PEDIGREES OF 2 PROPHETIC VIEWPOINTS
WITNESS TO THE FACT THAT THE PAPACY IS THE ANTICHRIST OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES; THAT IT IS A PRESENT REALITY AND NOT A FUTURE FICTION.
The BIGWIGS of Protestant Fundamentalism (and all the Lesser Wigs) repudiate the authorities named on the left below, and their valuable biblical prophetic Witness against the Roman Church and Papacy, because (say they), "They are only men, we cannot take their word." What, pray tell, about the authorities on the right? Are they winged oracles from Mt. Olympus?
Anyhow study the record below -- it will repay study.
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TRUTH ~ THE TEACHING THAT THE PAPACY IS THE ANTICHRIST IS AT LEAST 864 YEARS OLD! To cite the early Church Fathers as authorities for the Futurity of Antichrist, as late as in this 20th century, is Jesuitical, is an Error, and is Unfair Teaching Practice. According to Dean Alford, "the Apostolic Fathers can hardly with fairness be cited for it, seeing that for them EVERYTHING WAS FUTURE"! ("The New Testament for English Readers," Vol. II, Part II, page 351.) Hence the following POSITIVE-WITNESS PEDIGREE derived from undisputed Historical sources. 1100 A.D. The Waldenses, Pre-Reformation Protestants, in their creed and in their historic essay, "The Noble Lesson" (1120 A.D.), declare the Antichrist to be the Papacy-- the Dynasty of Popes-- as foretold by Scripture. 1183 A.D. Joachim Abbas, in his "Commentary on the Apocalypse" declared that "the harlot city reigning over the kings of the earth undoubtedly meant Rome" and that Antichrist "would probably issue out of the bosom of the Church." 1235-1253 A.D. Robert Grosthead, Bishop of Lincoln, "boldly proclaimed the Pope to be Antichrist." 1265-1321 A.D. Dante denounced the Church of Rome as the Babylon of the Apocalypse. 1380 A.D. Wycliff, "The Morning Star of the Reformation," declared the Papacy to be the Antichrist of Scripture. AND SO-- 1391 Walter Brute 1416 John Huss 1416 Jerome of Prague 1417 Lord Cobham 1522 Martin Luther 1524 Zwingli 1536 John Calvin 1543 Melancthon 1550 William Tyndale 1557 Heinrich Bullinger 1558 John Knox 1562 John Jewel 1571 David Chytraeus 1574 Augustin Marlorat 1586 John Foxe 1593 Lord Napier (Logarithms) 1607 Dent 1614 Taffin, Forbes 1615 Thomas Brightman 1642 Mede 1643 Pareus 1649 Roberts 1650 Holland 1654 Cotton 1654 Hume 1655 Tillinghast 1656 Guild, Stephens 1680 Durham, More 1687 Peter Jurieu 1689 Cressener, Marckius 1691 Sir Isaac Newton (Gravity) 1695 Vitringa 1697 Cradock 1701 Fleming 1706 Whiston 1720 Daubuz 1730 Lancaster, Roberts 1737 Lowman 1754 Bishop Newton 1757 Bengel 1773 Jonathan Edwards 1776 Gill 1794 Bichino 1802 Galloway 1805 Faber 1812 Cunninghame 1815 Frere 1834 Habershon 1836 Brooks 1843 T.R. Birks 1844 E.B. Elliott 1878 H.Grattan Guinness 1898 Jos. Tanner 1914 E.P. Cachemaille 1915 W. Baillie 1922 F.J. Peters 1925 A.L. Kensit 1927 Baron Porcelli 1943 John Crouse 1947 W.S. Bowden 1948 C. Hewitt 1948 B.F.C. Atkinson 1954 LeRoy Froom 1963 H.E. Barton AND OTHERS PEDIGREE IS 864 YEARS OLD IN 1964-- AT THE LEAST! |
ERROR ~ Two POSITIVE PRESENT WITNESSES to a criminal's identity are worth 1000 FUTURE NEGATIVE WITNESSES. Furthermore, the Futurist Suspect, after a 373-year chase and frequent disguise changes, never gets caught! PEDIGREE OF FUTURE ANTICHRIST FABLE BORN c. 1591 A.D. Jesuit Francis de Ribera Cardinal Bellarmine ~ JUST ANOTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC ERROR FOR 221 YEARS ~ 1812 Emanual Lacunza (a.k.a. Rabbi Ben Ezra) 1812 1812 (published post-humously) THEN, 1827 A.D., THE THEORY BECOMES CONVERTED TO THE PROTESTANT FAITH Futurist Fable caught-on at first in Dublin S.R. Maitland James Todd Newman (John Henry) Burgh The Oxford Tractators Darby (Plymouth Brethren) Edward Irving M. Baxter B.W. Newton E.W. Bullinger A. Burton Sir R. (Superman) Anderson I.A. Seiss D.M. Stearns Griffith Thomas Dr. Gray Wm. Pettingill A. Gaebelein C.I. Scofield D. Panton L. Sale Harrison John Hunt G. Winrod K. Brooks D. Barnhouse H. Ironsides McBirnie Baumann Chas. Fuller DeHaan Wyrtzen Herbert Armstrong L. Talbot Oliver Green Billy Graham Bob Jones Bill Rice C.M. Ward H.C. Estep Carl McIntire Noel Smith Dr. W. Beirnes AND A HOST OF OTHER FUTURIST FUNDAMENTALIST GRANDCHILDREN PEDIGREE ONLY 373 YEARS OLD IN 1964 AT THE MOST! BUT FROM 1827 TO 1964 IS 137 YEARS -- ITS TRUE AGE AS A PROTESTANT DOGMA! |
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Excerpt from the Old-Fashioned Prophecy Magazine, Vol. VII, No. 1, January-February, 1965, Eric C. Peters, Editor. pp. 14, 15.
My elderly aunt gave me a collection of these old magazines, long out of print. They are fascinating as an example of Protestant polemics and of a viewpoint shared by many Americans in the mid-20th century.
