Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Kingdom and Work of Antichrist

What is said of the little horn as compared with the ten horns of the fourth beast of Daniel 7? BR-ASI9 141.2

“He shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.” Daniel 7:24. BR-ASI9 141.3

Note.—The Papacy, which arose on the ruins of the Roman Empire, differed from all previous forms of Roman power in that it was an ecclesiastical despotism claiming universal dominion over both spiritual and temporal affairs, especially the former. It was a union of church and state, frequently with the church dominant. BR-ASI9 141.4

“The Pope, who calls himself ‘King’ and ‘Pontifex Maximus,’ is Caesar’s successor.”—Adolf Harnack, What Is Christianity? (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903), p. 270. BR-ASI9 141.5