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4701 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 373.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… his legal recognition of the church, as well as paganism, as protected by the state-and, in fact, soon to be given preference by the state—there was suggested …

4702 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 376.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… he legalized bequests to Catholic-churches, and issued his famous Sunday law, although the Christian character of this last is rendered rather doubtful …

4703 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 399.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . Later legally established by the Justinian imperial edict, which was implemented by the expulsion of the Goths from Rome, Romanized Catholicism finally …

4704 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 411.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… against legalized Christianity.As a pagan, Julian again briefly assumed the title of Pontifex Maxtmus. (See Johann J. Ignatz von Dollinger, A History of the …

4705 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 492.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the legal establishment of the pope as the “head of all the holy churches,” and the designated corrector of heretics. Future chapters will reveal further stages …

4706 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 493.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , gave legal support to the increasingly presumptuous claims to primacy made by the Roman bishop.

4707 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 501.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… a legal sanction for the pope’s superior jurisdiction in a decree of Theodosius and Valentinian. There had previously been another important edict, that …

4708 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 501 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

III. Legal Sanctions for Roman Primacy Obtained

4709 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 501.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Under the reign of Constantine, Christianity had become the religion of the emperor; under Theodosius, sixty years later, it had become the religion of empire, but legal sanction for the papal claims of primacy were yet to be secured.

4710 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 503.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the legal establishment of the bishop of Rome as head of all the churches—now including the East—was accomplished. Then the tide of barbarian conquest rolled …

4711 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 504 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

IV. Justinian-Legalizer of Ecclesiastical Supremacy of Pope

4713 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 507.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the legal foundation for papal ecclesiastical supremacy.

4714 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 508 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

4. LEGALIZED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAPACY

4715 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 508.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… full legalized establishment of the Papacy to the acts and reign of Justinian, there is solid and abiding ground on which to stand. As stated, one of the first …

4716 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 513.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… gave legal sanction to another Rome that was to have spiritual dominion for even longer than imperial Rome, and was later to climb to the peak of civil as well …

4717 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 513 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

3. LEGAL TRANSACTION COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE

4718 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 514.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… now legally pro vided for through the imperial Code of Justinian. At that time the reinforcing second army of Justinian broke the Gothic siege of Rome, relieving …

4719 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 516.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… new legal recognition of the pope’s ecclesiastical supremacy, marked the beginning of a long climb toward political power which culminated in the reigns …

4720 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 528.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the legalized power of the Papacy had really begun, but Phocas’ decree was a reaffirmation. A pillar still stands in Rome, erected in 608, commemorating this …