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he's<00:13:07.899><c> talking</c><00:13:08.240><c> about</c><00:13:08.600><c> this</c><00:13:09.000><c> great</c><00:13:09.740><c> man</c><00:13:10.259><c> of</c><00:13:10.519><c> sin</c><00:13:10.740><c> church.</c>

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It's<00:13:12.159><c> always</c><00:13:12.399><c> got</c><00:13:12.600><c> a</c><00:13:12.840><c> man</c><00:13:13.059><c> at</c><00:13:13.259><c> the</c><00:13:13.440><c> top</c><00:13:13.620><c> of</c><00:13:13.779><c> it</c><00:13:14.159><c> which</c><00:13:14.700><c> is</c><00:13:15.100><c> being</c>

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And<00:16:37.039><c> believe</c><00:16:37.340><c> me,</c><00:16:38.320><c> the</c><00:16:38.360><c> Roman</c><00:16:38.679><c> Catholic</c><00:16:38.980><c> Church</c><00:16:39.259><c> does</c><00:16:39.580><c> that</c>

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Here's<00:16:44.100><c> one</c><00:16:44.399><c> thing</c><00:16:44.700><c> that</c><00:16:45.039><c> affected</c><00:16:45.519><c> me</c><00:16:45.879><c> more</c><00:16:46.179><c> than</c><00:16:46.399><c> possibly</c>

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anything<00:16:47.240><c> else</c><00:16:47.559><c> going</c><00:16:47.779><c> to</c><00:16:47.960><c> the</c><00:16:48.120><c> Vatican.</c>

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life,<00:17:04.920><c> I</c><00:17:05.259><c> could</c><00:17:05.700><c> not</c><00:17:05.980><c> believe</c><00:17:06.539><c> to</c><00:17:07.079><c> see</c><00:17:07.240><c> an</c><00:17:07.539><c> obelisk</c><00:17:08.039><c> in</c><00:17:08.480><c> the</c><00:17:08.740><c> middle</c><00:17:09.180><c> of</c>

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St.<00:17:10.480><c> Peter's</c><00:17:11.000><c> embrace,</c><00:17:11.619><c> so</c><00:17:11.880><c> to</c><00:17:12.039><c> speak,</c><00:17:12.220><c> as</c><00:17:12.339><c> they</c><00:17:12.599><c> say</c><00:17:12.740><c> St.</c>

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Peter's<00:17:13.460><c> Square.</c>

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What<00:17:14.880><c> would</c><00:17:15.440><c> an</c><00:17:16.259><c> obelisk,</c><00:17:17.099><c> an</c><00:17:17.279><c> object</c><00:17:17.640><c> of</c><00:17:17.920><c> worship</c><00:17:18.400><c> from</c><00:17:19.099><c> Egypt</c><00:17:19.740><c> be</c><00:17:20.319><c> doing</c><00:17:20.559><c> in</c><00:17:20.859><c> the</c><00:17:21.099><c> middle</c><00:17:21.539><c> of</c><00:17:22.680><c> a</c>

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Because<00:18:25.539><c> that</c><00:18:25.940><c> is</c><00:18:26.259><c> the</c><00:18:26.559><c> attitude</c><00:18:26.980><c> of</c><00:18:27.200><c> the</c><00:18:27.319><c> Roman</c><00:18:27.559><c> Catholic</c><00:18:27.920><c> Church</c><00:18:28.400><c> and</c><00:18:28.859><c> that's</c><00:18:29.079><c> where</c><00:18:29.240><c> I</c>

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Well<00:18:43.200><c> if</c><00:18:43.319><c> you</c><00:18:43.480><c> understand</c><00:18:44.140><c> what</c><00:18:44.980><c> Constantine</c><00:18:45.559><c> was</c><00:18:45.779><c> up</c><00:18:46.039><c> to</c><00:18:46.299><c> and</c>

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Because<00:18:55.000><c> what</c><00:18:55.279><c> the</c><00:18:55.420><c> Roman</c><00:18:55.740><c> Catholic</c><00:18:56.920><c> Church</c><00:18:57.240><c> is</c><00:18:57.440><c> trying</c><00:18:57.640><c> to</c><00:18:57.859><c> do</c><00:18:57.960><c> is</c><00:18:58.220><c> really</c><00:18:58.579><c> be</c><00:18:58.880><c> a</c>

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So<00:19:03.059><c> I</c><00:19:03.259><c> suppose</c><00:19:03.740><c> that</c><00:19:04.359><c> if</c><00:19:04.519><c> you</c><00:19:04.680><c> look</c><00:19:04.960><c> closely</c><00:19:05.420><c> you</c><00:19:05.660><c> would</c><00:19:05.940><c> find</c>

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So<00:19:26.339><c> what</c><00:19:26.539><c> seems</c><00:19:26.799><c> to</c><00:19:26.960><c> be</c><00:19:27.119><c> very</c><00:19:27.619><c> foreign</c><00:19:27.940><c> to</c><00:19:28.240><c> us</c><00:19:28.720><c> coming</c><00:19:29.079><c> from</c><00:19:29.299><c> a</c>

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strictly<00:19:29.960><c> Bible</c><00:19:30.259><c> point</c><00:19:30.559><c> of</c><00:19:30.700><c> view</c><00:19:30.839><c> is</c><00:19:31.000><c> not</c><00:19:31.180><c> at</c><00:19:31.299><c> all</c><00:19:31.480><c> foreign</c><00:19:31.859><c> for</c><00:19:32.339><c> the</c><00:19:32.519><c> Catholic</c><00:19:32.779><c> Church</c><00:19:33.079><c> because</c><00:19:33.319><c> that's</c><00:19:33.619><c> how</c><00:19:34.559><c> emperors</c><00:19:35.119><c> were</c><00:19:35.339><c> able</c><00:19:35.599><c> to</c>

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make<00:19:36.680><c> sure</c><00:19:36.980><c> that</c><00:19:37.339><c> everybody</c><00:19:37.799><c> was</c><00:19:38.200><c> under</c><00:19:38.559><c> their</c><00:19:38.900><c> thumb</c><00:19:39.200><c> and</c><00:19:39.619><c> you</c><00:19:39.759><c> could</c><00:19:40.039><c> knight</c><00:19:40.279><c> peoples</c><00:19:40.779><c> by</c>

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bringing<00:19:41.859><c> their</c><00:19:42.160><c> worship</c><00:19:42.539><c> together.</c>

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And<00:19:43.799><c> the</c><00:19:43.960><c> Catholic</c><00:19:44.180><c> Church</c><00:19:44.519><c> just</c><00:19:44.900><c> carried</c><00:19:45.160><c> it</c><00:19:45.400><c> on</c><00:19:45.619><c> and</c><00:19:46.019><c> is</c><00:19:46.380><c> very</c><00:19:47.099><c> successful</c><00:19:47.619><c> from</c><00:19:47.799><c> their</c><00:19:47.980><c> point</c><00:19:48.160><c> of</c>

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view<00:19:48.599><c> in</c><00:19:49.099><c> today's</c><00:19:49.539><c> world</c><00:19:49.740><c> by</c><00:19:50.039><c> doing</c><00:19:50.259><c> the</c><00:19:50.579><c> same.</c>

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Why<00:19:52.299><c> do</c><00:19:52.480><c> you</c><00:19:52.680><c> think</c><00:19:52.940><c> the</c><00:19:53.180><c> Pope</c><00:19:53.380><c> is</c><00:19:53.680><c> canonizing</c><00:19:54.279><c> so</c><00:19:54.500><c> many</c><00:19:54.700><c> people?</c>

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Why<00:19:57.380><c> do</c><00:19:57.579><c> you</c><00:19:57.579><c> think</c><00:19:57.740><c> the</c><00:19:58.059><c> Pope</c><00:19:58.240><c> goes</c><00:19:58.740><c> to</c><00:19:59.019><c> countries</c><00:19:59.460><c> and</c><00:19:59.640><c> he</c><00:19:59.920><c> tries</c><00:20:00.099><c> to</c>

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find<00:20:01.039><c> Roman</c><00:20:01.579><c> Catholics</c><00:20:02.059><c> of</c><00:20:02.660><c> history</c><00:20:03.059><c> in</c><00:20:03.240><c> that</c><00:20:03.460><c> country</c><00:20:03.920><c> who</c>

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have<00:20:05.259><c> rose</c><00:20:05.519><c> to</c><00:20:05.740><c> some</c><00:20:06.059><c> kind</c><00:20:06.279><c> of</c><00:20:06.539><c> fame</c><00:20:06.819><c> and</c><00:20:07.319><c> then</c><00:20:07.579><c> seeks</c><00:20:07.740><c> to</c>

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canonize<00:20:08.599><c> them?</c>

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Because<00:20:10.099><c> it's</c><00:20:10.460><c> the</c><00:20:10.599><c> very</c><00:20:11.039><c> same</c><00:20:11.319><c> process</c><00:20:11.839><c> that's</c><00:20:12.140><c> going</c><00:20:12.359><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:20:13.880><c> trying</c><00:20:14.059><c> to</c><00:20:14.319><c> show</c><00:20:14.519><c> to</c><00:20:14.700><c> those</c><00:20:14.900><c> countries</c><00:20:15.299><c> that</c><00:20:15.599><c> the</c><00:20:15.740><c> Roman</c>

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Catholic<00:20:16.319><c> Church</c><00:20:17.140><c> considers</c><00:20:18.400><c> the</c><00:20:19.359><c> people</c><00:20:19.700><c> of</c><00:20:20.039><c> antiquity,</c><00:20:20.880><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:21.319><c> civilization,</c><00:20:22.420><c> of</c><00:20:22.599><c> some</c><00:20:22.880><c> consequence.</c>

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Hence<00:20:24.380><c> they're,</c><00:20:25.339><c> if</c><00:20:25.599><c> possible,</c><00:20:26.180><c> made</c><00:20:26.400><c> to</c><00:20:26.660><c> be</c><00:20:27.000><c> patron</c><00:20:27.460><c> saints</c>

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where<00:20:28.880><c> people</c><00:20:29.200><c> from</c><00:20:29.400><c> that</c><00:20:29.619><c> country</c><00:20:29.859><c> can</c><00:20:30.200><c> pray</c><00:20:30.440><c> to</c><00:20:30.640><c> them</c><00:20:31.119><c> or</c><00:20:31.599><c> ask</c><00:20:31.940><c> them</c><00:20:32.140><c> to</c>

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pray<00:20:32.819><c> for</c><00:20:33.519><c> them</c><00:20:33.720><c> as</c><00:20:33.940><c> I</c><00:20:34.200><c> suppose</c><00:20:34.460><c> the</c><00:20:34.720><c> case</c><00:20:34.920><c> more</c><00:20:35.200><c> accurately</c><00:20:35.640><c> stated.</c>

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Now<00:20:39.119><c> the</c><00:20:39.660><c> last</c><00:20:40.140><c> year</c><00:20:41.119><c> we</c><00:20:41.380><c> had</c><00:20:41.559><c> a</c><00:20:41.779><c> chance</c><00:20:42.059><c> to</c><00:20:42.400><c> visit</c><00:20:43.599><c> Istanbul.</c>

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I<00:20:45.940><c> want</c><00:20:46.099><c> to</c><00:20:46.240><c> show</c><00:20:46.359><c> you</c><00:20:46.519><c> something</c><00:20:46.880><c> which</c><00:20:47.319><c> is</c><00:20:47.960><c> very</c><00:20:48.339><c> similar.</c>

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This<00:20:51.259><c> is</c><00:20:51.559><c> the</c><00:20:51.920><c> large</c><00:20:52.259><c> cathedral</c><00:20:53.099><c> in</c><00:20:54.880><c> Istanbul.</c>

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It's<00:20:56.059><c> called</c><00:20:56.240><c> St.</c><00:20:56.759><c> Sophia.</c>

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It<00:20:57.799><c> was</c><00:20:58.119><c> first</c><00:20:58.440><c> built</c><00:20:58.720><c> by</c><00:20:59.039><c> Constantine</c><00:20:59.579><c> going</c><00:20:59.859><c> back</c><00:21:00.220><c> to</c><00:21:00.519><c> 300</c>

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AD,<00:21:01.660><c> roughly</c><00:21:02.039><c> 300</c><00:21:02.500><c> in</c><00:21:02.640><c> that</c><00:21:02.880><c> area.</c>

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It<00:21:03.819><c> was</c><00:21:04.039><c> destroyed</c><00:21:04.619><c> largely</c><00:21:05.160><c> by</c><00:21:05.400><c> an</c><00:21:05.519><c> earthquake</c><00:21:05.839><c> and</c><00:21:06.079><c> was</c><00:21:06.279><c> rebuilt</c><00:21:06.640><c> by</c>

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Justinian<00:21:08.140><c> quite</c><00:21:09.900><c> a</c><00:21:09.960><c> number</c><00:21:10.200><c> of</c><00:21:10.319><c> years</c><00:21:10.480><c> actually</c><00:21:10.839><c> afterwards</c>

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where<00:21:11.900><c> that</c><00:21:12.400><c> present</c><00:21:12.720><c> building</c><00:21:13.140><c> was</c><00:21:13.380><c> the</c><00:21:13.500><c> building</c><00:21:13.819><c> that</c><00:21:14.220><c> he</c><00:21:14.359><c> built.</c>

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Obviously<00:21:16.140><c> when</c><00:21:17.339><c> the</c><00:21:17.599><c> Arabs</c><00:21:18.039><c> and</c><00:21:18.599><c> Islam</c><00:21:19.160><c> took</c><00:21:19.660><c> over</c><00:21:20.019><c> that</c><00:21:20.319><c> area</c><00:21:20.740><c> of</c>

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Istanbul<00:21:21.619><c> they</c><00:21:22.559><c> took</c><00:21:22.819><c> away</c><00:21:23.059><c> the</c><00:21:23.359><c> cross</c><00:21:23.720><c> which</c><00:21:24.160><c> you</c><00:21:24.359><c> can't</c><00:21:24.640><c> see</c>

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in<00:21:25.000><c> this</c><00:21:25.380><c> photo</c><00:21:25.680><c> but</c><00:21:26.039><c> it's</c><00:21:26.500><c> just</c><00:21:26.960><c> off</c><00:21:27.359><c> to</c><00:21:27.579><c> the</c><00:21:27.880><c> side.</c>

