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|[[Image:Hostia i komunikanty.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A stamp of the cross appears on the Host, the Catholic version of the passover bread.  William Branham prophecied that the World Council of Churches would unite with the Catholic Church on the subject of Communion.]]
 
'''William Branham preached strongly against religious systems.'''  The Catholic Church, as the first and strongest Christian denomination, is identified by William Branham as the Beast.  The World Council of Churches, in the spirit of ecumenism (inter-denominational unity in worship), is identified as the Image to the Beast.  William Branham's advice to Catholics and Protestants about their respective denominations and the worldwide ecumenical movement is '''''"Stay away from it! Get out of it!"'''''
'''William Branham railed against religious systems.'''  The Catholic Church, as the first and strongest Christian denomination, was identified by William Branham as the Beast.  The World Council of Churches (the WCC), in its spirit of ecumenism (inter-denominational unity in worship), was identified by him as the Image to the Beast.   
 
=The prophecy=


William Branham's made the following very specific prophecies:
William Branham's made the following very specific prophecies:
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#The Federation of Churches will persecute the true Christian Church, which will not unite with their system.
#The Federation of Churches will persecute the true Christian Church, which will not unite with their system.


=The problems with the prophecy=
There are a number of problems with William Branham's prophecy relating to the WCC:
#It is extremely unlikely that any of the evengelical denominations will agree with the Roman Catholic church on the subject of communion.
#William Branham's prophecy completely ignores the World Evangelical Alliance, an organization that was established in 1846 and currently represents 600 million Christians globally.


<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">The Prophecies</div>
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">The Prophecies</div>
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''I am duty bound to a Message; not to be different, but because of love. Love is corrective. Come back! Stay away from that thing! You ministering brothers, I don't care what your groups does, stay away from it! Stay out of it! It's the mark of the beast, stay away from it! See, Jesus is knocking in this Laodicea age. See where they put Him out?''
''I am duty bound to a Message; not to be different, but because of love. Love is corrective. Come back! Stay away from that thing! You ministering brothers, I don't care what your groups does, stay away from it! Stay out of it! It's the mark of the beast, stay away from it! See, Jesus is knocking in this Laodicea age. See where they put Him out?''
:Sermon: Doors in Door, Flagstaff, AZ, February 6, 1965
:Sermon: Doors in Door, Flagstaff, AZ, February 6, 1965
====Union without the Holy Spirit====
''We tried to make everybody become a--a Lutheran; and couldn't do it. Try to make them all become a Baptist; we couldn't do it. All become a Methodist, or all a Pentecostal; they couldn't do it. So, to order to do this, the time is so short, they have formed a council, a head, a image to the beast. That's exactly what they've done. And what is it? The crucifixion of the Word, again, is at hand. It's on trial and will soon come to the floor.''
:Sermon: What shall I do with Jesus Called Christ.  Jeffersonville, IN, November 24, 1963.
''Now, let me say something, brethren. There's something fixing to happen, and all these big old ecclesiastical walls are going to collapse and go right back over yonder and agree, 'cause they are going to do it as certain as I'm standing here. There's an image to that beast just as certain as I'm standing here, and this nation took it according to the Word of the Lord.”
''Listen, when you feel that little funny feeling, you get away from them walls. Get away; you'll die in there. Don't do it. Come out of it. Get away from all this stuff. Flee to safety as quick as you can. Ask God for mercy...you flee to Jesus Christ just as quick as you can, and stay there until God fills you with His Holy Spirit, for the hour's going to come when you're going to hunt for it and it won't be there.
:Sermon: The Second Seal, Jeffersonville, IN, March 19, 1963


====Return to Persecution====
====Return to Persecution====
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<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Fulfillment</div>
William Branham did not state whether the Catholic and Christian denominations would reach full-communion or partial-communion.  If he meant partial-communion, then regardless of official church policy this prophecy has in many ways already been fulfilled.   
William Branham did not state whether the Catholic and Christian denominations would reach full-communion or partial-communion.  If he meant partial-communion, then regardless of official church policy this prophecy has in many ways already been fulfilled.   
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement on October 1, 1967:
:''As a result of our conversations on the eucharist, we Roman Catholic and Lutheran theologians wish to record, chiefly and first of all, our profound gratitude to God for the growing unity on this subject which we see in our day.''[http://www.usccb.org/seia/luthrc_eucharist_1968.shtml]
In 1999, a "Joint Declaration on the doctrine of Justification" [http://www.elca.org/ecumenical/ecumenicaldialogue/romancatholic/jddj/declaration.html] was issued between the Lutheran and the Catholic Church.  Justification was one of the significant doctrinal issues that gave rise to the Protestant Reformation, so this issue is significant, and opens the doors to further dialogue. 


Time Magazine Reports:
Time Magazine Reports:
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:''"Each church is the Church catholic and not simply a part of it. Each church is the Church catholic, but not the whole of it. Each church fulfils its catholicity when it is in communion with the other churches." ''
:''"Each church is the Church catholic and not simply a part of it. Each church is the Church catholic, but not the whole of it. Each church fulfils its catholicity when it is in communion with the other churches." ''
One Catholic Priest's interpretation (Jonathan Morris) of this Catholic document is that it is "an attempt to lay the foundations for eventual unity by clearly expressing the theological disagreements that currently divide Christian communities.[and]...the Pope is not saying only registered, baptized Catholics can be saved," [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288976,00.html]


One of the goals of the World Council of churches, which represents over 550 million Christians, includes "most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, as well as many united and independent churches", is to achieve "the goal of visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship." [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/index-e.html]
One of the goals of the World Council of churches, which represents over 550 million Christians, includes "most of the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, as well as many united and independent churches", is to achieve "the goal of visible unity in one faith and one eucharistic fellowship." [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/index-e.html]
That William Branham has prophecied that the Catholic Church will achieve communion with the denominations represented by the World Council of Churches may be encouraging to both Catholics and members of the WCC.  What he prophecied about the result of this union, which is a far cry from encouraging, will probably be ignored until it is fulfilled. 




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:Sermon: The Seal of God, Jeffersonville, IN, May 14, 1954
:Sermon: The Seal of God, Jeffersonville, IN, May 14, 1954


=Quotes=
The Gentile Church is raptured. And those who refused, and just walked under justification, the dragon, '''the Roman power''', spurts the water, which '''will unite with Communism''', and take the church into a persecution like that. There they are pictured exactly.<ref>QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS.1_  JEFF.IN 54-0103M<ref/>
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