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William Branham stated that he had been to the Vatican in Rome and had seen the following inscription above the throne of the Pope - VICARIVS FILII DEI. | William Branham stated that he had been to the Vatican in Rome and had seen the following inscription above the throne of the Pope - VICARIVS FILII DEI. | ||
Is this true? If it isn't then | Is this true? If it isn't true, then William Branham was lying. | ||
==The Facts== | ==The Facts== | ||
The Donation of Constantine is 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 in the 4th century. It was probably composed in the 8th century and was used in the 13th century to support claims of political authority by the papacy. It contained the following Latin phrase: | |||
:''It et cuncto populo Romanae gloriae imperij subiacenti, ut sicut in terris '''vicarius filii Dei''' esse videtur constitutus etiam et pontifices...<ref>Vauchez, Andre (2001). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Routledge. p. 445.</ref> | |||
==Is this another example of plagiarism?== | ==Is this another example of plagiarism?== | ||
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William Branham stated that he had been to the Vatican in Rome and had seen the following inscription above the throne of the Pope - VICARIVS FILII DEI.
Is this true? If it isn't true, then William Branham was lying.
The Facts
The Donation of Constantine is 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 in the 4th century. It was probably composed in the 8th century and was used in the 13th century to support claims of political authority by the papacy. It contained the following Latin phrase:
- It et cuncto populo Romanae gloriae imperij subiacenti, ut sicut in terris vicarius filii Dei esse videtur constitutus etiam et pontifices...[1]
Is this another example of plagiarism?
William Branham admitted that he read the works of Uriah Smith, a Seventh Day Adventist author:
- And, here, I’d go in there and pick up the notes. I’d pick up books of Dr. Smith, Uriah Smith, and, oh, all the—the writers and everything, and read in, read down in their books.[2]
In 1875, Uriah Smith wrote the following, which we must assume is where William Branham got his information:
- The most plausible name we have ever seen suggested as containing the number of the beast, is the blasphemous title which the pope applies to himself, and wears in jeweled letters upon his miter or pontifical crown. That title is this: Vicarius filii Dei: “Vicegerent of the Son of God.” Taking the letters out of this title which the Latins use as numerals, and giving them their numerical value, we have just 666. Thuse we have V, 5; I, 1; C, 100; (a and r not used as numerals;) I, 1; U (formerly the same as V), 5; (s and f not used as numerals;) I, 1; L, 50; I, 1; I, 1; D, 500; (e not used as a numeral;) I, 1. Adding these numbers together, we have just 666.
- The following extract on this point is from a work entitled “The Reformation,” bearing the date of 1832:—
- “Mrs. A., said Miss Emmons, I saw a very curious fact the other day; I have dwelt upon it much and will mention it. A person, lately, was witnessing a ceremony of the Romish church. As the Pope passed him in the procession, splendidly dressed in his pontifical robes, the gentleman’s eye rested on these full, blazing letters in front of his miter: “VICARIUS FILII DEI,” The Vicar of the Son of God.” His thoughts with the rapidity of lightning, reverted to Rev. 13:18. Will you turn to it? said Mrs. A. Alice opened the New Testament and read: ‘Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.” She paused, and Miss Emmons said, He took out his pencil, and marking the numerical letters of the inscription on his tablet, it stood 666.”[3]
Quotes of William Branham
159 Well, it isn’t over…the Latin—the Latin words isn’t over the Vatican City; it’s over the throne of the pope, where he sits on his throne. It’s wrote up there, “VICARIVS FILII DEI.” If you wish to, in the morning, I’ll bring it wrote out, everything, and put it on a piece of paper. And if you want it, why, I’ll bring it to you in the morning. Where you can spell it out in Roman letters, VICARIVS FILII DEI, the word means “Instead of the Son of God”; he is the successor to the Son of God. 160 The Catholic church believes that “Peter was the first pope; he was the successor of Jesus Christ.” Which that’s an error! All right. Then they claim that “Every pope following him is a successor; and the pope now, that is now, is a successor of Jesus Christ.” And there it’s wrote up over there, “A successor of Jesus Christ, ‘VICARIVS FILII DEI,’” wrote on there. Take the Roman letters and just write it (X for ten, V for five, and so forth like that), as you spell “VICARIVS FILII DEI,” and draw a line, and you got six hundred and sixty-six. Write it out and find out. 161 Now, I got the Facts Of Our Faith, it’s called, in the Catholic church, ’cause my people were Irish Catholic. So I know what I’m speaking of. See? 162 And it absolutely is the truth, that’s right, that there… And the Bible said that “He’ll be sitting in a church, or a—a place, or a church that sets on seven hills in Rome, and his power will go to all the world. And he is called the antichrist.”
