KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

Religion and politics mix as biblical prophecy points also to the revived Roman Empire as the Antichrist's political base. Some scholars observe that the Donation of Constantine set the stage. [M]any medieval texts justify papal claims to temporal sovereignty over the Roman Empire by reference to the Donation of Constantine, by which the first 'Christian' emperor, in the 4th century, willed the Empire to the bishop of Rome in gratitude for curing him of leprosy.3 This 'donation' has gathered 'interest' down through the centuries. Pope Innocent III and others have tried to 'collect’ saying, "[R]oyal power derives from the Pontifical authority." Pope Boniface VIII repeated, "[T]emporal power should be subject to the spiritual."4 Today many, like U.N. Assistant Secretary General Muller are ready to donate the planet when Rome passes the plate. Muller's book devotes four chapters to Rome's focal place in the 'New World Order'. He remarks: One could trace the world's main historic events for the last 2000 years by studying the Pope's visits. I expect the Pope to add a spiritual dimension to the emerging world vision. . .which would make the heart of the world's 4.5 billion people beat as one. I really wish that someday a book containing the U.N. speeches of the 2 Popes. . .might be published for worldwide distribution. The result would be a kind of Bible for modem times. . .The Holy See has become so close to the U.N.. When I read documents emanating from the Holy See. . .1 sometimes have the impression that I'm reading U.N. documents.5 The wheel propelling the Pope's political inroads is being oiled by his many patrons and publishing houses. His representatives hold key positions in major organizations working for a One World government. Notre Dame University's President is chairman of Planetary Citizens, Jesuit William F. Ryan is the Pope's proxy at the Qub of Rome, while Pax Christi retains close ties with Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose.6 The church's Paulist Press publishes, among their host of New Age books, Toward a Human