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them down to the lowest parts of the earth as theministers of aspiring Lucifer.'"A bull of Pope Pius V., entitled ‘The damnationand excommunication of Elizabeth, queen ofEngland, and her adherents' reads as follows:‘He that reigneth on high, to whom is given allpower in heaven and in earth, committed oneholy, catholic and apostolic church (out of whichthere is no salvation) to one alone upon earth,namely, to Peter, the Prince of the apostles, andto Peter's successor, the bishop of Rome, to begoverned in fullness of power. Him alone hemade prince over all people and all kingdoms, topluck up, destroy, scatter, consume, plant andbuild.'"— B310.And her child was caught up unto God, and [to]UNTO His throne.— "St. Bernard affirms that‘none except God is like the pope, either inheaven or on earth.' ‘The Emperor Constantine,'says Pope Nicholas I., ‘conferred the appellationof God on the pope; who, therefore, being God,cannot be judged by man.' Said Pope InnocentIII.— "The pope holds the place of the true God;'and the canon law, in the gloss denominates thepope— 'our Lord God.' Innocent and Jacobatiusstate that ‘the pope can do nearly all that Godcan do,' while Decius rejects the word nearly, asunnecessary. Jacobatius and Durand assert that‘none dare say to him any more than to God—Lord, what doest Thou?'"— B311.FM188Pope Martin stated the matter in his own behalfas follows: "All the earth is my diocese, and Iam the ordinary of all men, having the authorityof the King of all kings upon subjects. I am all inall, and above all, so that God Himself, and I, thevicar of God, have both one consistory, and I amable to do almost all that God can do. In allthings that I list my will is to stand for reason,for I am able by the law to dispense above thelaw, and of wrong to make justice in correctinglaws and changing them. Wherefore, if thosethings that I do be said not to be done of man,but of God— What can you make me but God?Again, if prelates of the church be called and