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They<00:21:28.960><c> took</c><00:21:29.119><c> it</c><00:21:29.319><c> off</c><00:21:29.480><c> the</c><00:21:29.700><c> top</c><00:21:29.880><c> and</c><00:21:30.019><c> they</c><00:21:30.200><c> put</c><00:21:30.279><c> it</c><00:21:30.380><c> on</c><00:21:30.579><c> the</c><00:21:30.819><c> side</c>

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and<00:21:32.000><c> then</c><00:21:32.140><c> they</c><00:21:32.299><c> put</c><00:21:32.400><c> up</c><00:21:32.519><c> these</c><00:21:32.799><c> minarets</c><00:21:33.599><c> to</c><00:21:33.880><c> illustrate</c><00:21:34.279><c> that</c><00:21:34.480><c> now</c>

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this<00:21:35.039><c> is</c><00:21:35.279><c> a</c><00:21:35.440><c> place</c><00:21:36.099><c> that</c><00:21:36.660><c> honors</c><00:21:37.140><c> the</c><00:21:37.680><c> God</c><00:21:37.880><c> of</c><00:21:38.079><c> Islam</c><00:21:38.400><c> not</c><00:21:38.740><c> the</c>

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And<00:21:41.039><c> just</c><00:21:41.220><c> on</c><00:21:41.539><c> this</c><00:21:41.880><c> side</c><00:21:42.240><c> of</c><00:21:42.500><c> this</c><00:21:42.740><c> picture</c><00:21:43.019><c> is</c><00:21:43.319><c> a</c><00:21:43.720><c> huge</c><00:21:44.259><c> mosque</c><00:21:44.779><c> called</c><00:21:45.119><c> the</c>

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Blue<00:21:45.579><c> Mosque</c><00:21:46.380><c> which</c><00:21:46.819><c> is</c><00:21:47.079><c> built</c><00:21:47.299><c> almost</c><00:21:47.819><c> identically</c><00:21:48.799><c> in</c><00:21:49.480><c> proportions</c><00:21:50.039><c> but</c>

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is<00:21:50.640><c> somewhat</c><00:21:50.920><c> larger</c><00:21:51.359><c> in</c><00:21:51.680><c> size</c><00:21:52.039><c> to</c><00:21:52.519><c> illustrate</c><00:21:53.000><c> the</c><00:21:53.500><c> predominance</c><00:21:54.140><c> of</c><00:21:54.319><c> Islam</c>

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over<00:21:54.980><c> Christianity.</c>

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And<00:21:56.259><c> there</c><00:21:56.380><c> is</c><00:21:56.579><c> another</c><00:21:56.859><c> huge</c><00:21:57.339><c> mosque</c><00:21:57.680><c> not</c><00:21:57.980><c> far</c><00:21:58.319><c> away.</c>

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The<00:21:59.500><c> whole</c><00:21:59.819><c> area</c><00:22:00.079><c> of</c><00:22:00.259><c> Istanbul</c><00:22:00.700><c> seems</c><00:22:01.099><c> to</c><00:22:01.279><c> be</c><00:22:01.380><c> full</c><00:22:01.619><c> of</c><00:22:01.920><c> mosques</c><00:22:03.279><c> and</c><00:22:03.660><c> yet</c><00:22:03.839><c> I</c>

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don't<00:22:04.119><c> know</c><00:22:04.259><c> whether</c><00:22:04.900><c> people</c><00:22:05.700><c> are</c><00:22:06.059><c> that</c><00:22:06.319><c> religious</c><00:22:06.740><c> but</c><00:22:07.700><c> standing</c><00:22:08.279><c> at</c>

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this<00:22:08.900><c> particular</c><00:22:09.380><c> time</c><00:22:09.660><c> in</c><00:22:09.779><c> front</c><00:22:09.920><c> of</c><00:22:10.039><c> this</c><00:22:10.180><c> building</c><00:22:10.519><c> there</c>

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was<00:22:11.799><c> the</c><00:22:12.099><c> call</c><00:22:12.259><c> to</c><00:22:12.559><c> prayer</c><00:22:12.839><c> and</c><00:22:13.339><c> the</c><00:22:13.579><c> sirens</c><00:22:13.900><c> were</c><00:22:14.339><c> blaring</c><00:22:14.700><c> out</c><00:22:15.500><c> words</c><00:22:15.980><c> which</c><00:22:16.240><c> were</c><00:22:16.720><c> honoring</c><00:22:17.160><c> the</c><00:22:17.680><c> God</c><00:22:17.900><c> of</c><00:22:18.140><c> Islam.</c>

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Now<00:22:20.259><c> what</c><00:22:20.519><c> was</c><00:22:21.480><c> very</c><00:22:22.079><c> interesting</c><00:22:22.539><c> about</c><00:22:22.839><c> this</c><00:22:23.180><c> site</c><00:22:23.420><c> is</c><00:22:23.799><c> that</c>

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close<00:22:24.519><c> to</c><00:22:24.740><c> it</c><00:22:25.559><c> was</c><00:22:26.200><c> a</c><00:22:26.799><c> very</c><00:22:27.220><c> ancient</c><00:22:27.720><c> monument</c><00:22:28.259><c> and</c><00:22:29.680><c> this</c><00:22:29.960><c> is</c><00:22:30.460><c> really</c><00:22:31.240><c> what</c><00:22:31.380><c> I</c>

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was<00:22:31.640><c> leading</c><00:22:31.900><c> to</c><00:22:32.279><c> in</c><00:22:32.519><c> this</c><00:22:32.700><c> remark.</c>

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thousand<00:22:42.240><c> years</c><00:22:42.539><c> ago</c><00:22:42.819><c> the</c><00:22:43.039><c> top</c><00:22:43.259><c> of</c><00:22:43.420><c> it</c><00:22:43.559><c> blew</c><00:22:43.839><c> off.</c>

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It<00:22:45.380><c> was</c><00:22:45.599><c> a</c><00:22:45.880><c> huge</c><00:22:46.119><c> monument.</c><00:22:47.359><c> It</c><00:22:47.500><c> was</c><00:22:47.720><c> built</c><00:22:47.940><c> by</c><00:22:48.319><c> Constantine.</c>

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He<00:22:49.799><c> had</c><00:22:50.019><c> this</c><00:22:50.460><c> base</c><00:22:50.920><c> and</c><00:22:51.579><c> on</c><00:22:51.799><c> top</c><00:22:52.039><c> of</c><00:22:52.160><c> it</c><00:22:52.279><c> he</c><00:22:52.339><c> had</c><00:22:52.500><c> a</c><00:22:52.700><c> figure</c><00:22:52.920><c> of</c>

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Apollo<00:22:53.660><c> and</c><00:22:54.259><c> Apollo</c><00:22:54.599><c> was</c><00:22:54.920><c> holding</c><00:22:55.160><c> a</c><00:22:55.599><c> globe</c><00:22:55.940><c> in</c><00:22:56.420><c> his</c><00:22:56.700><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:22:57.660><c> as</c><00:22:58.940><c> tradition</c><00:22:59.400><c> says</c><00:22:59.900><c> his</c><00:23:00.460><c> mother</c><00:23:00.940><c> in</c><00:23:01.299><c> searching</c><00:23:01.559><c> around</c>

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the<00:23:02.200><c> ruins</c><00:23:02.400><c> in</c><00:23:02.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:02.960><c> found</c><00:23:03.460><c> the</c><00:23:03.819><c> cross</c><00:23:04.119><c> of</c><00:23:04.339><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:05.220><c> took</c>

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a<00:23:05.940><c> splinter</c><00:23:06.160><c> from</c><00:23:06.420><c> the</c><00:23:06.660><c> cross</c><00:23:06.960><c> and</c><00:23:07.440><c> put</c><00:23:07.619><c> it</c><00:23:07.819><c> in</c><00:23:07.900><c> the</c><00:23:08.160><c> Orup.</c>

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Now<00:23:10.339><c> just</c><00:23:10.500><c> like</c><00:23:10.700><c> we</c><00:23:10.859><c> have</c><00:23:10.980><c> to</c><00:23:11.119><c> figure</c><00:23:11.299><c> things</c><00:23:11.559><c> out</c><00:23:11.960><c> I</c><00:23:12.619><c> guess</c><00:23:12.839><c> the</c><00:23:13.059><c> Greeks</c><00:23:13.200><c> had</c><00:23:13.400><c> to</c>

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figure<00:23:13.700><c> out</c><00:23:13.880><c> what</c><00:23:14.099><c> was</c><00:23:14.359><c> Constantine</c><00:23:14.859><c> ever</c><00:23:15.259><c> trying</c><00:23:15.420><c> to</c><00:23:15.700><c> illustrate.</c>

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Here<00:23:17.400><c> he</c><00:23:17.619><c> is</c><00:23:18.200><c> a</c><00:23:18.740><c> Christian</c><00:23:19.539><c> ruler</c><00:23:20.240><c> and</c><00:23:21.839><c> he's</c><00:23:23.980><c> trying</c><00:23:24.220><c> to</c><00:23:24.619><c> demonstrate</c><00:23:25.079><c> himself</c><00:23:25.839><c> to</c><00:23:26.460><c> the</c><00:23:26.680><c> world</c><00:23:27.279><c> by</c>

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:32.420
a<00:23:28.740><c> monument</c><00:23:29.119><c> of</c><00:23:29.559><c> Apollo</c><00:23:30.099><c> with</c><00:23:30.720><c> an</c><00:23:31.019><c> orb</c><00:23:31.279><c> which</c><00:23:31.619><c> has</c><00:23:31.880><c> a</c><00:23:32.099><c> piece</c><00:23:32.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:32.700><c> cross</c><00:23:32.900><c> in</c><00:23:33.039><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:23:34.599><c> how</c><00:23:34.980><c> much</c><00:23:35.359><c> Constantine</c><00:23:36.059><c> was</c><00:23:36.400><c> a</c><00:23:36.619><c> Christian.</c><00:23:37.500><c> It</c><00:23:37.740><c> illustrates</c><00:23:38.200><c> his</c>

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object<00:23:38.960><c> was</c><00:23:39.319><c> to</c><00:23:39.599><c> unite</c><00:23:40.019><c> the</c><00:23:40.359><c> people.</c>

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If<00:23:41.460><c> the</c><00:23:41.660><c> majority</c><00:23:42.059><c> of</c><00:23:42.319><c> Christians</c><00:23:42.599><c> would</c><00:23:42.839><c> support</c><00:23:43.220><c> him</c><00:23:43.500><c> and</c>

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he<00:23:43.819><c> could</c><00:23:44.559><c> win</c><00:23:45.119><c> the</c><00:23:46.299><c> war</c><00:23:46.539><c> that</c><00:23:46.700><c> he</c><00:23:46.839><c> did</c><00:23:47.079><c> win</c><00:23:47.380><c> on</c><00:23:47.700><c> that</c><00:23:47.900><c> basis</c><00:23:48.299><c> then</c><00:23:48.960><c> that</c><00:23:49.519><c> was</c><00:23:49.740><c> his</c><00:23:49.980><c> obligation</c><00:23:50.460><c> to</c><00:23:50.720><c> Christianity.</c>

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And<00:23:51.359><c> he</c><00:23:51.400><c> was</c><00:23:51.720><c> obviously</c><00:23:52.099><c> a</c><00:23:52.259><c> very</c><00:23:52.539><c> influential,</c><00:23:53.180><c> a</c><00:23:53.319><c> very</c><00:23:53.619><c> wealthy</c><00:23:53.900><c> person</c><00:23:54.380><c> who</c><00:23:54.799><c> was</c><00:23:55.000><c> able</c><00:23:55.140><c> to</c><00:23:55.460><c> accommodate</c><00:23:55.779><c> the</c><00:23:55.980><c> requests</c><00:23:56.380><c> of</c><00:23:56.640><c> a</c>

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:59.380
lot<00:23:56.960><c> of</c><00:23:57.400><c> the</c><00:23:57.519><c> bishops</c><00:23:57.740><c> at</c><00:23:57.940><c> that</c><00:23:58.180><c> time</c><00:23:58.400><c> who</c><00:23:58.539><c> were</c><00:23:58.700><c> looking</c><00:23:58.960><c> for</c>

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that<00:23:59.759><c> kind</c><00:23:59.980><c> of</c><00:24:00.140><c> help.</c>

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And<00:24:01.359><c> everybody</c><00:24:01.660><c> seemed</c><00:24:01.960><c> to</c><00:24:02.220><c> pat</c><00:24:02.319><c> everybody</c><00:24:02.700><c> on</c><00:24:02.880><c> the</c><00:24:03.079><c> back.</c><00:24:03.619><c> It</c>

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:08.900
was<00:24:04.019><c> quite</c><00:24:04.440><c> a</c><00:24:04.720><c> good</c><00:24:04.940><c> arrangement</c><00:24:05.640><c> but</c><00:24:06.579><c> totally</c><00:24:07.680><c> foreign</c><00:24:08.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:09.039><c> scriptures.</c>

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The<00:24:11.519><c> mixture</c><00:24:12.019><c> of</c><00:24:12.819><c> the</c><00:24:13.059><c> worship</c><00:24:13.420><c> of</c><00:24:13.700><c> the</c><00:24:13.980><c> peoples</c><00:24:14.220><c> of</c><00:24:14.440><c> the</c><00:24:14.640><c> world</c><00:24:15.000><c> is</c>

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:19.359
the<00:24:15.839><c> way</c><00:24:15.960><c> the</c><00:24:16.180><c> Roman</c><00:24:16.460><c> Catholic</c><00:24:16.819><c> Church</c><00:24:17.180><c> approaches</c><00:24:17.920><c> religion.</c>

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Totally<00:24:20.279><c> foreign</c><00:24:20.599><c> to</c><00:24:20.799><c> us</c><00:24:21.019><c> brothers</c><00:24:21.240><c> and</c><00:24:21.480><c> sisters</c><00:24:21.779><c> but</c><00:24:22.359><c> that's</c>

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:25.460
them,<00:24:23.400><c> that's</c><00:24:23.839><c> their</c><00:24:24.099><c> identification,</c><00:24:24.599><c> that's</c><00:24:25.059><c> the</c><00:24:25.220><c> way</c>

