
onse
quen
ce o
f God
’s c
omm
and-
men
ts,
inst
ead
of t
he a
ncie
nt S
abba
th.”
—R
icha
rd
Cha
llone
r, Th
e C
atho
lic C
hris
tian
Inst
ruct
ed, p
. 211
. “T
he C
atho
lic C
hurc
h fo
r ov
er o
ne th
ousa
nd y
ears
bef
ore
the
exis
tenc
e of
a
Prot
esta
nt, b
y vi
rtue
of
her
divi
ne m
issi
on, c
hang
ed t
he [
Sabb
ath]
day
fro
m
Satu
rday
to S
unda
y.”—
The
Cat
holic
Mirr
or, S
ept.
23, 1
893.
H
ere
are
decl
arat
ions
tha
t th
e R
oman
Cat
holic
Chu
rch
chan
ged
the
time
for
obse
rvin
g th
e Sa
bbat
h fro
m th
e se
vent
h da
y, a
ccor
ding
to th
e D
ecal
ogue
(Te
n C
omm
andm
ents
), to
the
first
day
of t
he w
eek.
20
. P
ower
was
giv
en th
e be
ast o
ver
wha
t?
Re
vela
tion
13:7
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21.
How
long
was
pow
er g
iven
him
to c
ontin
ue?
Re
vela
tion
13:5
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8
15.
The
bea
st o
pene
d hi
s mou
th in
bla
sphe
my
agai
nst w
hom
?
Reve
latio
n 13
:6
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“[
The]
bea
st p
ower
bla
sphe
mes
the
tem
ple
in h
eave
n by
turn
ing
atte
ntio
n of
his
sub
ject
s to
his
ow
n th
rone
an
d pa
lace
ins
tead
of
to t
he t
aber
nacl
e of
God
; by
di
vert
ing
thei
r at
tent
ion
from
the
sacr
ifice
of t
he S
on
of G
od t
o th
e sa
crifi
ce o
f th
e m
ass.
He
blas
phem
es
them
that
dw
ell i
n he
aven
by
assu
min
g to
exe
rcis
e th
e po
wer
of f
orgi
ving
sin
s, an
d so
turn
s aw
ay th
e m
inds
of
men
from
the
med
iato
rial
wor
k of
Chr
ist a
nd H
is h
eave
nly
assi
stan
ts in
the
sanc
tuar
y ab
ove.
” S
mith
, Dan
iel a
nd th
e Re
vela
tion,
p.5
71
16.
Wha
t was
this
bea
st a
llow
ed to
do
to th
e sa
ints
? Re
vela
tion
13:7
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. D
anie
l beh
eld,
and
the
little
hor
n di
d w
hat?
Dan
iel 7
:21
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The
Wes
tern
Wat
chm
an (
Dec
embe
r 24
, 19
08),
a R
oman
Cat
holic
per
iodi
cal
stat
ed:
‘The
chu
rch
has
pers
ecut
ed.
Onl
y a
tyro
in
hist
ory
will
den
y th
at...
Pr
otes
tant
s w
ere
pers
ecut
ed i
n Fr
ance
and
Spa
in w
ith t
he f
ull
appr
oval
of
chur
ch a
utho
ritie
s. W
e ha
ve a
lway
s de
fend
ed th
e pe
rsec
utio
n of
the
Hug
ueno
ts
and
the
Span
ish
Inqu
isiti
on.’
Dr.
J D
owlin
g, H
isto
ry o
f R
oman
ism
, pag
es 5
41-5
42, s
tate
s: ‘
From
the
birt
h of
pop
ery.
.. it
is es
timat
ed b
y ca
refu
l and
cre
dibl
e hi
stori
ans,
that
mor
e th
an
fifty
mill
ion
of th
e hu
man
fam
ily h
ave
been
sla
ught
ered
for
the
crim
e of
her
esy
by p
opis
h pe
rsec
utor
s, an
ave
rage
of
mor
e th
an f
orty
tho
usan
d m
urde
rs f
or
ever
y ye
ar o
f the
exi
sten
ce o
f pop
ery.
’ 18
. T
hey
wou
ld b
e gi
ven
into
his
han
d un
til w
hen?
Dan
iel 7
:25
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Tw
o di
ffer
ent
wor
ds a
re u
sed
in t
his
vers
e to
den
ote
diffe
rent
kin
ds o
f tim
e.
The
wor
d "t
ime"
use
d fo
r "T
imes
, tim
e, a
nd th
e di
vidi
ng o
f tim
e" is
the
wor
d “i
ddan
” w
hich
mea
ns “
year
.” T
he w
ord
used
in th
e ph
rase
"tim
es a
nd la
ws"
is
the
Ara
mai
c w
ord
"zim
nin"
(sin
gula
r, ze
man
), w
hich
den
otes
a fi
xed
time,
or a
pe
riod
of ti
me-
-suc
h as
a “
seas
on.”
5
Dr.
