Posted on 05/21/2014 6:16:52 AM PDT by marshmallow
Just curious, what surprised you about it?
4. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
Oh, yes. Most of the Protestant Reformers saw at least the office (if not the individual) of the papacy that way-
http://www.sundaylaw.net/books/other/standish/antichrist/aih02.htm
Check out this Lutheran satire video where a liberal secular reporter discusses this topic with a conservative Lutheran laywoman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vo2jkmJUg
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