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they<00:24:25.680><c> operate.</c>

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So<00:24:26.759><c> when</c><00:24:26.859><c> we</c><00:24:27.099><c> see</c><00:24:27.279><c> the</c><00:24:27.559><c> kinds</c><00:24:27.720><c> of</c><00:24:27.960><c> things</c><00:24:28.099><c> that</c><00:24:28.279><c> we're</c><00:24:28.480><c> going</c>

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.680
to<00:24:28.720><c> look</c><00:24:28.900><c> at</c><00:24:29.579><c> this</c><00:24:30.279><c> is</c><00:24:30.740><c> the</c><00:24:30.960><c> root</c><00:24:31.079><c> of</c><00:24:31.259><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:24:32.480><c> how</c><00:24:32.779><c> Constantine</c><00:24:33.460><c> approached</c><00:24:33.920><c> it</c><00:24:34.299><c> and</c><00:24:34.640><c> they</c><00:24:34.900><c> saw</c><00:24:35.039><c> it</c>

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successful<00:24:35.740><c> and</c><00:24:35.980><c> they've</c><00:24:36.319><c> not</c><00:24:36.619><c> changed</c><00:24:37.099><c> the</c><00:24:37.619><c> policy</c><00:24:37.980><c> that</c><00:24:38.200><c> they've</c><00:24:38.480><c> had</c><00:24:38.980><c> on</c>

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how<00:24:39.740><c> to</c><00:24:39.920><c> deal</c><00:24:40.019><c> with</c><00:24:40.200><c> it.</c>

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Just<00:24:42.259><c> look</c><00:24:42.440><c> at</c><00:24:42.619><c> this.</c><00:24:45.960><c> In</c><00:24:46.119><c> the</c><00:24:46.559><c> homily</c><00:24:47.140><c> that</c><00:24:48.299><c> the</c><00:24:49.720><c> homily</c><00:24:50.279><c> is</c><00:24:50.420><c> just</c><00:24:50.720><c> a</c>

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:56.740
word<00:24:51.619><c> that</c><00:24:52.079><c> the</c><00:24:53.460><c> Roman</c><00:24:53.640><c> Catholics</c><00:24:54.019><c> use</c><00:24:54.339><c> for</c><00:24:55.339><c> a</c><00:24:56.259><c> presentation,</c>

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a<00:24:57.440><c> speech.</c>

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This<00:25:01.519><c> was</c><00:25:01.779><c> the</c><00:25:02.099><c> homily</c><00:25:02.539><c> that</c><00:25:02.740><c> was</c><00:25:03.079><c> given</c><00:25:03.460><c> at</c><00:25:04.380><c> the</c><00:25:04.640><c> inauguration</c><00:25:05.940><c> of</c><00:25:06.200><c> Pope</c><00:25:06.940><c> John</c><00:25:07.500><c> Paul</c><00:25:07.779><c> II</c>

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:13.279
in<00:25:08.599><c> St.</c><00:25:08.920><c> Peter's</c><00:25:09.339><c> Square,</c><00:25:09.519><c> Rome,</c><00:25:10.019><c> Sunday,</c><00:25:10.380><c> October</c><00:25:10.759><c> 22,</c><00:25:11.779><c> 1978.</c>

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:16.759
Now<00:25:15.059><c> in</c><00:25:15.180><c> the</c><00:25:15.299><c> light</c><00:25:15.400><c> of</c><00:25:15.539><c> what</c><00:25:15.700><c> we've</c><00:25:15.859><c> been</c><00:25:16.099><c> talking</c><00:25:16.339><c> about,</c>

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just<00:25:17.380><c> note</c><00:25:17.619><c> this.</c>

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Yes,<00:25:19.240><c> he</c><00:25:19.480><c> says,</c><00:25:19.940><c> brothers</c><00:25:20.039><c> and</c><00:25:20.319><c> sisters,</c><00:25:21.319><c> Rome</c><00:25:21.799><c> is</c><00:25:22.740><c> the</c><00:25:22.980><c> seat</c>

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of<00:25:23.240><c> Peter</c><00:25:23.559><c> and</c><00:25:24.240><c> on</c><00:25:24.579><c> this</c><00:25:24.920><c> seat</c><00:25:25.240><c> new</c><00:25:25.720><c> bishops</c><00:25:26.099><c> of</c><00:25:26.380><c> Rome</c><00:25:26.619><c> continue</c><00:25:27.319><c> to</c><00:25:27.619><c> succeed</c><00:25:28.059><c> him.</c>

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:32.259
Today<00:25:29.539><c> a</c><00:25:29.720><c> new</c><00:25:29.980><c> bishop</c><00:25:30.519><c> mounts</c><00:25:31.000><c> the</c><00:25:31.259><c> seat</c><00:25:31.380><c> of</c><00:25:31.539><c> Peter</c><00:25:31.799><c> in</c><00:25:32.019><c> Rome,</c>

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a<00:25:32.599><c> bishop</c><00:25:32.839><c> who</c><00:25:33.039><c> is</c><00:25:33.299><c> filled</c><00:25:33.559><c> with</c><00:25:34.140><c> trepidation,</c><00:25:35.380><c> aware</c><00:25:35.720><c> of</c><00:25:35.900><c> his</c><00:25:36.140><c> unworthiness,</c>

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who<00:25:37.259><c> would</c><00:25:37.519><c> not</c><00:25:37.839><c> tremble</c><00:25:38.180><c> at</c><00:25:38.380><c> the</c><00:25:38.599><c> magnitude</c><00:25:38.940><c> of</c><00:25:39.140><c> this</c><00:25:39.400><c> task</c>

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:42.740
and<00:25:40.180><c> at</c><00:25:40.299><c> the</c><00:25:40.579><c> universal</c><00:25:40.880><c> mission</c><00:25:41.200><c> of</c><00:25:41.400><c> this</c><00:25:41.640><c> seat</c><00:25:41.759><c> of</c><00:25:41.980><c> Rome.</c>

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:48.319
Today<00:25:43.720><c> a</c><00:25:43.940><c> bishop</c><00:25:44.319><c> who</c><00:25:44.539><c> is</c><00:25:44.839><c> not</c><00:25:45.180><c> a</c><00:25:45.440><c> Roman</c><00:25:46.480><c> mounts</c><00:25:47.480><c> the</c><00:25:47.859><c> seat</c><00:25:47.980><c> of</c>

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.980
Peter,<00:25:49.079><c> a</c><00:25:49.240><c> bishop</c><00:25:49.539><c> who</c><00:25:49.700><c> is</c><00:25:49.920><c> the</c><00:25:50.099><c> son</c><00:25:50.180><c> of</c><00:25:50.500><c> Poland,</c><00:25:51.640><c> but</c><00:25:51.880><c> from</c><00:25:52.180><c> this</c><00:25:52.480><c> moment</c><00:25:52.779><c> he</c>

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also<00:25:53.380><c> becomes</c><00:25:53.799><c> a</c><00:25:54.039><c> Roman.</c>

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Yes,<00:25:54.799><c> a</c><00:25:54.940><c> Roman</c><00:25:55.220><c> because</c><00:25:55.740><c> he</c><00:25:56.119><c> is</c><00:25:56.519><c> a</c><00:25:56.859><c> son</c><00:25:57.039><c> of</c><00:25:57.259><c> a</c><00:25:57.380><c> nation</c><00:25:57.680><c> whose</c><00:25:57.920><c> history</c><00:25:58.319><c> from</c><00:25:58.599><c> her</c><00:25:58.799><c> earliest</c><00:25:59.059><c> part</c><00:25:59.619><c> and</c><00:25:59.980><c> her</c><00:26:00.200><c> thousand</c><00:26:00.660><c> year</c><00:26:00.940><c> old</c><00:26:01.119><c> traditions</c><00:26:01.559><c> are</c><00:26:01.819><c> marked</c><00:26:02.079><c> by</c>

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:04.940
an<00:26:02.660><c> ardent</c><00:26:03.119><c> tie</c><00:26:03.500><c> with</c><00:26:04.039><c> this</c><00:26:04.339><c> seat</c><00:26:04.460><c> of</c><00:26:04.640><c> Peter.</c>

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A<00:26:05.819><c> strong</c><00:26:06.380><c> unbroken</c><00:26:07.220><c> tie</c><00:26:07.579><c> which</c><00:26:07.799><c> is</c><00:26:08.059><c> deeply</c><00:26:08.420><c> anchored</c><00:26:08.779><c> in</c><00:26:08.960><c> the</c>

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emotions<00:26:09.680><c> and</c><00:26:10.299><c> the</c><00:26:10.539><c> life</c><00:26:10.700><c> of</c><00:26:10.920><c> a</c><00:26:11.019><c> nation</c><00:26:11.299><c> which</c><00:26:11.680><c> always</c><00:26:12.420><c> remained</c><00:26:12.859><c> faithful</c><00:26:13.299><c> to</c><00:26:13.640><c> the</c>

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seat<00:26:14.339><c> of</c><00:26:15.380><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:26:17.059><c> I</c><00:26:17.259><c> thought</c><00:26:17.380><c> that's</c><00:26:17.819><c> incredible.</c><00:26:19.160><c> From</c><00:26:19.380><c> our</c><00:26:19.660><c> point</c><00:26:19.859><c> of</c><00:26:20.000><c> view,</c><00:26:20.500><c> from</c><00:26:20.599><c> what</c><00:26:20.759><c> we're</c><00:26:21.019><c> looking</c><00:26:21.299><c> for,</c><00:26:21.619><c> how</c><00:26:21.779><c> we're</c><00:26:21.960><c> trying</c><00:26:22.160><c> to</c>

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identify<00:26:22.819><c> who</c><00:26:23.019><c> this</c><00:26:23.259><c> power</c><00:26:23.559><c> is,</c>

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because<00:26:24.440><c> here's</c><00:26:24.980><c> this</c><00:26:25.279><c> man</c><00:26:25.960><c> ascending</c><00:26:26.720><c> this</c><00:26:27.220><c> seat</c><00:26:27.500><c> who</c><00:26:28.039><c> isn't</c>

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:32.200
obviously<00:26:28.940><c> a</c><00:26:29.180><c> Roman.</c><00:26:29.599><c> He's</c><00:26:30.160><c> a</c><00:26:30.200><c> son</c><00:26:30.420><c> of</c><00:26:30.720><c> Poland,</c><00:26:31.420><c> but</c><00:26:31.720><c> he</c><00:26:31.920><c> wants</c>

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:34.119
to<00:26:32.440><c> be</c><00:26:32.680><c> known</c><00:26:32.900><c> as</c><00:26:33.119><c> a</c><00:26:33.299><c> Roman.</c>

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Well,<00:26:36.740><c> I</c><00:26:36.940><c> don't</c><00:26:37.119><c> know</c><00:26:37.220><c> why</c><00:26:37.380><c> he</c><00:26:37.519><c> wanted</c><00:26:37.700><c> to</c><00:26:37.859><c> be</c><00:26:37.980><c> a</c><00:26:38.059><c> Roman</c><00:26:38.200><c> anymore</c><00:26:38.880><c> than</c>

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to<00:26:39.640><c> tell</c><00:26:39.779><c> us</c><00:26:40.339><c> the</c><00:26:41.019><c> link</c><00:26:41.259><c> between</c><00:26:41.700><c> the</c><00:26:41.960><c> people</c><00:26:42.200><c> on</c><00:26:42.400><c> that</c><00:26:42.819><c> seat</c>

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and<00:26:44.359><c> this</c><00:26:45.160><c> Roman</c><00:26:45.660><c> link</c><00:26:46.000><c> which</c><00:26:46.240><c> we</c><00:26:46.579><c> see</c><00:26:46.740><c> essential</c><00:26:47.420><c> by</c><00:26:47.920><c> Daniel</c>

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chapter<00:26:48.779><c> 2</c><00:26:49.539><c> and</c><00:26:49.980><c> by</c><00:26:50.220><c> Daniel</c><00:26:50.660><c> in</c><00:26:51.099><c> other</c><00:26:51.400><c> of</c><00:26:51.660><c> the</c><00:26:52.240><c> prophecies</c>

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:56.480
which<00:26:52.920><c> relate</c><00:26:53.279><c> the</c><00:26:53.579><c> same</c><00:26:53.839><c> story</c><00:26:54.359><c> of</c><00:26:54.920><c> who</c><00:26:55.160><c> this</c><00:26:55.420><c> person</c><00:26:55.720><c> is</c><00:26:56.140><c> and</c>

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.119
how<00:26:56.680><c> he</c><00:26:56.839><c> will</c><00:26:57.099><c> speak</c><00:26:57.460><c> great</c><00:26:57.799><c> words</c><00:26:58.059><c> against</c><00:26:58.359><c> the</c><00:26:58.599><c> Most</c><00:26:58.880><c> High,</c>

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:02.240
how<00:26:59.500><c> he</c><00:26:59.680><c> will</c><00:26:59.960><c> oppose</c><00:27:00.299><c> him</c><00:27:00.480><c> to</c><00:27:00.660><c> the</c><00:27:00.839><c> very</c><00:27:01.220><c> end</c><00:27:01.759><c> of</c><00:27:01.980><c> the</c><00:27:02.079><c> coming</c>

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of<00:27:02.460><c> the</c><00:27:02.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:02.660><c> Jesus</c><00:27:03.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:08.319
And<00:27:04.180><c> here</c><00:27:04.319><c> we</c><00:27:04.579><c> see</c><00:27:04.839><c> in</c><00:27:05.339><c> our</c><00:27:05.660><c> day</c><00:27:05.900><c> and</c><00:27:06.140><c> our</c><00:27:06.440><c> age</c><00:27:06.859><c> someone</c><00:27:07.700><c> still</c>

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:12.220
wants<00:27:08.640><c> to</c><00:27:08.880><c> identify</c><00:27:09.259><c> himself</c><00:27:09.759><c> as</c><00:27:10.319><c> a</c><00:27:10.559><c> Roman,</c><00:27:11.339><c> essential</c><00:27:11.819><c> to</c><00:27:12.039><c> be</c>