54-0515 - Questions And Answers
739 I stood right there in the Vatican City and verified it with the Bible. The pope wearing a triple crown, Vicarivs Filii Dei, all those things which I’ve heard and so forth, it’s absolutely the truth; a religious group that governs every nation under the Heaven, and it does. There it is, it’s so.
57-1006 - Questions And Answers On Hebrews #3
143 How did I know Rome set on seven hills? How did I know the pope had VICARIVS FILII DEI? Had to take somebody else’s word for it. How did I know the triple crown was on the pope; the jurisdiction of the vicar of Heaven and earth and hell? How did I know it till I went and seen it?
58-0928M - The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit
234 I been right there and seen it myself, would know, up over his place (his throne, as it was) like they set the first Boniface up, the III, up at the beginning of the Catholic age here. And up over there it’s Vicarivs Filii Dei, which means “a vicar of the Son of God.” Dei, Dei, “Deity,” see. See, “The vicar of the Son of God.” In other words, “Just like the Son of God sitting here on earth,” see, “all powers to change the Bible,” change anything he wants to. Therefore, “Say ‘Hail Mary’!” What does the pope say? “We’ll have ‘Hail Mary’!” That settles it. Uh-huh, uh-hum. “Well, we’ll do so-and-so.” What the pope says, that’s it, that’s it. “A vicar instead of the Son of God.”
60-1211M - The Ten Virgins, And The Hundred And Forty-Four Thousand Jews
184 Now, go on over here in Revelations 13, and show you that this man sets on a city…in a city, and the city sets on—on seven hills. And the numbers of the beast is six hundred and sixty-six, wrote out in the—in the Latin…Roman alphabet, is six hundred and sixty-six, is VICARIVS FILII DEI, which is, “In stead of the Son of God,” on a pope’s throne. And his chair, got a triple crown. And I’ve looked right at the crown, stood as close as my hand is to my face, like that, and—and seen the decked crown of the pope right there in the Vatican, myself, stood and looked at it, be sure I know what I was talking about. “He opposes, himself above all that’s called God, all the godly men. He’s the holiest of all of them; sets in the temple of God, just showing himself he is God,” forgiving sins on earth, and so forth, you know. Sure.
61-0806 - The Seventieth Week Of Daniel
195 Zella Braitman, are you here tonight, Zella? She brought, it’s in the room in there now, Our Sunday Visitor, the Catholic paper. And the Catholic paper was answering a minister. Said, “Did you say, reverend, that did the…In the Roman numeral over the Vatican, or over the Pope’s throne, is written, ‘Vicarivs Filii Dei,’ which it means, that it in the Catholic diocese there, that that is the—the number of the beast of the Apocalypse?” 196 “Why,” he said, “certainly, it is. It’s exactly, spells out six hundred and sixty-six. It’s exactly.” And the Roman diocese admit it, that it does. B
62-1111E - Why I'm Against Organized Religion
Footnotes
- ↑ Vauchez, Andre (2001). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Routledge. p. 445.
- ↑ William Branham, 63-0324E - The Seventh Seal, para. 339
- ↑ Uriah Smith, Thoughts, Critical and Practical, on the Book of Revelation, Second Edition, Revised (Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, 1875), 240–241.