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Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

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taught: “God has commanded us to bear the cross;<br />

not to pray to it. Those are willing to pray to it,<br />

who are unwilling to bear it, either in the spiritual<br />

or in the literal sense. To worship God in this<br />

manner, is in fact to depart from Him.” When<br />

accused of not holding to the authority of the pope,<br />

he wrote: “He is not to be called the Apostolical ...<br />

who sits in the apostle’s chair; but he who performs<br />

the duties of an apostle. For of those who hold that<br />

place, yet do not fulfill its duties, the Lord says,<br />

They sit in Moses’ seat.”[28] Claude wanted to<br />

know why they should adore the cross and not also<br />

worship many other things--as mangers, fishing<br />

boats, trees, thorns, and lances--with which Jesus<br />

came in contact. He also defended himself against<br />

those who reviled him because he denounced<br />

pilgrimages.<br />

The Rise of a New Controversy<br />

Thus the gulf was widening between those<br />

congregations descended from the apostles and<br />

those attached to the papacy. About this time (A.D.<br />

831) a book was written which widened the<br />

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