The Roaring Lion: Prophetic Decision on the Bohemian War

righteousness. The text begins mid-word, completing the thought from the previous page: "sitzet" (sits). The preceding word was likely "Holiness" or "Righteousness." If we now wish to know who the Woman is, let us only consider and clearly see who sits upon the Beast, and thus holds, as it were, the entire supreme government—almost more so than the Beast itself, just as the rider is of greater consequence than the horse. Now it is indeed indisputable that the Pope in Rome has held all might and power in the whole world; for he has not only appointed and enfeoffed To "enfeoff" means to grant land or power in exchange for loyalty, a central part of the medieval feudal system. Emperors and Kings, but has also ruled all the world with his Ban The "Ban" refers to excommunication, a powerful political tool used by Popes to strip rulers of their authority., with which he has subdued everything.

Such an abomination of the Harlotry of the Pope began after the time in which the external persecutions of the Christians ceased, and the internal spiritual abominations began: the "Son of Perdition" who seated himself in the Temple of God as a God of the Earth and the holder of government over all the world. This era actually began with the "Abomination of Desolation" under Pope Sylvester, who received the Donation original: "Donation"; referring to the "Donation of Constantine," a forged Roman imperial decree by which the Emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. from Constantine. And just so, surely, did the Harlotry begin, when all the world became attached to the Pope and was forced to remain attached, in both the worldly and spiritual estates, as no man can deny.

However, neither the Harlot nor the Beast can be understood to be the Turk Referring to the Ottoman Sultan or the Ottoman Empire.; for he is also described with his own abomination and his destruction of the Sanctuary in the 8th chapter of Daniel, as already mentioned. Furthermore, it can never be proven that all the world "committed harlotry" with the Turk; rather, it was with the Pope—or all the world with the Pope—especially before the time that a Turkish Empire even existed on Earth. And what shall one say? The Papists will be able neither to deny nor negate, neither now nor previously, that the Turk should have greater power and might on Earth than the Pope, since they themselves exalt the Pope above everyone else, and thus sufficiently betray themselves in this matter.

One may also look at the seven heads and ten kings belonging to the Roman Empire and the Pope, which truly never belonged to the Turk, much less belong to him now. Indeed, it does not require much proof, for all Papists confess with mouth and heart that the Pope is the head over all, and the Vicar of Christ original: "Stadthalter"; a representative or deputy acting with the authority of a ruler., according to whom the whole world must regulate itself. I believe this is indeed the "Mystery" written upon her forehead: namely, the great Babylon original: "Babylon"; in apocalyptic literature, this often serves as a code for Rome., the Mother of Harlotry and of all abominations on Earth. For the Harlot herself confesses that all the world must allow itself to be reformed In this context, the author uses "reformiren" to mean "governed" or "ordered" by the Papal system. by her, and also that the Emperors and Kings must receive their fiefs from the Harlot. I believe it to be true that the Harlot sits upon many waters...