666 & Mark of the Beast; & The 7th Day the Sabbath of the LORD, the Sign and Seal of JEHOVAH God

Roman Catholic Online Encyclopedia; “A”; “Antichrist” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antichrist


Roman Catholic Online Encyclopedia; “S”; “Sacrifice” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sacrifice


Since the term “AntiChrist” is also related to the “man of sin” and there would be “many”, a line of successions [as is indicated] which all stand 'in the place of, or takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth' then should not this name be easily applied to this Roman ecclesiastical system and that singular position on earth which is over it all?

It can readily and easily be applied by going from Greek to Latin:

Roman Catholic Online Encyclopedia; “V”; “Vicar of Christ” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vicar of Christ

Roman Catholic Online Encyclopedia; “V”; “Vicar” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vicar

What do we immediately notice between the Greek and Latin?

Does Rome's own definition of the “Vicarius Christi”, “Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth” and “Vicarius Filii Dei” actually mean that the doctrinal and official position of the Pope is that he “stands in the place of Jesus Christ [the Son of God] on Earth”, or that the position of the Pope “takes the place of Christ [the Son of God] on earth”?

Yes it does.

Roman Catholic Online Encyclopedia; “C”; “Church” - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church

Roman Catholic Online Library; Church Documents; “Ad Sinarum Gentem (1954)”; Point 11. - CATHOLIC LIBRARY: Ad Sinarum Gentem (1954)


Roman Catholic Online Library; Church Documents; “In Plurimis (1888)”; Point 2. - CATHOLIC LIBRARY: In Plurimis (1888)


“The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII”, Encyclical Letter June 20, 1894 - Praeclara Gratulationis Publicae - Papal Encyclicals

Is the title VICARIVS FILII DEI an official title used by Rome for the position of the Pope?

Yes, especially according to official Roman Catholic sources.

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See also for more historical uses - VICARIUS FILII DEI 666, The Number of the Beast

"... Henry Edward Cardinal Manning of England, an extensive Roman Catholic writer, of high esteem in his church, applies the same title to the pope, only using it in its English translation. He says of the popes:


The same year, this book was translated and published in Italian, with the sanction of the church attached to it. The title "Vicar of the Son of God" appears on pages 234 and 235 of that edition. {1943 CE, FAFA 223.3}

Philippe Labbe, "a distinguished Jesuit writer on historical, geographical, and philological questions" (Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. VIII, pp. 718, 719), in his historical work "Sacrosancta concilia ad regiam editionem exacta," Vol. I, page 1534 (Paris: 1671), uses 'Vicarius Filii Dei' as the official title of the pope. {1943 CE, FAFA 223.4}

see - Sacrosancta concilia ad regiam editionem exacta quae nunc quarta parte prodit auctior

[Latin Lines, Right Hand Column, 5 Line down in Latin, beginning at 2nd word from left, "... trus vicarius filii Dei ..."]



Coming down to our own times, we shall call to the witness stand a modern advocate of the Roman Catholic cause. Our Sunday Visitor, of Huntington, Ind., in its issue of April 18, 1915, gives clear testimony in this case. We quote it in full: {1943 CE, FAFA 223.5}


Later, when Roman Catholic authorities discovered that Protestants were making use of the foregoing statements to identify the Papacy with the antichristian power of Revelation 13: 18, they attempted to repudiate the contents of their former article. But that article was not written by some contributor to their paper; it appeared in the "Bureau of Information," for which the editorial staff was responsible. And on page two of that paper appeared sanctions for the editor from Pope Pius X, dated May 17, 1914; from the Apostolic Delegate, John Bonzano, dated April 27, 1913; and from J. H. Alerding, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Ind., dated March 29, 1912. If statements made under such high authorities are not trustworthy, we would respectfully ask if their present denials are any more so? {1943 CE, FAFA 224.2}

To one versed in Catholic teaching and practice, there is nothing uncommon in such denials, where the interest of the Church is at stake. Cardinal Baudrillart's quotation on pages 64 and 245 of this book shows that some Catholic authors "ask permission from the Church to ignore or even deny" some historical facts, which they "dare not" face; and we read in "History of the Jesuits," by Andrew Steinmetz, Vol. 1, p. 13, that their accredited histories in common use, 'with permission of authority,' [are] veiling the subject with painful dexterity." - London: 1848. {1943 CE, FAFA 224.3}

We shall here refer to one other similar denial. In the Roman Catholic paper, Shepherd of the Valley, there appeared an article by the editor, in which he stated: If Catholics ever attain, which they surely will, though at a distant day, the immense numerical majority in the United States, religious liberty, as at present understood, will be at an end." A Protestant lecturer, who made use of this quotation, was bitterly arraigned in a double-column front-page article in the Catholic Standard and Times for his false statements regarding Catholics; for, it pointed out, if he had finished the quotation with the words which followed, "so say our enemies," it would have reversed its meaning. The incident would have passed off at the expense of the Protestant lecturer, had not the Western Watchman of July 24, 1913, continued the quotation still further, declaring: {1943 CE, FAFA 225.1}


