Posted on 12/31/2022 6:15:10 PM PST by delta7
The writers of the Church tell us that in the latter days the city of Rome will probably become apostate from the Church and Vicar of Jesus Christ; and that Rome will again be punished, for he will depart from it; and the judgment of God will fall on the place from which he once reigned over the nations of the world. For what is it that makes Rome sacred, but the presence of the Vicar of Jesus Christ? What has it that should be dear in the sight of God, save only the presence of the Vicar of His Son ? Let the Church of Christ depart from Rome, and Rome will be no more in the eyes of God than Jerusalem of old. Jerusalem, the Holy City, chosen by God, was cast down and consumed by fire, because it crucified the Lord of Glory; and the city of Rome, which has been the seat of the Vicar of Jesus Christ for eighteen hundred years, if it become apostate, like Jerusalem of old, will suffer a like condemnation. And, therefore, the writers of the Church tell us that the city of Rome has no prerogative except only that the Vicar of Christ is there ; and if it become unfaithful, the same judgments which fell on Jerusalem, hallowed though it was by the presence of the Son of God, of the Master, and not the disciple only, shall fall likewise upon Rome.
The apostasy of the city of Rome from the Vicar of Christ, and its destruction by Antichrist, may be thoughts so new to many Catholics, that I think it well to recite the text of theologians in the greatest repute. First, Malvenda, who writes expressly on the subject, states as the opinion of Ribera, Gaspar Melus, Viegas, Suarez, Bellarmine, and Bosius, that Rome shall apostatise from the faith, drive away the Vicar of Christ, and return to its ancient paganism.* Malvenda’s words are: “But Rome itself in the last times of the world will return to its ancient idolatry, power, and imperial greatness. It will cast out its Pontiff, altogether apostatise from the Christian faith, terribly persecute the Church, shed the blood of martyrs more cruelly than ever, and will recover its former state of abundant wealth, or even greater than it had under its first rulers.”
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, “The Present Crisis of the Holy See”, ARSH 1861, pg 87-88
Bergoglio will never be my Pope.
Hate to break it to you, but Rome hasn’t been holy....for a very long time.
The Vatican and the United Nations will join as one body and will relocate to Babylon … perhaps not so far into the future. If you have not received eternal life through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ ~ I truly pity you. All you gotta do is ask!
Vicar of Jesus Christ. Blasphemous. He is finding out right now he wasn’t the earthly representative of Jesus
I never could understand the divide of the Catholic Church having two Popes, now one. This survivor, who does appear to be a socialist- as a Catholic maybe you can shed some light on the rift?
You aren’t either.
Benedict resigned before Francis was elected. Benedict took the title "emeritus", i.e. retired.
In the past, there were a few occasions where there were more than one individual claiming to be pope. However, after sanity returned, there was a single pope and the Church decided who had been the rightful pope during those times with multiple claimants.
Even today there are multiple claimants to the papacy, including some guy who lives in his parents' basement somewhere in Kansas.
Berg will never be anyone’s Pope, no matter how much some people want to get red in the face over the matter. He is a deceptive, evil, lying Antipope that wants the destruction of the Church.
Related:
“The lesson is not to be forgotten: in a not too distant day when Russia, like the prodigal son, will return to the father’s house, let not Western civilization refuse to accept it back or absent itself from the feast celebrating the salvation of what was lost. Constant obedience is better than repentance, but the truly obedient will always rejoice in the repentant… The land which once was known as Holy Russia may become again the wellspring whence a pure stream of Christianity may flow.”
— Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1948, Communism and Conscience of the West; The Cross of Christ)
in a not too distant day when Russia, like the prodigal son, will return to the father’s house, let not Western civilization refuse to accept it…
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Thank you. I had heard that in the past. Having worked in Moscow, I can say they now have now a much higher moral ground than the West. A “ resurgence “., churches rebuilt, “ faith” increasing, building up the Church not tearing it down.
Just one look at the US has verified we have fallen, gay marriage, boys in girls bathrooms, men in woman’s sports, our government taken by Trans, LGBQRs, the list is long,…and we codified all the filth into law!….no such thing in Russia.
Amen.
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He is a communist, not a socialist as are all Jesuits.
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