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:17.339
a<00:27:12.299><c> Roman</c><00:27:12.539><c> even</c><00:27:12.819><c> though</c><00:27:13.640><c> he</c><00:27:14.279><c> is</c><00:27:14.440><c> not</c><00:27:14.799><c> a</c><00:27:15.160><c> Roman,</c><00:27:15.460><c> he</c><00:27:15.680><c> is</c><00:27:16.000><c> a</c><00:27:16.180><c> son</c><00:27:16.279><c> of</c><00:27:16.519><c> Poland.</c>

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:23.500
So<00:27:18.000><c> I</c><00:27:18.539><c> think</c><00:27:18.819><c> these</c><00:27:19.180><c> details</c><00:27:19.740><c> make</c><00:27:20.180><c> the</c><00:27:20.440><c> picture</c><00:27:20.799><c> very</c><00:27:21.480><c> complete</c><00:27:22.039><c> for</c><00:27:22.299><c> us.</c>

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:28.380
But<00:27:25.279><c> here's</c><00:27:25.740><c> one,</c><00:27:26.279><c> the</c><00:27:26.420><c> likes</c><00:27:26.599><c> of</c><00:27:26.779><c> which</c><00:27:27.140><c> I'd</c><00:27:27.700><c> never</c><00:27:27.940><c> expected</c>

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to<00:27:28.660><c> find.</c>

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Which<00:27:34.019><c> the</c><00:27:34.759><c> Roman</c><00:27:35.019><c> Catholic</c><00:27:35.380><c> Church</c><00:27:35.759><c> and</c><00:27:35.880><c> their</c><00:27:36.099><c> explanation</c>

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.480
helps<00:27:36.920><c> us</c><00:27:37.220><c> with</c><00:27:37.779><c> considerably.</c>

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1<00:27:39.599><c> Peter</c><00:27:39.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:40.500><c> 5,</c><00:27:42.240><c> verse</c><00:27:42.299><c> 13.</c>

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In<00:27:46.700><c> the</c><00:27:46.980><c> sonation</c><00:27:47.460><c> of</c><00:27:47.720><c> the</c><00:27:47.900><c> epistle,</c><00:27:49.299><c> the</c><00:27:49.400><c> apostle</c><00:27:49.720><c> Peter</c><00:27:50.039><c> says,</c>

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:57.440
The<00:27:52.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:52.740><c> that</c><00:27:53.079><c> is</c><00:27:53.359><c> at</c><00:27:53.759><c> Babylon,</c><00:27:55.059><c> elected</c><00:27:55.339><c> together</c><00:27:55.839><c> with</c><00:27:56.099><c> you,</c><00:27:56.559><c> saluteth</c><00:27:56.859><c> you,</c><00:27:57.380><c> so</c>

00:27:57.440 --> 00:28:00.720
doth<00:27:57.579><c> Marcus</c><00:27:58.019><c> my</c><00:27:58.240><c> son,</c><00:27:59.259><c> greet</c><00:27:59.440><c> you</c><00:27:59.660><c> one</c><00:27:59.819><c> another</c><00:28:00.099><c> with</c><00:28:00.359><c> a</c><00:28:00.539><c> kiss</c>

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of<00:28:00.980><c> charity,</c><00:28:01.859><c> peace</c><00:28:02.059><c> be</c><00:28:02.259><c> with</c><00:28:02.380><c> you</c><00:28:02.640><c> all</c><00:28:02.839><c> that</c><00:28:02.980><c> are</c><00:28:03.140><c> in</c><00:28:03.299><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus,<00:28:03.980><c> amen.</c>

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And<00:28:06.140><c> we're</c><00:28:06.440><c> left</c><00:28:06.599><c> to</c><00:28:06.799><c> decide,</c><00:28:09.380><c> what</c><00:28:09.460><c> is</c><00:28:09.700><c> this</c><00:28:09.960><c> Babylon?</c>

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.839
Was<00:28:11.619><c> it</c><00:28:11.859><c> really</c><00:28:12.099><c> the</c><00:28:12.380><c> city,</c><00:28:12.759><c> the</c><00:28:13.000><c> ancient</c><00:28:13.420><c> city</c><00:28:13.759><c> of</c><00:28:14.079><c> Babylon</c><00:28:14.480><c> or</c><00:28:15.220><c> was</c><00:28:15.460><c> it</c><00:28:15.640><c> a</c>

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code<00:28:16.119><c> word?</c>

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.759
Was<00:28:17.740><c> it</c><00:28:17.900><c> a</c><00:28:18.019><c> word</c><00:28:18.380><c> that</c><00:28:18.660><c> meant</c><00:28:18.880><c> Rome?</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:26.079
And<00:28:20.839><c> you</c><00:28:20.980><c> sort</c><00:28:21.119><c> of</c><00:28:21.279><c> wonder</c><00:28:21.440><c> about</c><00:28:21.680><c> that,</c><00:28:21.980><c> but</c><00:28:22.160><c> it's</c><00:28:22.380><c> really</c><00:28:22.579><c> quite</c><00:28:22.859><c> significant</c><00:28:23.440><c> because</c><00:28:24.880><c> the</c><00:28:25.440><c> Catholics</c><00:28:25.619><c> have</c><00:28:25.880><c> no</c>

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:29.119
way<00:28:26.279><c> of</c><00:28:26.559><c> showing</c><00:28:26.799><c> that</c><00:28:27.119><c> Peter</c><00:28:27.400><c> ever</c><00:28:27.819><c> went</c><00:28:28.059><c> to</c><00:28:28.299><c> Rome.</c>

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:33.140
If<00:28:29.839><c> they</c><00:28:30.200><c> think</c><00:28:30.380><c> that</c><00:28:30.599><c> he</c><00:28:30.700><c> really</c><00:28:31.099><c> was</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.660><c> first</c><00:28:32.079><c> bishop,</c><00:28:32.740><c> the</c><00:28:32.779><c> seat</c><00:28:32.920><c> of</c>

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:35.339
Peter,<00:28:33.440><c> the</c><00:28:33.559><c> seat</c><00:28:33.759><c> of</c><00:28:33.980><c> Rome,</c><00:28:34.279><c> same</c><00:28:34.460><c> thing,</c>

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:39.900
then<00:28:35.980><c> they</c><00:28:36.200><c> have</c><00:28:36.400><c> to</c><00:28:36.680><c> show</c><00:28:37.019><c> somewhere</c><00:28:37.779><c> that</c><00:28:38.160><c> Peter</c><00:28:38.539><c> was</c><00:28:39.119><c> in</c><00:28:39.500><c> Rome.</c>

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:43.900
They<00:28:40.559><c> go</c><00:28:40.740><c> to</c><00:28:40.900><c> that</c><00:28:41.079><c> verse,</c><00:28:41.839><c> 1</c><00:28:42.039><c> Peter</c><00:28:42.240><c> 5,</c><00:28:42.599><c> verse</c><00:28:42.819><c> 13.</c>

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.960
Now<00:28:44.299><c> look</c><00:28:44.460><c> at</c><00:28:44.640><c> the</c><00:28:44.779><c> way</c><00:28:44.880><c> it</c><00:28:45.099><c> comes</c><00:28:45.319><c> out</c><00:28:45.460><c> of</c><00:28:45.539><c> their</c><00:28:45.660><c> literature.</c>

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:49.599
This<00:28:46.299><c> came</c><00:28:46.519><c> out</c><00:28:46.779><c> of</c><00:28:47.380><c> a</c><00:28:47.559><c> Roman</c><00:28:47.900><c> Catholic</c><00:28:48.400><c> dictionary.</c>

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:56.039
I've<00:28:53.079><c> just</c><00:28:53.380><c> entitled</c><00:28:53.720><c> it,</c><00:28:54.039><c> is</c><00:28:54.220><c> Rome</c><00:28:54.660><c> rightly</c><00:28:55.099><c> called</c><00:28:55.480><c> Babylon?</c>

00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:02.519
They<00:28:57.359><c> say,</c><00:28:58.940><c> St.</c><00:28:59.099><c> Peter's</c><00:28:59.480><c> connection</c><00:28:59.900><c> with</c><00:29:00.119><c> the</c><00:29:00.220><c> Roman</c><00:29:00.539><c> Church</c><00:29:01.019><c> as</c><00:29:01.339><c> its</c><00:29:01.619><c> founder</c><00:29:02.000><c> is</c>

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:06.299
proved<00:29:03.160><c> by</c><00:29:04.019><c> historical</c><00:29:04.599><c> evidence</c><00:29:05.019><c> which</c><00:29:05.359><c> cannot</c><00:29:05.799><c> be</c><00:29:06.079><c> set</c>

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aside,<00:29:06.700><c> typical</c><00:29:07.240><c> Roman</c><00:29:07.740><c> Catholic</c><00:29:08.140><c> language,</c>

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except<00:29:09.720><c> by</c><00:29:10.119><c> extreme</c><00:29:10.519><c> skepticism</c><00:29:11.539><c> which</c><00:29:11.960><c> would</c><00:29:12.319><c> serve</c><00:29:12.539><c> equally</c><00:29:12.900><c> to</c><00:29:13.259><c> undermine</c><00:29:13.720><c> the</c>

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:16.180
historical<00:29:14.500><c> character</c><00:29:14.859><c> of</c><00:29:15.039><c> the</c><00:29:15.099><c> New</c><00:29:15.279><c> Testament.</c>

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:20.079
The<00:29:16.779><c> New</c><00:29:17.039><c> Testament</c><00:29:17.380><c> itself</c><00:29:17.839><c> is</c><00:29:18.319><c> silent</c><00:29:18.799><c> about</c><00:29:19.240><c> St.</c><00:29:19.559><c> Peter's</c>

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presence<00:29:20.339><c> at</c><00:29:20.599><c> Rome,</c>

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:24.099
and<00:29:21.140><c> except</c><00:29:21.180><c> that,</c><00:29:22.079><c> St.</c><00:29:22.319><c> Peter</c><00:29:22.500><c> in</c><00:29:22.619><c> his</c><00:29:22.880><c> first</c><00:29:23.259><c> epistle</c><00:29:23.720><c> sends</c>

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:27.859
greetings<00:29:24.660><c> from</c><00:29:25.240><c> the</c><00:29:25.420><c> church</c><00:29:25.680><c> in</c><00:29:25.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:29:26.599><c> 1</c><00:29:26.759><c> Peter</c><00:29:27.000><c> 5,</c><00:29:27.380><c> verse</c><00:29:27.859><c> 13,</c>

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:31.839
which<00:29:28.160><c> all</c><00:29:28.759><c> ancient</c><00:29:29.359><c> writers,</c><00:29:30.259><c> with</c><00:29:30.380><c> so</c><00:29:30.579><c> far</c><00:29:30.799><c> as</c><00:29:30.960><c> we</c><00:29:31.039><c> know</c><00:29:31.220><c> only</c><00:29:31.559><c> one</c>

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:37.700
late<00:29:32.160><c> and</c><00:29:32.380><c> insignificant</c><00:29:33.200><c> exception,</c><00:29:34.420><c> that</c><00:29:34.559><c> of</c><00:29:34.920><c> that</c><00:29:35.259><c> person,</c><00:29:37.099><c> understand</c><00:29:37.539><c> to</c>

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mean<00:29:37.799><c> Rome.</c>

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So<00:29:41.079><c> the</c><00:29:41.220><c> Roman</c><00:29:41.420><c> Catholic</c><00:29:41.799><c> Church</c><00:29:42.059><c> says</c><00:29:42.339><c> we</c><00:29:42.619><c> know</c><00:29:43.019><c> that</c><00:29:43.420><c> Babylon</c><00:29:43.779><c> is</c><00:29:44.019><c> a</c>

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.339
code<00:29:44.480><c> word</c><00:29:44.720><c> for</c><00:29:45.039><c> Rome</c>

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:49.740
because<00:29:45.900><c> when</c><00:29:46.299><c> it's</c><00:29:46.619><c> used</c><00:29:46.859><c> in</c><00:29:47.380><c> 1</c><00:29:47.640><c> Peter,</c><00:29:48.839><c> everyone</c><00:29:48.839><c> knew</c><00:29:49.319><c> and</c>

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.880
understood<00:29:50.259><c> it</c><00:29:50.640><c> meant</c><00:29:50.920><c> Rome.</c>

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Well<00:29:54.660><c> that's</c><00:29:55.039><c> pretty</c><00:29:55.559><c> strong</c><00:29:56.220><c> proof,</c><00:29:56.779><c> I</c><00:29:57.039><c> think,</c><00:29:57.640><c> of</c><00:29:57.839><c> the</c><00:29:58.119><c> association</c><00:29:58.720><c> with</c>

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.059
Rome<00:29:59.400><c> and</c><00:29:59.720><c> Babylon,</c>

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because<00:30:00.500><c> first</c><00:30:00.799><c> of</c><00:30:00.980><c> all,</c><00:30:01.460><c> it's</c><00:30:01.599><c> the</c><00:30:01.759><c> Roman</c><00:30:01.980><c> Catholics</c><00:30:02.359><c> view</c><00:30:02.619><c> themselves,</c>

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.980
and<00:30:04.880><c> they're</c><00:30:05.059><c> saying</c><00:30:05.299><c> that</c><00:30:05.480><c> it</c><00:30:05.539><c> was</c><00:30:05.779><c> a</c><00:30:05.980><c> code</c><00:30:06.220><c> word,</c><00:30:06.599><c> Babylon,</c>

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.279
which<00:30:07.400><c> meant</c><00:30:07.720><c> the</c><00:30:08.039><c> city</c><00:30:08.240><c> of</c><00:30:08.480><c> Rome.</c>

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:12.839
I<00:30:10.079><c> don't</c><00:30:10.319><c> know</c><00:30:10.539><c> that</c><00:30:10.779><c> history</c><00:30:11.220><c> really</c><00:30:11.619><c> does</c><00:30:11.900><c> decide</c><00:30:12.319><c> that,</c>

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:17.380
that<00:30:13.500><c> it</c><00:30:13.579><c> was</c><00:30:13.900><c> Rome</c><00:30:14.299><c> or</c><00:30:14.980><c> that</c><00:30:15.079><c> it</c><00:30:15.220><c> was</c><00:30:15.440><c> the</c><00:30:15.640><c> ancient</c><00:30:16.000><c> city</c><00:30:16.279><c> of</c><00:30:16.539><c> Babylon,</c>