Ale
xand
er C
. Flic
k st
ated
: “T
he r
emov
al o
f the
cap
ital o
f the
em
pire
from
Rom
e to
Con
stan
tinop
le in
330
le
ft th
e W
este
rn C
hurc
h pa
rtic
ular
ly fr
ee fr
om im
peria
l pow
er, t
o de
velo
p its
ow
n fo
rm o
f org
aniz
atio
n. T
he B
isho
p of
Rom
e, in
the
seat
of t
he C
aesa
rs, w
as
now
the
grea
test
man
in th
e W
est,
and
was
soo
n fo
rced
to b
ecom
e th
e po
litic
al
as w
ell a
s the
spir
itual
hea
d.”
The
Ris
e of
the
Med
ieva
l Chu
rch,
pag
e 16
8.
7.
W
hat d
o th
e se
ven
head
s rep
rese
nt?
Dan
iel 2
:38;
7:6
; 8:2
1, 2
2
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In a
poca
lypt
ic p
roph
ecy
a ‘h
ead’
rep
rese
nts
a ru
ling
pow
er,
gove
rnm
ent,
or
king
dom
. The
hea
d of
Gol
d in
Dan
iel 2
rep
rese
nted
the
king
dom
of B
abyl
on.
The
four
hea
ds o
f the
leop
ard
beas
t in
Dan
iel 7
rep
rese
nted
the
four
Gen
eral
s th
at d
ivid
ed G
reec
e an
d ru
led
afte
r Ale
xand
er’s
dea
th.
8.
W
hat d
o th
e 10
hor
ns r
epre
sent
and
why
are
they
wea
ring
cro
wns
?
Dan
iel 7
:24;
8:5
, 21,
22;
2 K
ings
11:
12
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W
e ha
ve s
een
in o
ur p
revi
ous
stud
ies
that
the
ten
horn
s rep
rese
nted
the
natio
ns
into
whi
ch th
e W
este
rn R
oman
Em
pire
fra
gmen
ted
in th
e fif
th c
entu
ry. T
hat
thes
e ho
rns,
loca
ted
on t
his
first
bea
st,
bore
cro
wns
, in
dica
tes
that
the
ten
natio
ns o
f Wes
tern
Eur
ope
wou
ld b
e ru
ling
whe
n th
is B
east
pow
er a
rose
. Th
at th
e be
ast o
f Rev
elat
ion
13 in
corp
orat
ed a
ll th
e el
emen
ts o
f the
four
bea
sts
of D
anie
l 7, i
s al
so s
igni
fied
by th
e fa
ct th
at it
too
poss
esse
d se
ven
head
s an
d te
n ho
rns.
Not
ice
that
the
four
bea
sts c
onta
ined
pre
cise
ly th
e sa
me
tota
l num
ber
of th
ese
feat
ures
: 9.
Wha
t nam
e w
as w
ritt
en o
n th
e be
ast’
s hea
ds?
Re
vela
tion
13:1
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B
east
s of D
anie
l 7
Hea
ds
H
orns
Lion
(Bab
ylon
)
1
0
Bea
r (M
edo-
Pers
ia)
1
0
Le
opar
d (G
reec
e)
4
0
Te
rrib
le B
east
(Rom
e)
1
10
T
otal
7 H
eads
10
Hor
ns
6
10.
Wha
t is b
lasp
hem
y?
Jo
hn 1
0:32
-33;
Luk
e 5:
21
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Th
e Je
ws
clai
med
just
ifica
tion
in c
ruci
fyin
g C
hris
t bec
ause
they
sai
d th
at H
e co
mm
itted
“bl
asph
emy”
aga
inst
God
, “be
caus
e th
at th
ou, b
eing
a m
an, m
akes
t th
ysel
f G
od.”
Jo
hn
10:3
3.
Aga
in,
in
Luke
5:
21
we
see
the
Phar
isee
s
en
deav
orin
g to
cat
ch J
esus
in
His
wor
ds.
They
sai
d, "
Who
is
this
whi
ch
sp
eake
th b
lasp
hem
ies?
Who
can
for
give
sin
s, bu
t G
od a
lone
?" J
esus
cou
ld
pard
on tr
ansg
ress
ions
, for
He
was
the
divi
ne S
avio
ur. B
ut fo
r man
, mor
tal m
an,
to c
laim
such
aut
horit
y is
bla
sphe
my
inde
ed.
The
clai
m o
f the
pap
al p
riest
hood
to b
e ab
le to
forg
ive
sins
is r
epea
ted
daily
in
the
conf
essi
onal
. T
he c
laim
of
the
pope
s to
be
the
vica
rs o
f C
hris
t, th
us
usur
ping
the
role
of t
he H
oly
Spiri
t, is
als
o bl
asph
emy.
The
Cat
holic
Chu
rch
is
guilt
y of
bot
h bi
blic
al d
efin
ition
s of b
lasp
hem
y, n
otic
e:
In h
is b
ook,
The
Dig
nity
and
Dut
ies o
f the
Pri
est,
Alp
hons
us d
e Li
guor
i sta
ted:
“A
pri
est i
n ab
solv
ing
a si
nner
, per
form
s th
e ve
ry o
ffice
of t
he H
oly
Gho
st in
th
e sa
nctif
icat
ion
of so
uls.”
Ben
zige
r Bro
s., N
ew Y
ork,
188
8,
p. 3
6.