Why those who tried to deny their former statements should leave out the words, "so say we," is very evident. But what can we think of those who publicly deny facts to screen their church from unfavorable public opinions, unless they act from the motive that "the end justifies the means," and that "heretics " have no moral right to facts which they would misuse. (See also pages 64 and 65 of this book.) {1943 CE, FAFA 225.3}

We shall therefore continue to believe that the editors of Our Sunday Visitor, in its issue of April 18, 1915, page three, were perfectly honest and well informed on the subject, and that the later denials are of the same class as those mentioned above. {1943 CE, FAFA 225.4}

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Our Sunday Visitor in the aforementioned quotation makes use of Vicarius Filii Dei and "Vicar of Christ" as synonymous terms, and Cardinal Manning does the same in his book, "Temporal Power of the Pope." It cannot, therefore, be maintained, as some do, that Vicarius Christi is the only mode of spelling used as the title of the pope, although the shorter rendering is used more often for brevity's sake. In fact Vicarius Christi is composite in its origin, Vicarius being Latin, while Christi is Latinized from the Greek. It would hardly seem probable that learned Romanists would adopt such a composite title to the exclusion of the pure, dignified, Latin title, Vicarius Filii Dei, which has been in use among them for centuries. {1943 CE, FAFA 226.1}

Of late, Catholic apologists have argued that the "name of the beast " in Revelation 13: 17, 18 is a personal name of a single individual, such as Nero, and not the official title of a series of men, as that of the popes would be. But this would be entirely out of harmony with the context, for how could one man make war with God's people, and overcome them in every country, so that he would have power "over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations"? Revelation 13: 7. Then, too, that power was to continue forty and two months (v. 5), which those apologists claim to be literal. But how could one man accomplish such a world task in forty-two literal months?' {1943 CE, FAFA 226.2}

These forty-two months are twelve hundred and sixty prophetic days (Revelation 11: 2, 3), and in prophecy a day stands for a year (Ezekiel 4: 6). (Even Catholics acknowledge that a day in prophecy stands for a year. See note under Daniel 9: 24-27 in the Douay Bible. Father Reaves says: "The prophet's weeks are, by all interpreters of the Holy Scriptures, understood to include years for days." - "Bible History," p. 345) The forty-two months, or twelve hundred and sixty days, of Revelation 13: 5 are therefore twelve hundred and sixty years, during which this power was to continue. But would not that period be quite a long time for one man to live? This attempt made by Roman apologists to screen the Papacy from being detected as the antichristian power of Revelation 13 appears too shallow to be seriously asserted by men who have made a thorough study of Bible prophecy. {1943 CE, FAFA 226.3} ..."

System, theology, generally not persons (except for specific persons, who may be looked at later, in their open and gross sins), moving on.

Did you know that officially, The Magisterium of Rome, including the pontificate, and the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, teach that the Roman [Catholic] Church, is the great "harlot" ["Meretrix"] of Revelation 17, see for yourself:




We can also bring in Savonarola [Roman Catholic Dominican, of which it is written, "... He was not a heretic in matters of faith ..." - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Girolamo Savonarola ], which is now being considered for 'beatification' [The present-day Church has considered his beatification. [44] Innocenzo Venchi, O.P. "Initiative dell'Ordine Domenicano per promuovere la causa do beatificazione del Ven. fra Girolamo Savonarola O.P.," Studio Savonaroliani Verso il V centenario ed. Gian Carlo Garfagnini (Florence, 1996) pp. 93-97], for he [as referenced in Casta Meretrix [29]] stated:


Further it was written by him, that,

1 Savonarola, in his poem on the corruption of the Church (1457), may have been directly inspired by Dante. He too mourns "the chaste maid" and "noble mother", who, through the pressure of imperial power, wealth, and secularization in Rome, has gradually been transformed into the harlot of Babylon:


Thus Hans Urs von Balthazar, as quoted from the link previously cited above:


But this same movement, which brings her to all peoples, is the mission of the Church. She must unite and merge herself with every people, and this new apostolic form of union cannot be avoided.

(Hans Urs von Balthasar, Casta Metetrix, in Sponsa Verbi, Brescia: Morceliana, 1969, p. 267)."

Joseph Ratzinger said of Hans:


As the Jesuit Jacques Servais notes,




Yep, Roman Catholicism itself, under a subtly sly theology, identifies 'herself' as the "harlot" of Revelation 17, the so-called Casta MERETRIX.

The number '666' in 3 [4] languages, as identified by various students of scripture:

I will now list several constructs of the number 666 that have been cited over the years [with sources, where available, documented]:

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