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:21.740
but<00:30:18.099><c> if</c><00:30:18.420><c> the</c><00:30:18.619><c> Roman</c><00:30:18.799><c> Catholics</c><00:30:19.380><c> use</c><00:30:20.079><c> that</c><00:30:20.539><c> to</c><00:30:20.960><c> prove</c><00:30:21.319><c> that</c>

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:23.500
Babylon<00:30:22.059><c> means</c><00:30:22.420><c> Rome,</c>

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:27.359
I<00:30:24.319><c> can't</c><00:30:24.680><c> imagine</c><00:30:25.099><c> that</c><00:30:25.299><c> they</c><00:30:25.519><c> don't</c><00:30:25.759><c> see</c><00:30:26.059><c> the</c><00:30:26.460><c> other</c><00:30:26.839><c> side</c><00:30:27.160><c> of</c>

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:29.000
the<00:30:27.519><c> edge</c><00:30:27.680><c> of</c><00:30:27.880><c> the</c><00:30:28.099><c> sword.</c>

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:35.180
Then<00:30:29.819><c> who</c><00:30:30.059><c> is</c><00:30:30.339><c> Babylon</c><00:30:30.859><c> in</c><00:30:31.160><c> Revelation?</c><00:30:32.920><c> But</c><00:30:33.099><c> Rome,</c><00:30:34.720><c> and</c><00:30:34.940><c> all</c>

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.779
that<00:30:35.339><c> Rome</c><00:30:35.559><c> represents.</c>

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.359
That<00:30:38.480><c> is</c><00:30:38.859><c> typical</c><00:30:39.480><c> of</c><00:30:39.799><c> the</c><00:30:40.059><c> kind</c><00:30:40.259><c> of</c><00:30:40.539><c> information</c><00:30:41.000><c> that</c><00:30:41.220><c> you</c>

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:44.000
can<00:30:41.700><c> find</c><00:30:41.960><c> to</c><00:30:42.240><c> help</c><00:30:42.440><c> you</c><00:30:42.740><c> sort</c><00:30:42.859><c> through</c><00:30:43.180><c> this,</c>

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:48.119
that<00:30:44.500><c> something</c><00:30:44.819><c> like</c><00:30:45.059><c> this</c><00:30:45.259><c> would</c><00:30:45.460><c> come</c><00:30:45.680><c> up</c><00:30:45.880><c> to</c><00:30:46.180><c> prove</c><00:30:46.339><c> a</c><00:30:46.660><c> point,</c><00:30:47.599><c> which</c><00:30:47.740><c> is</c>

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:50.200
stronger<00:30:48.440><c> proof</c><00:30:48.759><c> for</c><00:30:48.980><c> this</c><00:30:49.279><c> point</c><00:30:49.440><c> over</c><00:30:49.779><c> here,</c>

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:55.839
that<00:30:50.619><c> in</c><00:30:50.880><c> fact</c><00:30:51.220><c> the</c><00:30:51.940><c> Babylon</c><00:30:52.359><c> that's</c><00:30:52.640><c> being</c><00:30:52.880><c> mentioned</c><00:30:53.880><c> in</c><00:30:54.700><c> code</c><00:30:55.079><c> in</c>

00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:02.440
Revelation<00:30:56.380><c> is</c><00:30:56.880><c> really</c><00:30:57.259><c> speaking</c><00:30:57.579><c> of</c><00:30:57.819><c> this</c><00:30:58.140><c> great</c><00:30:58.579><c> city</c><00:30:59.940><c> of</c><00:31:01.400><c> Rome.</c>

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:10.420
There's<00:31:04.980><c> been</c><00:31:05.400><c> some</c><00:31:05.720><c> dispute,</c><00:31:06.759><c> brothers</c><00:31:06.859><c> and</c><00:31:07.099><c> sisters,</c><00:31:07.519><c> about</c><00:31:09.140><c> this</c>

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:12.339
idea<00:31:10.700><c> of</c><00:31:10.900><c> the</c><00:31:11.119><c> seven</c><00:31:11.319><c> hills.</c>

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:18.640
I<00:31:14.500><c> suppose</c><00:31:14.940><c> that</c><00:31:15.160><c> even</c><00:31:15.460><c> Shelburne,</c><00:31:16.599><c> you</c><00:31:16.880><c> could</c><00:31:17.119><c> say,</c><00:31:18.099><c> was</c><00:31:18.259><c> built</c><00:31:18.380><c> on</c>

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.759
seven<00:31:18.779><c> hills.</c>

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:22.640
I<00:31:20.960><c> mean</c><00:31:20.960><c> you</c><00:31:21.039><c> could</c><00:31:21.220><c> just</c><00:31:21.339><c> look</c><00:31:21.480><c> around</c><00:31:21.720><c> for</c><00:31:21.980><c> seven</c><00:31:22.220><c> knolls</c>

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:25.519
and<00:31:22.799><c> say</c><00:31:22.940><c> there</c><00:31:23.119><c> you</c><00:31:23.359><c> are,</c><00:31:23.559><c> see</c><00:31:23.680><c> there's</c><00:31:23.880><c> one</c><00:31:24.140><c> knoll</c><00:31:24.299><c> over</c><00:31:24.539><c> here.</c>

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:29.160
So<00:31:26.420><c> what</c><00:31:26.599><c> does</c><00:31:26.799><c> it</c><00:31:26.980><c> mean</c><00:31:27.319><c> that</c><00:31:27.759><c> it</c><00:31:27.900><c> was</c><00:31:28.059><c> built</c><00:31:28.240><c> on</c><00:31:28.500><c> seven</c><00:31:28.740><c> hills?</c>

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:32.460
Some<00:31:30.299><c> people</c><00:31:30.619><c> said</c><00:31:30.799><c> it's</c><00:31:31.079><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:31:31.660><c> You</c><00:31:31.740><c> can</c><00:31:31.859><c> go</c><00:31:31.960><c> to</c><00:31:32.119><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:32.380><c> you</c>

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:34.160
can<00:31:32.700><c> find</c><00:31:32.920><c> seven</c><00:31:33.240><c> hills.</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.859
Well<00:31:34.640><c> doesn't</c><00:31:35.099><c> this</c><00:31:35.460><c> have</c><00:31:35.779><c> some</c><00:31:36.059><c> weight?</c>

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:45.180
We<00:31:41.700><c> used</c><00:31:41.960><c> this</c><00:31:42.359><c> travel</c><00:31:42.700><c> guide</c><00:31:42.980><c> going</c><00:31:43.240><c> around</c><00:31:43.599><c> Rome,</c><00:31:44.740><c> Rome</c>

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:49.640
Eyewitness<00:31:45.920><c> Travel</c><00:31:46.279><c> Guide,</c><00:31:46.859><c> Stirling</c><00:31:47.480><c> Kindersley,</c><00:31:48.779><c> 1994.</c>

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:55.079
On<00:31:50.359><c> page</c><00:31:50.819><c> 16</c><00:31:51.779><c> it</c><00:31:53.559><c> identifies</c><00:31:53.980><c> the</c><00:31:54.240><c> seven</c><00:31:54.400><c> hills</c><00:31:54.640><c> of</c><00:31:54.839><c> Rome.</c>

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:59.240
Now<00:31:56.140><c> it</c><00:31:56.359><c> does</c><00:31:56.619><c> that</c><00:31:56.859><c> because</c><00:31:57.180><c> the</c><00:31:57.559><c> seven</c><00:31:57.799><c> hills</c><00:31:58.140><c> of</c><00:31:58.420><c> Rome</c><00:31:58.660><c> are</c>

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:02.720
famous<00:31:59.920><c> for</c><00:32:01.160><c> identifying</c><00:32:01.680><c> the</c><00:32:01.940><c> city.</c>

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:06.259
Whereas<00:32:03.859><c> if</c><00:32:04.160><c> you</c><00:32:04.359><c> could</c><00:32:04.599><c> find</c><00:32:04.900><c> seven</c><00:32:05.259><c> hills</c><00:32:05.559><c> in</c><00:32:05.839><c> Shelburne,</c>

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:08.640
it<00:32:06.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:06.700><c> be</c><00:32:07.079><c> famous</c><00:32:07.480><c> for</c><00:32:07.759><c> identifying</c><00:32:08.200><c> the</c><00:32:08.440><c> city.</c>

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.019
You<00:32:09.059><c> just</c><00:32:09.259><c> happen</c><00:32:09.460><c> to</c><00:32:09.660><c> find</c><00:32:09.819><c> seven</c><00:32:10.119><c> hills.</c>

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:15.359
If<00:32:11.859><c> you</c><00:32:12.079><c> found</c><00:32:12.319><c> seven</c><00:32:12.660><c> hills</c><00:32:12.940><c> in</c><00:32:13.140><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:13.980><c> you</c><00:32:14.240><c> found</c><00:32:14.579><c> seven</c><00:32:14.900><c> hills,</c><00:32:15.160><c> but</c>

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:17.859
it's<00:32:15.619><c> not</c><00:32:15.880><c> the</c><00:32:16.259><c> famous</c><00:32:16.640><c> aspect</c><00:32:17.279><c> of</c><00:32:17.460><c> the</c><00:32:17.619><c> city.</c>

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:21.460
It<00:32:18.039><c> is</c><00:32:18.740><c> a</c><00:32:18.960><c> Rome</c><00:32:19.180><c> so</c><00:32:19.480><c> that</c><00:32:19.619><c> even</c><00:32:19.720><c> in</c><00:32:19.960><c> a</c><00:32:20.119><c> travel</c><00:32:20.299><c> guide</c><00:32:20.700><c> you</c><00:32:21.299><c> have</c>

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:24.819
it<00:32:21.680><c> pointed</c><00:32:21.880><c> out,</c><00:32:22.980><c> seven</c><00:32:23.200><c> hills</c><00:32:23.619><c> in</c><00:32:24.039><c> Rome.</c>

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.380
And<00:32:25.259><c> I</c><00:32:25.380><c> suppose</c><00:32:25.680><c> if</c><00:32:25.819><c> you</c><00:32:25.940><c> went</c><00:32:26.079><c> on</c><00:32:26.299><c> you</c><00:32:26.380><c> could</c><00:32:26.640><c> find</c><00:32:26.779><c> maybe</c><00:32:27.059><c> eight</c><00:32:27.259><c> or</c>

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:29.359
nine<00:32:27.599><c> hills</c><00:32:27.859><c> as</c><00:32:28.059><c> the</c><00:32:28.200><c> city</c><00:32:28.359><c> grew</c><00:32:28.900><c> bigger.</c>

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:33.240
But<00:32:29.859><c> it's</c><00:32:30.319><c> famous</c><00:32:30.920><c> for</c><00:32:31.759><c> seven</c><00:32:32.099><c> hills.</c>

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:36.500
And<00:32:33.559><c> that</c><00:32:33.759><c> seems</c><00:32:34.000><c> to</c><00:32:34.220><c> me</c><00:32:34.299><c> to</c><00:32:34.460><c> be</c><00:32:34.579><c> the</c><00:32:34.779><c> suggestion</c><00:32:35.299><c> of</c><00:32:35.519><c> the</c><00:32:35.700><c> record.</c>

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.420
There's<00:32:37.980><c> seven</c><00:32:38.200><c> hills</c><00:32:38.500><c> on</c><00:32:38.680><c> which</c><00:32:38.859><c> that</c><00:32:39.079><c> city</c><00:32:39.299><c> is</c><00:32:39.559><c> built.</c>

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:45.160
Hence<00:32:41.380><c> it's</c><00:32:41.779><c> not</c><00:32:42.079><c> something</c><00:32:42.420><c> that's</c><00:32:42.920><c> mixed</c><00:32:43.160><c> up</c><00:32:43.400><c> by</c><00:32:44.440><c> so</c><00:32:44.980><c> many</c>

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.779
other<00:32:45.400><c> cities</c><00:32:45.759><c> having</c><00:32:46.240><c> the</c><00:32:46.519><c> same</c><00:32:46.680><c> attributes.</c>

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:50.480
There<00:32:47.920><c> is</c><00:32:48.039><c> only</c><00:32:48.319><c> one</c><00:32:48.539><c> city</c><00:32:48.819><c> that's</c><00:32:49.099><c> famous</c><00:32:49.440><c> for</c><00:32:49.740><c> it.</c>

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.579
That's<00:32:51.539><c> Rome.</c>

00:32:57.640 --> 00:33:00.039
Now<00:32:57.799><c> just</c><00:32:58.000><c> recall</c><00:32:58.319><c> one</c><00:32:58.559><c> thing</c><00:32:58.779><c> that</c><00:32:59.140><c> may</c><00:32:59.359><c> be</c><00:32:59.519><c> of</c><00:32:59.700><c> interest</c><00:32:59.960><c> to</c>

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:02.460
you<00:33:00.200><c> about</c><00:33:00.400><c> this</c><00:33:00.660><c> little</c><00:33:01.140><c> thing</c><00:33:01.279><c> in</c><00:33:01.500><c> Istanbul</c><00:33:01.920><c> I</c><00:33:02.160><c> should</c><00:33:02.339><c> have</c>

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.140
mentioned<00:33:02.700><c> to</c><00:33:02.920><c> you.</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:11.460
If<00:33:06.440><c> you</c><00:33:07.140><c> just</c><00:33:07.460><c> read</c><00:33:07.799><c> the</c><00:33:08.160><c> record</c><00:33:08.480><c> here,</c><00:33:10.539><c> it</c><00:33:10.539><c> says,</c>

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:17.980
Damaged<00:33:11.859><c> by</c><00:33:12.480><c> storm</c><00:33:13.099><c> and</c><00:33:13.599><c> fire,</c><00:33:14.259><c> the</c><00:33:14.319><c> so</c><00:33:14.700><c>-called</c><00:33:15.079><c> Hooped</c><00:33:15.579><c> Column</c><00:33:16.019><c> in</c><00:33:16.359><c> Stanville</c><00:33:17.299><c> bore</c><00:33:17.720><c> a</c>

