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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?== | ||