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The Papacy And The Civil Power – Chapter XIV. The Native Britons Part 2

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—The Norman Conquest.—Harold. William of Normandy.—The Decision of Alexander II. upon his Claim.—Consecrated Banner and a Hair of St. Peter.—Battle of Hastings.—Influence on England.—Celibacy introduced.—Example of the Legate of Honorius II.—Innocent III. and King John.— He releases the Subjects of John from their Allegiance.—Holds all Disobedient Kings to be Traitors to God.—His Claim of Power and that of Pius IX. the Same.—Church and State united.—Cardinal Antonelli to Papal Nuncio at Paris.—He approves the Bull Unigenitus of Clement XI.—His Theory of the Indirect Power.—Its Effect.—A Heretical King forfeits his Kingdom.—The Pope chooses a King for a Heretical Nation.

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The Papal System – XVI. The Celibacy of the Clergy

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THE most cruel feature of the whole papal system is the enforced celibacy of the priests. Heaven never gave a greater earthly boon to an anxious toiling man, laboring with his mind, or working with his hands, than an affectionate wife. And no man needs the sympathies and encouragements of a faithful companion more than the minister of Jesus.

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History of the Papacy Chapter IV. Rise and Progress of the Temporal Supremacy.

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A crowned priest now sat upon the Seven Hills of Rome. To occupy a seat overshadowed by the loftier throne of the emperors would not satisfy the vast ambition of the pontiffs, and accordingly there was now commenced the struggle for the temporal supremacy.

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The Antichrist: His Portrait and History – Appendix F. The False Prophet, Appendixes G. H. & I.

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The priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church may in fact be the false prophet of Revelation chapter 13. Many things they teach are downright blasphemous doctrines.

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Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter XIV Celibacy

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The Catholic Church requires that its priests, & nuns abstain from marriage. It’s not to be confused with the vow of chastity – abstention from sexual relations.

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The Catholic Church And Women

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All religious systems ruled by priestcraft have subordinated women to a state inferior to that of men and used them as a means to power.

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The Falling Away From Truth

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Pope Francis engaging in idol worship. This article is about the history of errors by the Church of Rome, written by George Burnside. I didn’t agree with one of his points and omitted it, the one about “Sunday worship.” The … Continue reading →

The Tyranny Of Priestly Celibacy

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At ordination secular priests merely signify that they accept the Church’s condition for ordination that they will not get legally married. They take no vow of chastity, that is, they make no explicit promise to refrain from sexual relations.

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