Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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POPERY CONDEMNED BY
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that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so
" that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God,
" showing himself that he is God,'' The language
and conduct of the Church of Rome will
discover how appropriate these words are to the
character of its bishops ;
" The Lord our God
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the Pope, another God upon earth," says
one ;
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The Pope," says another, " is more
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than God ;" and says Clement VII. himself,
" As there is but one God in the heavens, so
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there cannot, nor ought to be of right, but
" one God upon earth."
But the bishops of Rome have not been satisfied
with arrogating to themselves the titles
which are peculiar to the Deity. They have
usurped his authority, and even pretended to
render him subservient to their inclinations.
They have abrogated his laws,
and commanded
things which he has expressly prohibited.
I'hey
have sold indulgences for the basest crimes, licensed
houses of debauchery in the very precincts
of their palaces,
pi^tended to pardon sins
authoritatively, and even claimed a controuling
power over the invisible work! :
" We com-
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mand the angels of paradise to introduce
" that soul into heaven," said Clement VI.
concerning these
persons who died on their pilgrimage
to Rome, during the year of jubilee.
Of the authority exercised by the man of sin,
this apostle has specified
two particulars,. " fcr-
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