The Penn's Grove record., 1922-01-27
THE POPE AT ROME DEAD
The Great Religious Monarch, Sole
GrantOr of Indulgences and For
giver of Temporal Punish
ment Gone

Church, died last Sunday morning.
There are estimated 300,000,000 mem
beers of the Roman Catholic Church
all over the world whose first obliga-
ton is obedience to the Pope who lives
in the Vatican at Rome, an Imperial
Palace, larger and more costly than
any place occupied by any ruler on
earth. In fact, since the Democracy
won the World War, the royal palaces
in Berlin, Germany, and Vienna, IN
Austria, have become vacant and di-
l~apidated.
The Pope is great because he claims
to be the Vicar of Christ, also the
temporal ruler of civil affairs thru his
subjects, who are officially, Cardinals,
Arch-Bishops, Priests and common
members of the Church, who have no
say in the affairs of the Church, be-
cause it is an absolute monarchy, and
requires obedience in personal mat
tiers.
The teaching in Church catechism
that it is necessary for members of the
Latin Church to get permission from
the Bishop and Pope to have some
sins forgiven and the teaching in
high school history in their church
schools that there is a temporal
punishment due to sins for the
forgiveness of which indulgences
must be got by contributions, makes
the Pope the most important person
age on earth, because of this fetish
belief, handed down from the days of
religious superstition, to be like Pa
gan nations which had kings, who re-
quired tributes, p%enance.
The original religious system of the
Hebrews was a theocratic democracy,
but the people failed to live the laws
of Moses and the Prophets and plead
ed for a king to rule owe them like
Pagan nations had. They were warn
ed by Samuel (See | Samuel Sth chap
teri what would happen and what
would be required of them if they had
a king, but most people want or
rather need a boss, and the 1sraelites
got it. They enjoyed it until Solomon
made slaves of the people by building
his royal temple to outrival that of
ne~ighboring Pagan nations.
For the past 5000 years there has
been contentious and holy wars be-
tween those who believe in theocratic
democracy and royal autocracy both
in State and religion.
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Chiesa, the Italian preacher of the
Gospel at Rome, who claims to be the
temporal as well as the religious
ruler of all the earth, Bishop at Rome
of the Roman Catholic Church, out
side of which there is no salvation,
according to their teachings, is dead.
With a following of 800, 1000 be-
levers in his doctrine of power need
ed to forgive their personal sins
(Which is nowhere found in the Bible)
he is a mighty monarch.
Such was the old belief in the an
cient days of monarchs, kings and feu-
dial lords, adopted by the Israelites
from Pagan nations. Read the last
two chapters of the book of Judges
and I Samuel 9Th chapter again.
Pope Benedict VX is dead. He was
a mighty man because of his obedient
subjects whose millions of dollars for
indulgences made him powerful. Mil
lions mourn. But another Pope will
soon be elected by the Cardinals from
whom to take orders. The common
herd of people which comprise the
Church have no say in the matter.
Their opinions are not wanted, but
their money, their hard earned dol
lars are needed to keep up the royal
palace with the military display of
Swiss Guards and thousands of at
tendants, who toll not, who produce
nothing.
Religion of Democracy
The plain Christian religion which
Jesus Christ taught and practiced,
moral, ethical, spiritual, is more
economical, more in accordance with
which the Hebrews began and the
earliest Christian Church lived, be-
fore the priests and bishops got vault
ing ambitions to ape the Pagan world
with royal splendor.
st. Paul told the Romans Chapter
10Y how the just shall live by faith,
and not by works, not by penance
paying Church officials in foreign
lands for blessings.
In the Churches of Democracy
(Protestant) the members have a
vote as to who shall be treasurer, as
to who and what it shall be spent
for and as to representation in the
election of bishops.
There is no civil monarch on earth
now who builds temples to the Pagan
god Jupiter and burns incense to
him; consequently there is no need
of a royalty in religion nor need to
initiate the customs of Pagan Roman
ism. The simplicity of the Hebrews
under the Judges and of Jesus, the
Christ, to build up a moral, ethical
and spiritual kingdom on earth is
more economical and BETTING the
meek and lowly Nazarene.
The Just shall live by Faith, st.
Paul told the Romans, who have been
slow to accept his spiritual teachings.
Separation of Church and State
When the Church and State were
united the temporal punishments went
to the Church officials who owed no
responsibility to the people who paid
the money. Temporal punishments
were called penances and the "con-
tributions" made the Churches and
officiary rich and the people poor, in
helping to keep up the Royal Retinue
in Rome, after the manner of Royal