The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-06-27
The Roman Catholics Teach that
Their Papa is God ON Earth


logical work called Pronapta Bibhot7aeca
Ca4aonSca, &C., which is In such high favor
with the Romanlsts that new edition was
brought out in 1899, by the Press of the Pro
paganda, at Rome
The Romanist Encyclopedia refers to the
book above mentioned as "a precious mine Of
information"
From The Protestant Magazine, I take the
following extracts from the Romanist book
and | beg our readers to study them closely:
The Pope is of so great dignity and SO exalted
that he is not mere man, but it God,
and the vicar of God.
The Pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity
that, properly speaking, he has not been estab-
lshed in any rank of dignity, but rather has been
placed upon the very summit of all ranks of
dgnities
s The Pope is called most holy because he is
rightfully presumed to be such
Nor emperOrs and kings be called most
holy for although in civil laws the term most
sacred seems sometimes to have been usurped by
emperors yet never, that of most holy.
The Pope alone is deservedy called by the
name most holy, because he alone is the vicar of
Christ, who is the fountain and source and full
ness of all holiness.
The Pope by reason of the excellence of his
supreme dignity is called bishop of bishops
He is also called ordinary of ordinaries.
He is likewise bishop of the universal church.
He is likewise the divine monarch and supreme
emperor, and king of kings.
Hence the Pope is crowned with triple crown
as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower
regions.
Moreover the superiority and the power of the
Roman pontim by pertain only to
heavenly things, to earthly things, and to things
under the earth, but are even over angels, than
whom he is greater.
So that if it were possible that the angels
might err in the faith, might think contrary
to the faith, they could be judged and excom-
municated by the Pope
For he is of SO great dignity and power that he
forms one and the same tribunal with Christ.
So that whatever the Pope does, seems to pro-
coed from the mouth of God, according to
most doctors, etc.
The Pope is as it we're God on earth, sole SOW
eregn of the faithful of Christ, chief king of
kings, having plentitude of power, to whom has
been entrusted by the omnipotent God direction
not only of the earthly but also of the heavenly
kingdom.
MOT less do the rescripts and DEGREES of various
other emperors, namely, Valentinian, Ohio, Char
1emagne, Constantine, etc, exalt the very great
authority and power of the Pope.
More and more do very many sacred canons
exalt the supreme authority and power of the
Pope.
Hence ST. Cyril, of Alexandria, dwelling upon
the remarkable power or authority of the chief
pontiff, in his ''Liber Thesaurorum,' speaks thus
most highly in praise of him: "As the Son of God
himself received from his Father the dominion
the church and the nations, and power over
every principality and all that is, that to
him all knees bowed, he most fully COM
mitted the same most ample power to Peter and
his SUCCESSORS
Hence the common opinion teaches that the
Pope has power over two swords namely, the
spiritual and temporal, which jurisdiction and
power Christ himself gave to Peter and his sue
cessors (Matt. 16:19), saying, II will give unto
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt bind earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
earth shall be loOsed in heaven" Where the
doctors remark that he did not say key but
keys including both the temporal and spiritual
power.
This opinion is most widely confirmed by the
authority of the holy Fathers, by the teaching of
the and civil law and by the apostolic con-
stitutions.