The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

334 Pre-Reformation Interpreters.“Vigilius ... ascended the papal chair (538 A.D.) under the military protectionof Belisarius.”taken from: History of the Christian Church, vol. 3, p. 327Labanca, professor of history in the University of Rome says:“To the succession of the Ceasars came the succession of the Pontiffs in Rome.When Constantine left Rome he gave his seat to the Pontiff.”History indentifies this power.“The transfer of the emperor’s resicence to Constantinople was a sad blowto the prestige of Rome, and at the time one might have predicted her speedydecline. But the development of the Church, and the growing authority of theBishop of Rome, or the pope, gave her a new lease on life, and made her againthe capital - this time the religious capital - of the civilized world.”taken from: Abbot’s ROMAN HISTORY, p. 236“The Popes filled the place of the vacant Emperors at rome, inheriting theirpower, prestige and titles from paganism. Constantine left all to the Bishop ofRome ... The Papacy is but the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire sittingcrowned upon its grave.”taken from: Stanley’s HISTORY, p. 40