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:20.539
statue<00:33:18.200><c> of</c><00:33:18.380><c> the</c><00:33:18.539><c> Emperor</c><00:33:18.839><c> Constantine</c><00:33:19.559><c> on</c><00:33:19.740><c> its</c><00:33:20.059><c> top</c><00:33:20.299><c> when</c><00:33:20.420><c> it</c>

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.980
was<00:33:20.720><c> erected</c><00:33:21.099><c> in</c><00:33:21.299><c> AD</c><00:33:21.500><c> 300.</c>

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:26.400
To<00:33:22.299><c> promote</c><00:33:22.700><c> unity</c><00:33:23.240><c> among</c><00:33:23.660><c> a</c><00:33:24.019><c> populace</c><00:33:24.619><c> that</c><00:33:24.900><c> then</c><00:33:25.220><c> subscribed</c><00:33:25.819><c> to</c><00:33:26.099><c> pagan</c>

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.980
beliefs<00:33:26.839><c> as</c><00:33:27.099><c> well</c><00:33:27.279><c> as</c><00:33:27.420><c> Christianity.</c>

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:31.700
The<00:33:28.579><c> effigy</c><00:33:29.420><c> represented</c><00:33:30.000><c> Constantine</c><00:33:30.680><c> as</c><00:33:30.880><c> the</c><00:33:31.059><c> god</c><00:33:31.200><c> Apollo</c>

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:35.700
that<00:33:32.859><c> held</c><00:33:33.279><c> an</c><00:33:33.700><c> orb</c><00:33:33.940><c> containing</c><00:33:34.420><c> the</c><00:33:34.779><c> alleged</c><00:33:35.099><c> fragment</c><00:33:35.519><c> of</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.140
the<00:33:35.920><c> cross.</c>

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.859
Well<00:33:36.319><c> that</c><00:33:36.380><c> came</c><00:33:36.559><c> out</c><00:33:36.740><c> of</c><00:33:37.000><c> time</c><00:33:37.240><c> life</c><00:33:37.619><c> books.</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.019
Okay,<00:33:40.339><c> so</c><00:33:40.539><c> you</c><00:33:40.680><c> could</c><00:33:40.960><c> duplicate</c><00:33:41.700><c> that</c><00:33:42.000><c> evidence</c><00:33:42.240><c> for</c><00:33:42.460><c> yourself</c><00:33:42.799><c> by</c>

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.480
just<00:33:43.220><c> going</c><00:33:43.400><c> there.</c>

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:47.019
They<00:33:45.000><c> figured</c><00:33:45.220><c> the</c><00:33:45.519><c> column</c><00:33:45.640><c> was</c><00:33:45.880><c> going</c><00:33:45.960><c> to</c><00:33:46.119><c> fall</c><00:33:46.359><c> down,</c><00:33:46.819><c> even</c>

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.720
this<00:33:47.319><c> part</c><00:33:47.500><c> of</c><00:33:47.579><c> it.</c>

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:51.359
You<00:33:48.000><c> know</c><00:33:48.059><c> what</c><00:33:48.099><c> they</c><00:33:48.259><c> put</c><00:33:48.400><c> around</c><00:33:48.619><c> it?</c><00:33:49.700><c> Bands</c><00:33:49.960><c> of</c><00:33:50.519><c> iron.</c>

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:55.359
I<00:33:52.220><c> thought,</c><00:33:52.880><c> I</c><00:33:53.140><c> don't</c><00:33:53.619><c> know</c><00:33:53.779><c> there</c><00:33:53.920><c> was</c><00:33:54.059><c> any</c><00:33:54.259><c> bands</c><00:33:54.460><c> of</c><00:33:54.700><c> brass</c><00:33:54.960><c> there.</c>

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:59.839
But<00:33:55.960><c> the</c><00:33:56.160><c> fact</c><00:33:56.279><c> that</c><00:33:56.460><c> there</c><00:33:56.579><c> were</c><00:33:56.779><c> bands</c><00:33:57.220><c> of</c><00:33:57.640><c> iron</c><00:33:58.339><c> around</c><00:33:59.039><c> this</c><00:33:59.380><c> thing</c><00:33:59.559><c> to</c>

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:04.400
hold<00:34:00.220><c> up</c><00:34:00.539><c> in</c><00:34:00.859><c> history</c><00:34:01.339><c> what</c><00:34:01.960><c> this</c><00:34:02.299><c> represented</c><00:34:02.839><c> ought</c><00:34:03.480><c> to</c><00:34:03.619><c> mean</c><00:34:03.759><c> somebody</c><00:34:04.220><c> if</c>

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:06.119
they're<00:34:04.640><c> a</c><00:34:04.759><c> student</c><00:34:04.960><c> of</c><00:34:05.140><c> the</c><00:34:05.279><c> scriptures.</c>

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.880
And<00:34:06.940><c> as</c><00:34:07.180><c> the</c><00:34:07.440><c> more</c><00:34:07.640><c> you</c><00:34:07.819><c> are</c><00:34:08.039><c> a</c><00:34:08.159><c> student</c><00:34:08.280><c> of</c><00:34:08.460><c> the</c><00:34:08.619><c> scriptures</c>

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:12.599
and<00:34:09.079><c> you</c><00:34:09.239><c> see</c><00:34:09.400><c> these</c><00:34:09.659><c> details,</c><00:34:10.679><c> they</c><00:34:10.860><c> come</c><00:34:11.139><c> to</c><00:34:12.039><c> lead</c><00:34:12.219><c> you</c><00:34:12.400><c> to</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.039
the<00:34:12.800><c> same</c><00:34:13.039><c> conviction.</c>

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:23.820
It's<00:34:17.960><c> also</c><00:34:18.400><c> noteworthy</c><00:34:19.000><c> to</c><00:34:19.619><c> look</c><00:34:19.860><c> at</c><00:34:20.400><c> some</c><00:34:20.800><c> of</c><00:34:21.019><c> the</c><00:34:21.139><c> other</c><00:34:21.800><c> areas</c><00:34:22.420><c> of</c><00:34:22.900><c> evidence.</c>

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:33.219
I've<00:34:26.380><c> noticed</c><00:34:26.800><c> that</c><00:34:29.079><c> when</c><00:34:29.260><c> you</c><00:34:29.460><c> look</c><00:34:29.679><c> at</c><00:34:30.079><c> the</c><00:34:32.280><c> coat</c><00:34:32.500><c> of</c><00:34:32.760><c> arms</c>

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:38.760
for<00:34:33.679><c> John</c><00:34:34.019><c> Paul</c><00:34:34.320><c> II,</c><00:34:35.500><c> the</c><00:34:35.659><c> Vatican</c><00:34:36.000><c> is</c><00:34:36.760><c> full</c><00:34:37.400><c> of</c><00:34:37.860><c> these</c><00:34:38.500><c> coats</c>

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:40.880
of<00:34:39.159><c> arms</c><00:34:39.420><c> of</c><00:34:39.659><c> various</c><00:34:40.099><c> popes.</c>

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:45.099
To<00:34:41.159><c> illustrate,</c><00:34:41.739><c> I</c><00:34:41.780><c> mean</c><00:34:41.940><c> it's</c><00:34:43.380><c> really</c><00:34:43.900><c> significant</c><00:34:44.460><c> and</c><00:34:44.739><c> impressive</c><00:34:44.920><c> to</c>

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.500
go<00:34:45.280><c> around.</c>

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:49.579
There's<00:34:45.719><c> been</c><00:34:45.900><c> a</c><00:34:46.079><c> lot</c><00:34:46.380><c> of</c><00:34:46.639><c> popes,</c><00:34:46.920><c> hundreds</c><00:34:47.219><c> of</c><00:34:47.480><c> them,</c><00:34:48.079><c> and</c><00:34:48.420><c> you</c><00:34:48.639><c> see</c><00:34:48.860><c> the</c><00:34:49.079><c> coats</c><00:34:49.260><c> of</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.219
arms<00:34:49.840><c> throughout</c><00:34:50.139><c> the</c><00:34:50.380><c> Vatican.</c>

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:55.920
So<00:34:51.699><c> you</c><00:34:52.340><c> learn</c><00:34:52.760><c> that</c><00:34:53.179><c> this</c><00:34:53.440><c> is</c><00:34:53.679><c> what</c><00:34:53.920><c> they</c><00:34:54.300><c> wanted</c><00:34:54.500><c> to</c><00:34:54.820><c> be</c><00:34:55.179><c> remembered</c><00:34:55.639><c> by</c>

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.619
their<00:34:56.139><c> coat</c><00:34:56.260><c> of</c><00:34:56.480><c> arms.</c>

00:34:56.920 --> 00:35:04.179
So<00:34:57.039><c> John</c><00:34:57.300><c> Paul</c><00:34:57.579><c> II,</c><00:34:58.460><c> on</c><00:34:58.599><c> his</c><00:34:58.880><c> coat</c><00:34:59.039><c> of</c><00:34:59.280><c> arms,</c><00:34:59.900><c> M</c><00:35:00.519><c> represents</c><00:35:01.179><c> Mary,</c><00:35:02.159><c> whom</c><00:35:02.260><c> the</c><00:35:02.420><c> Roman</c><00:35:02.679><c> Catholic</c><00:35:03.000><c> Church</c><00:35:03.400><c> champions</c><00:35:03.860><c> as</c>

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:07.559
the<00:35:04.360><c> mediatrix</c><00:35:05.000><c> of</c><00:35:05.199><c> salvation</c><00:35:05.679><c> between</c><00:35:06.219><c> Jesus</c><00:35:06.699><c> and</c><00:35:06.920><c> all</c><00:35:07.099><c> mankind.</c>

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:12.500
The<00:35:08.679><c> crown</c><00:35:09.039><c> on</c><00:35:09.380><c> top,</c><00:35:10.000><c> which</c><00:35:10.119><c> is</c><00:35:10.420><c> triple</c><00:35:10.780><c>-tiered,</c><00:35:12.099><c> which</c><00:35:12.239><c> would</c>

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:16.820
suggest,<00:35:13.039><c> as</c><00:35:13.219><c> it</c><00:35:13.420><c> says</c><00:35:13.840><c> down</c><00:35:14.239><c> here,</c><00:35:14.880><c> receive</c><00:35:15.340><c> the</c><00:35:15.699><c> Tyre</c><00:35:16.019><c> adorned</c><00:35:16.679><c> with</c>

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:20.860
three<00:35:17.159><c> crowns</c><00:35:17.679><c> and</c><00:35:17.739><c> know</c><00:35:18.239><c> that</c><00:35:18.639><c> thou</c><00:35:18.840><c> art</c><00:35:19.139><c> the</c><00:35:19.440><c> father</c><00:35:19.739><c> of</c><00:35:20.000><c> princes</c><00:35:20.420><c> and</c>

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:25.559
rulers,<00:35:21.739><c> ruler</c><00:35:21.960><c> of</c><00:35:22.179><c> the</c><00:35:22.340><c> world,</c><00:35:22.860><c> vicar</c><00:35:23.179><c> of</c><00:35:23.420><c> our</c><00:35:23.659><c> Savior</c><00:35:24.000><c> Jesus</c><00:35:24.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:28.719
Hence,<00:35:26.340><c> the</c><00:35:26.500><c> pope</c><00:35:26.679><c> is</c><00:35:27.039><c> crowned</c><00:35:27.239><c> with</c><00:35:27.440><c> a</c><00:35:27.599><c> triple</c><00:35:27.840><c> crown</c><00:35:28.119><c> as</c><00:35:28.380><c> king</c><00:35:28.559><c> of</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.800
heaven<00:35:29.079><c> and</c><00:35:29.500><c> earth</c><00:35:29.920><c> and</c><00:35:30.340><c> the</c><00:35:30.559><c> lower</c><00:35:30.800><c> regions.</c>

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:38.579
What<00:35:34.300><c> we</c><00:35:34.539><c> have</c><00:35:34.719><c> to</c><00:35:34.900><c> identify,</c><00:35:36.480><c> to</c><00:35:37.420><c> make</c><00:35:37.679><c> sure</c><00:35:37.900><c> that</c><00:35:38.039><c> we're</c><00:35:38.179><c> right</c><00:35:38.380><c> on</c>

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:42.300
this,<00:35:39.179><c> is</c><00:35:39.360><c> to</c><00:35:39.760><c> go</c><00:35:39.940><c> back</c><00:35:40.239><c> to</c><00:35:40.460><c> 2</c><00:35:40.659><c> Thessalonians</c><00:35:41.519><c> and</c><00:35:41.760><c> note</c><00:35:41.980><c> the</c>

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:45.139
nature<00:35:42.780><c> of</c><00:35:43.539><c> what</c><00:35:43.699><c> we</c><00:35:43.880><c> are</c><00:35:44.019><c> to</c><00:35:44.219><c> find.</c>

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:50.639
It<00:35:45.760><c> says,</c><00:35:47.159><c> who</c><00:35:47.159><c> opposeth</c><00:35:48.139><c> and</c><00:35:48.679><c> exalteth</c><00:35:49.219><c> himself</c><00:35:49.800><c> above</c><00:35:50.219><c> all</c>

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:54.300
that<00:35:50.840><c> is</c><00:35:51.039><c> called</c><00:35:51.400><c> God</c><00:35:51.960><c> or</c><00:35:52.480><c> that</c><00:35:52.619><c> is</c><00:35:52.840><c> worshiped.</c>

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:58.320
Well,<00:35:55.059><c> when</c><00:35:55.199><c> you</c><00:35:55.320><c> look</c><00:35:55.480><c> at</c><00:35:55.699><c> someone</c><00:35:55.940><c> who</c><00:35:56.280><c> claims</c><00:35:56.619><c> to</c><00:35:56.900><c> have</c><00:35:57.099><c> power</c><00:35:57.719><c> as</c>

00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:01.880
the<00:35:58.639><c> father</c><00:35:58.980><c> of</c><00:35:59.280><c> princes</c><00:35:59.599><c> and</c><00:35:59.940><c> kings,</c><00:36:00.760><c> ruler</c><00:36:01.059><c> of</c><00:36:01.300><c> the</c><00:36:01.519><c> world,</c>

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:04.639
both<00:36:02.500><c> of</c><00:36:02.739><c> the</c><00:36:02.920><c> heaven</c><00:36:03.159><c> and</c><00:36:03.400><c> the</c><00:36:03.559><c> earth</c><00:36:03.780><c> and</c><00:36:03.940><c> the</c><00:36:04.199><c> underworld,</c>