De
Ligu
ori’s
wor
ds c
arry
wei
ght.
He
was
the
eig
htee
nth-
cent
ury
prie
st w
hose
ord
er o
f R
edem
ptio
nist
prie
sts
was
gi
ven
Papa
l app
rova
l by
Pope
Ben
edic
t XIV
in 1
749.
He
was
la
ter c
anon
ized
. Th
e R
oman
Cat
holic
prie
st,
Mic
hael
Meu
ller,
in h
is b
ook,
Th
e C
atho
lic P
ries
t, w
rote
: “T
he p
ries
t do
es n
ot o
nly
decl
are
that
the
sin
ner
is f
orgi
ven,
but
he
real
ly
fo
rgiv
es h
im. .
. . S
o gr
eat
is th
e po
wer
of
the
prie
st, t
hat
the
judg
men
ts o
f he
aven
itse
lf ar
e su
bjec
t to
his d
ecis
ion.
” K
reuz
er B
ros.,
187
6.
The
clai
ms
of th
e po
pe to
act
ually
be
God
are
the
ultim
ate
blas
phem
y ag
ains
t th
e A
lmig
hty.
Not
ice:
"T
he P
ope
and
God
are
the
sam
e, s
o he
has
all
pow
er in
Hea
ven
and
eart
h."
Pope
Piu
s V
, qu
oted
in
Bar
clay
, C
hapt
er X
XV
II, p
. 21
8, "
Citi
es P
etru
s
B
erta
nous
." "T
he P
ope
is no
t on
ly t
he r
epre
sent
ativ
e of
Jes
us C
hris
t, he
is
Jesu
s C
hris
t hi
mse
lf, h
idde
n un
der t
he v
eil o
f fle
sh."
Cat
holic
Nat
iona
l Jul
y 18
95.
“The
Pop
e is
of s
o gr
eat d
igni
ty a
nd s
o ex
alte
d th
at h
e is
not a
m
ere
man
, but
as
it w
ere
God
, the
vic
ar o
f G
od…
Hen
ce t
he
Pope
is c
row
ned
with
a tr
iple
cro
wn,
as
king
of h
eave
n an
d of
ea
rth
and
of th
e lo
wer
regi
ons…
7
The
Pope
is a
s it
wer
e G
od o
n ea
rth,
sol
e so
vere
ign
of th
e fa
ithfu
l of C
hris
t, ch
ief k
ing
of k
ings
, hav
ing
plen
titud
e of
po
wer
, to
who
m h
as b
een
entr
uste
d by
the
omni
pote
nt G
od
dire
ctio
n no
t onl
y of
the
eart
hly
but a
lso
of th
e he
aven
ly
king
dom
.” D
octo
r F.
Luc
ii Fe
rrar
is, P
rom
pta
Bibl
ioth
eca
Can
onic
a Ju
ridi
ca M
oral
is Th
eolo
gica
, V
olum
e 4,
p. 4
8.
“Tho
u ar
t the
she
pher
d, th
ou a
rt th
e ph
ysic
ian,
thou
are
th
e d
irec
tor,
thou
art
the
hus
band
man
; fin
ally
, tho
u ar
t an
othe
r G
od o
n ea
rth.
” —
Chr
isto
pher
M
arce
llus,
1512
(a
n ad
dres
s to
the
Pop
e); H
isto
ry o
f the
Cou
ncils
, Lab
be
and
Cos
sart
, vol
. 24,
col
. 109
. H
. C
. Le
a re
porte
d, S
tudi
es i
n C
hurc
h H
isto
ry,
page
389
: “I
n 13
35 B
isho
p
Alva
rez
Pela
yo la
id d
own
the
doct
rine
that
as
Chr
ist p
arto
ok o
f the
nat
ure
of
God
, so
the
Pope
. . .
is n
ot si
mpl
y a
man
, but
rath
er G
od o
n ea
rth.
” Th
us th
e Pa
pacy
in it
s ec
cles
iast
ical
arm
mos
t ass
ured
ly m
eets
the
crite
rion
of
blas
phem
y!
11.
The
man
of s
in o
ppos
eth
and
exal
teth
him
self
how
hig
h?
2
Thes
salo
nian
s 2:4
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The
Bib
le sa
ys th
at w
e ar
e N
OT
to w
orsh
ip:
m
an (
Act
s 10:
25, 2
6)
go
od a
ngel
s (R
evel
atio
n 22
:8,9
)
falle
n an
gels
(M
atth
ew 4
:9, 1
0)
an
y ot
her c
reat
ed b
eing
(Ro
man
s 1:2
5).
W
e ar
e to
wor
ship
Jes
us (H
ebre
ws 1
:6; P
hilip
pian
s 2:1
0, e
tc...
). 12
. T
here
was
giv
en to
this
bea
st a
mou
th d
oing
wha
t?
Re
vela
tion
13:5
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13.
Wha
t is s
aid
abou
t the
litt
le h
orn’
s mou
th?
D
anie
l 7:8
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14.
To
who
m d
oes t
he li
ttle
hor
n sp
eak
grea
t wor
ds a
gain
st?
Dan
iel 7
:25
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