http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm This web site has been created with technology from Avanquest Software. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:31:29 GMT Web Easy by Avanquest Software http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth027p00.gif • “(The Roman Pontiff is) the vicegerent upon earth, not a mere man, but a very God...” Decretales Domini Gregorii Translatione Episcoporum, (on the transference of Bishops), title 7, chapter 3; Corpus Juris Canonice (2nd Leipzig ed., 1881), col. 99; (Paris, 1612), tom. 2, Decretales, col. 205, while Innocent III was Pope. • “[We] hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII, The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 304, Benziger Brothers (1903). • “The Roman Pontiff judges all men, but is judged by no one. We declare, assert, define and pronounce: to be subject to the Roman Pontiff is to every human creature necessary for salvation that which was spoken of Christ 'thou has subdued all things under his feet' may well seem verified in me...I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all and above all, so that God himself and I, the vicar of God, have but one consistory, and I am able to do all that God can do.” The Bull Unam Sanctam, Issued by Pope Boniface VIII. • "The doctrines of the Catholic Church are entirely independent of Holy Scripture." Familiar Explanation of Catholic Doctrine, Rev. M. Mullers, p.151. • "If we must choose between the Holy Scriptures of God, and the old errors of the church, we should reject the former." Johann Faber (defender of the Papacy) cited in History of The Reformation, by J. H. Merle d'Aubigne, book 11, Ch. 5, Par. 9. • "Like two sacred rivers flowing from paradise, the Bible and divine tradition contain the word of God, the precious gems of revealed truths. Though these two divine streams are in themselves, on account of their divine origin, of equal sacredness, and are both full of revealed truths, still of the two, tradition is to us more clear and safe." Catholic Belief, Joseph Faa di Bruno, p. 45. • "With regard to the power of priests over the real body of Jesus Christ,...we find that in obedience to the words of His priests--HOC EST CORPUS MEUM [This is my body]--God Himself descends on the altar, that he comes whenever they call Him, and as often as the call Him, and places Himself in their hands, even though they should be His enemies [?]. And after having come, He remains, entirely at their disposal; they move Him as they please, from one place to another; they may, if they wish, shut Him up in the tabernacle, or expose Him on the altar, or carry Him outside the church; they may, if they choose, eat His flesh, and give Him for the food of others.... • "Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the Creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were Jesus in the sacrament, by giving Him sacramental existence, and produces Him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father.... • "'The power of the priest', says St. Bernadine of Sienna, 'is the power of the Divine Person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world.'... • "I never invite an angel down from heaven to hear mass here. The is not the place for angels. The only person in heaven I ever ask to come down here is Jesus Christ, and Him I command to come down. He has to come when I bid him. I took bread in my fingers this morning and said: 'This is the body and blood of Jesus Christ', and He had to come down. This is one of the things He must do. He must come down every time I say mass at my bidding....I do it in obedience, reverence, homage, and adoration, but I do it, and when I do it, Christ must obey." Roman Catholic Priest David S. Phelan, The Western Watchman (St. Louis: Western Watchman Publishing Company), June 10, 1915 • "The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God....Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as King of Heaven and of earth and of the lower regions....The Pope is at it were God on earth,...chief King of kings,...to whom has been entrusted by the omnipotent God directions...of the heavenly kingdom." Lucius Ferraris, "Papa," article 2 in his Prompta Bibliotheca ("Handy Library"), Volume 6 (Venice, Italy: Gaspar Storti, 1772), pp. 26-29. Latin. Reprinted (Rome: Press of the Propaganda, 1899) • "All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that He is over all the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope." Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, On the Authority of Councils (1619 edition), Volume II, book 2, chapter 17, p. 266 • "...complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself." Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter "On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens," dated January 10, 1890, translated in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII (New York: Benziger, 1903), p. 193 • "We [the Popes] hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII, in and encyclical letter dated June 20, 1894, translated in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII (New York: Benziger, 1903), p. 304 http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:31:29 GMT Web Easy Professional Avanquest Software http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm#1 He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that." (Mark 7:6-9, 13, NIV) http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:31:29 GMT Web Easy Professional Avanquest Software http://www.sotruth.org/spirit_of_truth_027.htm#2