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:08.159
you're<00:36:05.260><c> getting</c><00:36:05.500><c> very</c><00:36:05.900><c> close</c><00:36:06.099><c> to</c><00:36:06.360><c> someone</c><00:36:06.699><c> who</c><00:36:06.920><c> has</c><00:36:07.039><c> put</c><00:36:07.199><c> himself</c><00:36:07.679><c> in</c>

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.900
the<00:36:08.280><c> position</c><00:36:08.659><c> of</c><00:36:08.920><c> God.</c>

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:17.159
Where<00:36:12.900><c> is</c><00:36:13.119><c> the</c><00:36:13.539><c> other</c><00:36:13.840><c> candidate</c><00:36:14.539><c> for</c><00:36:15.980><c> this</c><00:36:16.239><c> prophecy?</c>

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:22.000
Where<00:36:19.219><c> is</c><00:36:19.519><c> there</c><00:36:19.719><c> anything</c><00:36:20.059><c> else,</c><00:36:20.679><c> any</c><00:36:20.980><c> other</c><00:36:21.360><c> organization,</c>

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:27.400
any<00:36:22.599><c> man,</c><00:36:23.079><c> anything</c><00:36:23.699><c> that</c><00:36:24.219><c> could</c><00:36:24.500><c> compete</c><00:36:25.179><c> with</c><00:36:25.739><c> this</c><00:36:26.219><c> in</c><00:36:26.880><c> terms</c><00:36:27.179><c> of</c>

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:29.079
the<00:36:27.500><c> fulfillment</c><00:36:27.820><c> of</c><00:36:28.019><c> this</c><00:36:28.179><c> prophecy?</c>

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:33.480
Who<00:36:31.119><c> else</c><00:36:31.460><c> would</c><00:36:31.679><c> put</c><00:36:31.900><c> on</c><00:36:32.019><c> their</c><00:36:32.280><c> coat</c><00:36:32.380><c> of</c><00:36:32.619><c> arms,</c><00:36:32.860><c> like</c><00:36:33.099><c> almost</c>

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:36.719
every<00:36:34.099><c> other</c><00:36:34.480><c> pope,</c><00:36:35.960><c> keys?</c>

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:42.039
What<00:36:37.920><c> do</c><00:36:38.199><c> the</c><00:36:38.420><c> keys</c><00:36:38.679><c> do</c><00:36:39.119><c> but</c><00:36:39.480><c> link</c><00:36:39.739><c> us</c><00:36:40.039><c> to</c><00:36:40.179><c> the</c><00:36:40.420><c> Scriptures</c><00:36:40.840><c> to</c>

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:46.260
illustrate<00:36:42.619><c> that,</c><00:36:43.460><c> yes,</c><00:36:43.579><c> it</c><00:36:43.900><c> had</c><00:36:44.360><c> a</c><00:36:44.760><c> scriptural</c><00:36:45.239><c> beginning.</c>

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:49.559
This<00:36:46.619><c> had</c><00:36:46.940><c> to</c><00:36:47.159><c> be</c><00:36:47.360><c> an</c><00:36:47.579><c> apostasy.</c><00:36:48.559><c> It</c><00:36:48.659><c> had</c><00:36:48.860><c> to</c><00:36:49.000><c> be</c><00:36:49.119><c> a</c><00:36:49.380><c> falling</c>

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.639
away<00:36:49.940><c> from</c><00:36:50.119><c> the</c><00:36:50.380><c> truth.</c>

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:55.460
By<00:36:51.400><c> putting</c><00:36:51.699><c> on</c><00:36:52.000><c> those</c><00:36:52.400><c> keys,</c><00:36:53.219><c> it</c><00:36:53.400><c> links</c><00:36:53.659><c> itself</c><00:36:54.139><c> directly</c><00:36:54.840><c> to</c>

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.519
the<00:36:55.639><c> Scriptures.</c>

00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:03.760
We'll<00:36:58.980><c> look</c><00:36:59.179><c> at</c><00:36:59.360><c> that,</c><00:36:59.480><c> Lord</c><00:36:59.659><c> willing,</c><00:37:00.019><c> tomorrow</c><00:37:00.400><c> as</c><00:37:00.840><c> a</c><00:37:01.500><c> detail</c><00:37:02.000><c> of</c><00:37:02.519><c> quite</c><00:37:02.980><c> a</c>

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:05.019
significant<00:37:04.079><c> matter.</c>

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:07.460
Because<00:37:05.360><c> everywhere</c><00:37:05.820><c> you</c><00:37:06.019><c> look</c><00:37:06.239><c> around</c><00:37:06.480><c> the</c><00:37:06.639><c> Vatican,</c><00:37:07.239><c> you</c>

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:12.539
see<00:37:07.960><c> keys,</c><00:37:09.579><c> which</c><00:37:09.820><c> were</c><00:37:10.400><c> intended</c><00:37:10.800><c> to</c><00:37:11.039><c> be</c><00:37:11.179><c> an</c><00:37:11.400><c> emblem</c><00:37:11.719><c> that</c>

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:18.260
God,<00:37:13.599><c> the</c><00:37:13.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:13.900><c> Jesus</c><00:37:14.300><c> Christ,</c><00:37:15.400><c> gave</c><00:37:15.880><c> this</c><00:37:16.719><c> power</c><00:37:16.980><c> and</c><00:37:17.260><c> authority.</c>

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:26.059
The<00:37:20.280><c> ability</c><00:37:20.739><c> to</c><00:37:21.099><c> open</c><00:37:21.420><c> heaven</c><00:37:21.820><c> and</c><00:37:22.340><c> to</c><00:37:22.860><c> open</c><00:37:23.380><c> hell</c><00:37:23.920><c> in</c><00:37:24.940><c> contrast</c><00:37:25.360><c> to</c><00:37:25.659><c> any</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.760
other<00:37:26.400><c> power.</c>

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.780
Another<00:37:31.199><c> title</c><00:37:31.659><c> that</c><00:37:31.880><c> you</c><00:37:32.159><c> see</c><00:37:32.440><c> around</c><00:37:32.840><c> the</c><00:37:33.079><c> Vatican</c><00:37:33.360><c> is</c>

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:39.559
Supreme<00:37:35.599><c> Pontiff,</c><00:37:37.559><c> Pontiffus</c><00:37:38.599><c> Maximus.</c>

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:43.780
Almost<00:37:40.300><c> every,</c><00:37:40.920><c> if</c><00:37:41.139><c> not</c><00:37:41.480><c> every,</c><00:37:42.260><c> pope</c><00:37:42.480><c> that</c><00:37:42.739><c> had</c><00:37:42.980><c> anything</c><00:37:43.400><c> to</c>

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:49.320
do<00:37:43.940><c> with</c><00:37:44.679><c> an</c><00:37:45.440><c> inscription</c><00:37:45.920><c> or</c><00:37:47.059><c> a</c><00:37:47.400><c> statue</c><00:37:47.820><c> or</c><00:37:48.579><c> a</c><00:37:48.840><c> memorial</c><00:37:49.139><c> in</c>

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:53.940
the<00:37:49.460><c> Vatican</c><00:37:49.820><c> has</c><00:37:50.559><c> that</c><00:37:50.980><c> associated</c><00:37:51.519><c> with</c><00:37:51.719><c> his</c><00:37:51.920><c> name,</c><00:37:52.719><c> Pont</c><00:37:53.059><c> Max.</c>

00:37:54.429 --> 00:38:00.280
The<00:37:54.840><c> Edict</c><00:37:56.519><c> of</c><00:37:56.619><c> Milan,</c><00:37:58.679><c> issued</c><00:37:58.840><c> jointly</c><00:37:59.219><c> by</c><00:37:59.559><c> Constantine</c><00:38:00.099><c> and</c>

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:03.679
Licinius,<00:38:01.019><c> proclaimed</c><00:38:01.300><c> liberty</c><00:38:01.780><c> of</c><00:38:02.119><c> conscience</c><00:38:02.780><c> and</c><00:38:03.440><c> showed</c>

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.800
partiality<00:38:04.420><c> for</c><00:38:04.659><c> Christianity.</c>

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.920
His<00:38:06.500><c> policy</c><00:38:06.880><c> at</c><00:38:07.159><c> first</c><00:38:07.360><c> was</c><00:38:07.639><c> not</c><00:38:07.840><c> to</c><00:38:08.059><c> interfere</c><00:38:08.619><c> with</c><00:38:09.619><c> pagan</c>

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:17.139
worship,<00:38:10.440><c> but</c><00:38:10.800><c> by</c><00:38:11.280><c> filling</c><00:38:11.519><c> the</c><00:38:11.800><c> chief</c><00:38:12.039><c> offices</c><00:38:12.460><c> with</c><00:38:12.900><c> Christians</c><00:38:13.579><c> and</c><00:38:14.219><c> surrounding</c><00:38:14.699><c> himself</c><00:38:15.159><c> with</c><00:38:15.480><c> Christian</c><00:38:15.980><c> teachers</c><00:38:16.599><c> to</c>

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:19.719
make<00:38:17.400><c> the</c><00:38:17.619><c> condition</c><00:38:18.039><c> of</c><00:38:18.320><c> Christians</c><00:38:18.780><c> enviable.</c>

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:23.739
He<00:38:20.480><c> enjoined</c><00:38:20.980><c> the</c><00:38:21.260><c> civil</c><00:38:21.480><c> observance</c><00:38:22.000><c> of</c><00:38:22.260><c> Sunday,</c><00:38:23.000><c> though</c><00:38:23.199><c> only</c><00:38:23.500><c> as</c>

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:28.400
the<00:38:23.880><c> day</c><00:38:23.980><c> of</c><00:38:24.159><c> the</c><00:38:24.380><c> sun,</c><00:38:25.019><c> and</c><00:38:25.179><c> in</c><00:38:25.320><c> connection</c><00:38:25.639><c> with</c><00:38:26.019><c> an</c><00:38:26.219><c> ordinance</c><00:38:26.559><c> requiring</c><00:38:27.179><c> the</c><00:38:27.599><c> consultation</c><00:38:28.139><c> of</c>

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:33.199
the<00:38:28.599><c> soothsayer,</c><00:38:29.780><c> as</c><00:38:30.019><c> the</c><00:38:30.159><c> Roman</c><00:38:30.440><c> emperor</c><00:38:31.239><c> was</c><00:38:31.699><c> Pontiffus</c><00:38:32.300><c> Maximus</c><00:38:32.960><c> of</c>

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:37.320
the<00:38:33.380><c> pagan</c><00:38:33.820><c> state</c><00:38:34.139><c> religion,</c><00:38:34.599><c> high</c><00:38:34.880><c> priest</c><00:38:35.400><c> of</c><00:38:36.539><c> the</c><00:38:36.860><c> pagan</c>

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.219
state<00:38:37.760><c> religion.</c>

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:41.940
He<00:38:38.719><c> would</c><00:38:38.980><c> naturally</c><00:38:39.440><c> assume</c><00:38:39.840><c> the</c><00:38:40.059><c> same</c><00:38:40.260><c> relation</c><00:38:40.679><c> to</c><00:38:40.940><c> Christianity</c><00:38:41.480><c> when</c>

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it<00:38:42.179><c> came</c><00:38:42.420><c> predominant.</c>

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This<00:38:44.019><c> headship,</c><00:38:45.119><c> the</c><00:38:45.300><c> gratitude</c><00:38:45.619><c> of</c><00:38:45.800><c> the</c><00:38:45.940><c> Christians,</c><00:38:46.860><c> heartily</c><00:38:47.420><c> accorded</c><00:38:48.659><c> an</c>

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apostasy,<00:38:49.599><c> brothers</c><00:38:49.739><c> and</c><00:38:49.940><c> sisters,</c><00:38:50.079><c> don't</c><00:38:50.320><c> forget.</c>

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:55.239
In<00:38:51.380><c> all</c><00:38:51.619><c> of</c><00:38:51.760><c> his</c><00:38:51.940><c> dealings</c><00:38:52.199><c> with</c><00:38:52.460><c> Christian</c><00:38:52.880><c> matters,</c><00:38:53.780><c> the</c><00:38:53.960><c> supreme</c><00:38:54.400><c> motive</c><00:38:54.699><c> seems</c><00:38:55.039><c> to</c>

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.820
have<00:38:55.400><c> been</c><00:38:55.539><c> that</c><00:38:55.739><c> of</c><00:38:55.940><c> securing</c><00:38:56.400><c> unity.</c>

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That's<00:38:57.199><c> Constantine,</c><00:38:58.519><c> and</c><00:38:58.760><c> that's</c><00:38:58.940><c> what</c><00:38:59.300><c> many</c><00:38:59.679><c> writers</c><00:38:59.980><c> say</c>

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about<00:39:00.460><c> him.</c>

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:07.460
About<00:39:01.599><c> doctrinal</c><00:39:02.079><c> differences,</c><00:39:02.500><c> he</c><00:39:02.659><c> was</c><00:39:02.940><c> almost</c><00:39:03.239><c> indifferent,</c><00:39:04.320><c> but</c><00:39:04.539><c> he</c><00:39:04.900><c> dreaded</c><00:39:05.340><c> dissension</c><00:39:05.860><c> upon</c><00:39:06.659><c> those</c><00:39:07.099><c> whom</c><00:39:07.239><c> he</c>

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:09.659
depended<00:39:07.820><c> for</c><00:39:07.980><c> the</c><00:39:08.260><c> support</c><00:39:08.440><c> of</c><00:39:08.559><c> his</c><00:39:08.760><c> government.</c>

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:17.719
Johannes<00:39:12.980><c> Paulus</c><00:39:13.659><c> to</c><00:39:14.860><c> Pont</c><00:39:15.239><c> Max,</c><00:39:16.360><c> high</c><00:39:16.619><c> priest.</c>

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:24.719
Now<00:39:18.960><c> who</c><00:39:19.260><c> would</c><00:39:19.659><c> dare</c><00:39:19.920><c> claim</c><00:39:20.420><c> to</c><00:39:20.659><c> be</c><00:39:20.840><c> high</c><00:39:21.199><c> priest</c><00:39:21.780><c> on</c><00:39:22.119><c> earth</c><00:39:22.639><c> when</c><00:39:23.380><c> the</c><00:39:23.599><c> Bible</c><00:39:23.800><c> says</c><00:39:24.039><c> we</c><00:39:24.179><c> have</c><00:39:24.380><c> a</c>

