Luis De Alcazar S.J. PRETERISM - Facts Of Faith

Furthermore every Christian King, when he comes to die, seeks as a pitiful supplicant
the aid of a priest, that he may escape hell's prison, may pass from the darkness into the

light, and at the judgment of God may appear absolved from the bondage of his sins.
Who, in his last hour (what layman, not to speak of priests), has ever implored the aid of
an earthly king for the salvation of his soul? And what king or emperor is able, by reason

of the office he holds, to rescue a Christian from the power of the devil through holy
baptism, to number him among the sons of God, and to fortify him with the divine
unction? Who of them can by his own words make the body and blood of our Lord, - the
greatest act in the Christian religion? Or who of them possesses the power of binding and
loosing in heaven and on earth? From all of these considerations it is clear how greatly

the priestly office excels in power.
Who of them can ordain a single clerk in the holy Church, much less depose him for
any fault? For in the orders of the Church a greater power is needed to depose than to
ordain. Bishops may ordain other bishops, but can by no means depose them without the
authority of the apostolic see. Who, therefore, or even moderate understanding, can
hesitate to give priests the precedence over kings? Then, if kings are to be judged by
priests for their sins, by whom can they be judged with better right than by the Roman

Pontiff?

The source for the above examples of papal claims of authority over kings is from
Documents of the Christian Church, Second Edition, selected and Edited by Henry
Bettenson, Copyright by Oxford University Press 1963, ISBN 0-19-501293-3, pages 106-

108, 112-113.

On the above papal medal (Mazio 13, Spink 342) issued by Pope Callistus III (1455-58),
the reverse side reads OMNES REGES SERVIENT EI, a quote of Daniel 7:27 from the
Latin Vulgate, which when translated in the Catholic Douay Rheims reads "ALL KINGS
SHALL SERVE HIM". The scripture refers to God, but the papal triple-tiered tiara
portrayed above the cross clearly symbolizes papal authority, that the papacy is God's
designated representative, having authority even over the kings of the earth, just as the
above excerpts show.

Jezebel

Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians (1 Ki 16:31). The name
Ethbaal means man of Baal (H854 + H1168), and Jezebel means woman of Baal (H802 +
H1168).

1 Ki 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that
were before him.
1 Ki 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
1 Ki 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in
Samaria.
1 Ki 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

Now note this passage in Revelation 2:

Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that
woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to

commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Rev 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Rev 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into

great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Rev 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am
he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according

to your works.

In prophecy a woman represents a church, and Jezebel here represents the apostate
church, who has taught corrupted doctrine, which is described as fornication, just as in

Revelation 17:

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked
with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great

whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Now, pay close attention to this ...
The apostate church in Revelation 2:20 (Jezebel, the woman of Baal) calls herself a

prophetess ... so by her own admission she is linked with prophecy!

See PAGAN SUN WORSHIP AND CATHOLICISM

The Two Choices Proposed by Roman Catholics

Note the following comments by two eminent Roman Catholic Cardinals:

Now a system like this [Roman Catholicism] is so unlike anything human, it has upon it
notes, tokens, marks so altogether supernatural, that men now acknowledge it to be either
Christ or Antichrist. There is nothing [pg. 172] between these extremes. Most true is this
alternative. The Catholic Church is either the masterpiece of Satan or the kingdom of the

Son of God.

Source: Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, The Fourfold
Sovereignty of God, second edition, London, Burns, Oates & Company, 17, 18 Portman
Street, and 63 Paternoster Row, 1872, pgs. 171-172. (Archbishop Manning was elevated

to Cardinal in 1875.)

And another serious question is this, whether we ought not to be very sure before we
assert that a branch of Christ's Church, not merely has evil extensively prevailing within
it, but is actually the kingdom of evil, the kingdom of God's enemy; considering that, if it
be not the [pg. 116] kingdom of darkness, it is the Church, the dwelling-place of the Most
High. The question really lies, be it observed, between those two alternatives, either the

Church of Rome is the house of God or the house of Satan; there is no middle ground
between them.

Source: Cardinal John Henry Newman, Essays Critical & Historical, Volume II,
Tenth Edition, London, Longmans, Green & Co., and New York, 15 East 16th Street,

1890, pgs. 115, 116.

I believe this essay makes the true choice quite evident.

Conclusion

The Vatican (STATO DELLA CITTÁ DEL VATICANO), which means City-State of
prophecy, is the woman of Revelation 17, Jezebel, the apostate harlot, the mother

universal church, the persecutor of the saints that sits on seven hills in Rome and claims
authority over the kings of the earth.

The Catholic Origins of Futurism and Preterism
Papal Claims To Authority