Post by Ben on Jun 17, 2014 17:23:23 GMT
Chapter 4, Verses 1-3: "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
In our Eureka Volume 4 class, lately we have been studying Apocalypse 13, in section 13, "The Development of the Romano-Babylonian Name of Blasphemy." In our last class, we read the following section by Bro. Thomas. This is just part of a much longer section, but Bro. Thomas is showing how the catholic pope (unintentionally) proclaimed himself to be the antichrist. Very interesting section.
"At the close of the Council in A.D. 495, when Gelasius had finished, the assembled bishops shouted, six times repeated, 'We see that thou art the VICAR OF CHRIST.'
There was more in the significance of the words of those episcopal shouts than they intended. VICARIUM CHRISTI te videmus! was in effect saying, 'We see that thou art ho Antichristos, the Antichrist!' Vicarius answers to the word anti, that is, instead, or supplies the place of another; hence, as a substantive, a deputy, a substitute, a vicegerent, locum-ten-ens, vicar. 'We see that thou art a substitute for Christ!' and a substitute for Peter! And that thou art above every thing called god or is worshipped! Anti-Christos is the Greek for Vicarius Christi. This 'was blaspheming those who dwell in the heaven;' it was injuring greatly the reputation of the Father and the Son among men, for an ignorant and profane Gentile, who proclaimed in council the words noster Salvator Beatissimus Petrus, 'our saviour the most blessed Peter,' to announce himself as their substitute and all-powerful representative upon earth. A Vicar-Christ is Anti-Christ; and though they did not mean to make that application, yet in shouting what they did, they for once proclaimed the truth to the world from the Seven Hills."
In our Eureka Volume 4 class, lately we have been studying Apocalypse 13, in section 13, "The Development of the Romano-Babylonian Name of Blasphemy." In our last class, we read the following section by Bro. Thomas. This is just part of a much longer section, but Bro. Thomas is showing how the catholic pope (unintentionally) proclaimed himself to be the antichrist. Very interesting section.
"At the close of the Council in A.D. 495, when Gelasius had finished, the assembled bishops shouted, six times repeated, 'We see that thou art the VICAR OF CHRIST.'
There was more in the significance of the words of those episcopal shouts than they intended. VICARIUM CHRISTI te videmus! was in effect saying, 'We see that thou art ho Antichristos, the Antichrist!' Vicarius answers to the word anti, that is, instead, or supplies the place of another; hence, as a substantive, a deputy, a substitute, a vicegerent, locum-ten-ens, vicar. 'We see that thou art a substitute for Christ!' and a substitute for Peter! And that thou art above every thing called god or is worshipped! Anti-Christos is the Greek for Vicarius Christi. This 'was blaspheming those who dwell in the heaven;' it was injuring greatly the reputation of the Father and the Son among men, for an ignorant and profane Gentile, who proclaimed in council the words noster Salvator Beatissimus Petrus, 'our saviour the most blessed Peter,' to announce himself as their substitute and all-powerful representative upon earth. A Vicar-Christ is Anti-Christ; and though they did not mean to make that application, yet in shouting what they did, they for once proclaimed the truth to the world from the Seven Hills."