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Vatican Assassins
“It is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any
earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should
return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that
the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, the divinity not being
able to be judged by any living man. We are, then, infallible and
whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them but to
ourselves . . .
We [popes] alone have the power to bind and to loose, to absolve Nero
and to condemn him, and Christians cannot, under penalty of
excommunication, execute other judgment than ours, which alone is
infallible . . .
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 . . . We order you, in the name of religion, to invade his states,
burn his cities, and massacre his people.” {3} [Emphasis added]
Pope Nicholas I, 860
Letter to the
King of Bulgaria
“Now, I beseech you, oh most holy fathers and princes, cause that all
the world may understand and know that if ye are able to bind and
loose in heaven, ye are able upon earth to give and to take away
empires, kingdoms, principalities, marquisates, duchies, countships,
and the possessions of all men, according to the deserts of each . . . If
then, ye judge spiritual things, what must not be believed of your power
over worldly things? And if ye judge the angels who rule over all
proud princes, what can ye not do to their slaves?” {4}
[Emphasis added]
Pope Gregory VII, 1073
Known as “Hildebrand”
Bull of Excommunication
against King Henry IV
Paparchy and Nationality