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:29.900
great<00:39:25.000><c> high</c><00:39:25.360><c> priest</c><00:39:25.780><c> in</c><00:39:26.059><c> heaven,</c><00:39:27.000><c> one</c><00:39:27.400><c> high</c><00:39:27.840><c> priest,</c><00:39:28.539><c> providing</c><00:39:28.860><c> a</c><00:39:29.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:29.579><c> there</c>

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needed<00:39:30.119><c> to</c><00:39:30.320><c> be</c><00:39:30.619><c> no</c><00:39:30.860><c> other</c><00:39:31.119><c> for?</c>

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Isn't<00:39:33.559><c> it</c><00:39:33.960><c> speaking</c><00:39:34.380><c> according</c><00:39:35.000><c> to</c><00:39:35.320><c> those</c><00:39:35.539><c> words</c><00:39:35.860><c> in</c><00:39:36.099><c> 2</c><00:39:36.300><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:39:37.420><c> who</c>

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opposeth<00:39:38.179><c> and</c><00:39:38.900><c> exalteth</c><00:39:39.400><c> himself</c><00:39:39.820><c> above</c><00:39:40.179><c> all</c><00:39:40.440><c> that</c><00:39:40.579><c> is</c><00:39:40.780><c> called</c><00:39:41.019><c> God</c>

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or<00:39:41.780><c> that</c><00:39:41.900><c> is</c><00:39:42.099><c> worshipped?</c>

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:47.500
Now<00:39:45.440><c> brothers</c><00:39:45.639><c> and</c><00:39:45.880><c> sisters,</c><00:39:46.219><c> if</c><00:39:46.420><c> these</c><00:39:46.639><c> things</c><00:39:46.880><c> make</c><00:39:47.159><c> you</c><00:39:47.400><c> a</c>

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little<00:39:48.079><c> ill,</c><00:39:49.679><c> they</c><00:39:49.840><c> ought</c><00:39:50.079><c> to.</c>

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:54.300
If<00:39:51.460><c> you</c><00:39:51.579><c> can</c><00:39:51.719><c> look</c><00:39:51.840><c> at</c><00:39:52.019><c> this</c><00:39:52.219><c> and</c><00:39:52.420><c> be</c><00:39:52.659><c> indifferent,</c><00:39:54.059><c> then</c><00:39:54.159><c> you</c>

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must<00:39:54.519><c> have</c><00:39:54.699><c> an</c><00:39:54.880><c> alternative</c><00:39:55.320><c> in</c><00:39:55.579><c> mind.</c><00:39:55.800><c> There</c><00:39:55.960><c> is</c><00:39:56.139><c> something</c>

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else,<00:39:56.719><c> it</c><00:39:56.860><c> can't</c><00:39:57.119><c> be</c><00:39:57.300><c> this,</c><00:39:57.559><c> it</c><00:39:57.599><c> must</c><00:39:57.820><c> be</c><00:39:58.019><c> something</c><00:39:58.300><c> else.</c>

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:01.980
But<00:39:59.179><c> you</c><00:39:59.360><c> can't</c><00:39:59.679><c> go</c><00:39:59.980><c> through</c><00:40:00.239><c> life</c><00:40:00.860><c> believing</c><00:40:01.239><c> that</c><00:40:01.460><c> the</c><00:40:01.639><c> coming</c><00:40:01.780><c> of</c>

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:04.539
the<00:40:02.099><c> Lord</c><00:40:02.260><c> is</c><00:40:02.539><c> near</c><00:40:02.760><c> at</c><00:40:03.000><c> hand</c><00:40:03.420><c> and</c><00:40:03.780><c> think</c><00:40:03.940><c> there</c><00:40:04.139><c> is</c><00:40:04.320><c> something</c>

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else<00:40:04.840><c> which</c><00:40:05.000><c> you</c><00:40:05.159><c> can't</c><00:40:05.480><c> identify.</c>

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These<00:40:07.980><c> scriptures</c><00:40:08.639><c> seem</c><00:40:09.260><c> to</c><00:40:09.619><c> come</c><00:40:10.559><c> conclusively</c><00:40:11.500><c> to</c><00:40:12.340><c> teach</c>

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:17.360
us<00:40:13.519><c> that</c><00:40:13.880><c> this</c><00:40:14.199><c> is</c><00:40:15.440><c> the</c><00:40:16.119><c> Roman</c><00:40:16.380><c> Catholic</c><00:40:16.760><c> Church</c><00:40:17.079><c> that's</c>

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being<00:40:17.679><c> spoken</c><00:40:18.039><c> about.</c>

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He<00:40:20.559><c> says</c><00:40:20.739><c> it's</c><00:40:21.000><c> that</c><00:40:21.280><c> great</c><00:40:21.619><c> city</c><00:40:21.920><c> that</c><00:40:22.179><c> rules</c><00:40:22.420><c> over</c><00:40:22.679><c> the</c><00:40:22.880><c> kings</c><00:40:23.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:23.420><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:40:26.010><c> John</c><00:40:26.250><c> Thomas</c><00:40:27.610><c> wrote</c><00:40:28.429><c> this</c><00:40:28.809><c> in</c><00:40:28.969><c> Eureka</c><00:40:29.750><c> about</c><00:40:30.929><c> this</c><00:40:31.750><c> ruler</c><00:40:32.130><c> Caracalla.</c>

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It<00:40:34.130><c> says</c><00:40:34.429><c> the</c><00:40:34.630><c> prodigality</c><00:40:35.309><c> of</c><00:40:35.510><c> Caracalla,</c><00:40:36.130><c> this</c><00:40:36.389><c> second</c><00:40:36.670><c> sentence,</c><00:40:37.510><c> left</c><00:40:37.710><c> behind</c><00:40:38.210><c> it</c>

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a<00:40:38.710><c> long</c><00:40:39.050><c> train</c><00:40:39.289><c> of</c><00:40:39.590><c> ruin</c><00:40:39.809><c> and</c><00:40:40.070><c> disorder.</c>

00:40:40.909 --> 00:40:45.309
But<00:40:41.050><c> the</c><00:40:41.309><c> policy</c><00:40:41.769><c> of</c><00:40:42.030><c> the</c><00:40:42.230><c> house</c><00:40:42.429><c> of</c><00:40:42.789><c> service</c><00:40:43.030><c> was</c><00:40:43.250><c> to</c><00:40:43.449><c> increase</c><00:40:43.889><c> the</c><00:40:44.409><c> dangerous</c><00:40:44.849><c> power</c><00:40:45.150><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:45.429><c> army</c><00:40:45.650><c> and</c><00:40:45.849><c> to</c><00:40:46.050><c> obliterate</c><00:40:46.530><c> the</c><00:40:46.789><c> faint</c><00:40:46.989><c> image</c><00:40:47.349><c> of</c><00:40:47.610><c> laws</c>

00:40:47.829 --> 00:40:50.570
and<00:40:48.030><c> liberty</c><00:40:48.389><c> that</c><00:40:48.829><c> was</c><00:40:49.050><c> still</c><00:40:49.230><c> impressed</c><00:40:49.550><c> upon</c><00:40:49.809><c> the</c><00:40:50.030><c> public</c><00:40:50.250><c> mind.</c>

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In<00:40:51.010><c> pursuing</c><00:40:51.409><c> this</c><00:40:51.670><c> policy</c><00:40:52.110><c> Severus</c><00:40:52.610><c> and</c><00:40:52.809><c> his</c><00:40:52.989><c> son</c><00:40:53.150><c> undermined</c><00:40:53.750><c> the</c><00:40:53.929><c> foundations</c><00:40:54.409><c> of</c>

00:40:54.610 --> 00:40:57.570
the<00:40:54.710><c> empire</c><00:40:55.210><c> and</c><00:40:55.610><c> hastened</c><00:40:56.210><c> its</c><00:40:56.510><c> decline.</c>

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An<00:40:58.030><c> important</c><00:40:59.289><c> edict</c><00:40:59.989><c> of</c><00:41:00.329><c> Antonius</c><00:41:01.349><c> Caracalla</c><00:41:02.010><c> which</c><00:41:02.329><c> communicated</c><00:41:02.849><c> to</c><00:41:03.170><c> all</c>

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the<00:41:03.650><c> inhabitants</c><00:41:03.969><c> of</c><00:41:04.190><c> the</c><00:41:04.369><c> empire</c><00:41:04.730><c> the</c><00:41:05.349><c> name</c><00:41:05.670><c> and</c><00:41:06.010><c> privilege</c>

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of<00:41:06.530><c> Roman</c><00:41:06.829><c> citizens</c><00:41:07.530><c> greatly</c><00:41:08.389><c> contributed</c><00:41:09.010><c> to</c><00:41:09.250><c> this.</c>

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:14.349
This<00:41:10.510><c> edict</c><00:41:10.909><c> made</c><00:41:11.170><c> the</c><00:41:11.469><c> limits</c><00:41:11.769><c> of</c><00:41:12.030><c> the</c><00:41:12.170><c> city</c><00:41:12.389><c> of</c><00:41:12.630><c> Rome</c><00:41:12.949><c> and</c><00:41:13.829><c> the</c><00:41:13.969><c> limits</c><00:41:14.150><c> of</c>

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the<00:41:14.469><c> empire</c><00:41:14.730><c> the</c><00:41:14.989><c> same.</c>

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His<00:41:16.969><c> unbounded</c><00:41:17.570><c> liberality</c><00:41:18.090><c> however</c><00:41:18.789><c> flowed</c><00:41:19.269><c> not</c><00:41:19.510><c> from</c><00:41:19.769><c> the</c>

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sentiments<00:41:20.289><c> of</c><00:41:20.510><c> a</c><00:41:20.650><c> generous</c><00:41:21.010><c> mind,</c><00:41:21.869><c> it</c><00:41:22.030><c> was</c><00:41:22.369><c> of</c><00:41:22.510><c> the</c><00:41:22.809><c> sordid</c>

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result<00:41:23.510><c> of</c><00:41:23.809><c> avarice.</c>

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And<00:41:25.869><c> so</c><00:41:25.989><c> historians</c><00:41:26.449><c> speak</c><00:41:26.789><c> of</c><00:41:26.949><c> this</c><00:41:27.090><c> particular</c><00:41:27.610><c> ruler.</c>

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The<00:41:28.989><c> woman</c><00:41:29.530><c> which</c><00:41:30.309><c> thou</c><00:41:30.530><c> sawest</c><00:41:31.130><c> is</c><00:41:31.389><c> that</c><00:41:31.650><c> great</c><00:41:31.989><c> city</c><00:41:32.389><c> which</c>

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reigneth<00:41:33.650><c> over</c><00:41:33.889><c> the</c><00:41:34.050><c> kings</c><00:41:34.190><c> of</c><00:41:34.369><c> the</c><00:41:34.489><c> earth.</c>

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There<00:41:35.530><c> was</c><00:41:35.730><c> no</c><00:41:35.869><c> other,</c><00:41:37.309><c> nothing</c><00:41:37.530><c> else</c><00:41:37.750><c> to</c><00:41:37.929><c> compete</c><00:41:38.269><c> with</c><00:41:38.469><c> this.</c>

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People<00:41:40.130><c> would</c><00:41:40.289><c> have</c><00:41:40.409><c> understood</c><00:41:40.809><c> this</c><00:41:41.369><c> in</c><00:41:41.690><c> times</c><00:41:41.929><c> past.</c>

00:41:42.449 --> 00:41:46.150
You<00:41:43.489><c> see</c><00:41:43.670><c> we</c><00:41:43.829><c> can't</c><00:41:44.289><c> really</c><00:41:44.590><c> have</c><00:41:44.730><c> a</c><00:41:45.010><c> strong</c><00:41:45.489><c> voice</c><00:41:45.829><c> on</c><00:41:45.989><c> this</c>

00:41:46.150 --> 00:41:49.750
brothers<00:41:46.389><c> and</c><00:41:46.650><c> sisters</c><00:41:46.949><c> unless</c><00:41:47.250><c> we</c><00:41:47.570><c> are</c><00:41:48.289><c> really</c><00:41:48.989><c> convinced</c>

00:41:49.750 --> 00:41:54.030
that<00:41:50.650><c> this</c><00:41:50.989><c> is</c><00:41:51.269><c> this</c><00:41:51.610><c> great</c><00:41:52.150><c> apostasy</c><00:41:52.949><c> which</c><00:41:53.210><c> the</c><00:41:53.690><c> scriptures</c>

00:41:54.030 --> 00:41:54.909
spoke<00:41:54.429><c> of.</c>

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And<00:41:55.329><c> if</c><00:41:55.409><c> there</c><00:41:55.550><c> ever</c><00:41:56.170><c> happens</c><00:41:56.489><c> to</c><00:41:56.650><c> be</c><00:41:56.809><c> something</c><00:41:57.090><c> which</c><00:41:57.329><c> is</c><00:41:57.510><c> the</c><00:41:57.650><c> icing</c><00:41:57.849><c> on</c>

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the<00:41:58.210><c> cake</c><00:41:58.369><c> I</c><00:41:58.849><c> can't</c><00:41:59.230><c> imagine</c><00:41:59.550><c> anything</c><00:41:59.909><c> being</c><00:42:00.190><c> more</c><00:42:00.989><c> blasphemous</c><00:42:02.630><c> than</c><00:42:03.030><c> what</c><00:42:03.190><c> I've</c><00:42:03.349><c> got</c>

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on<00:42:03.570><c> the</c><00:42:03.750><c> screen</c><00:42:03.889><c> now.</c>

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They<00:42:05.690><c> call</c><00:42:06.010><c> him</c><00:42:06.449><c> Holy</c><00:42:06.889><c> Father,</c><00:42:08.190><c> readily</c><00:42:08.769><c> address</c><00:42:10.469><c> him</c><00:42:10.650><c> as</c>

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Holy<00:42:11.110><c> Father.</c>

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With<00:42:12.849><c> the</c><00:42:13.230><c> knowledge</c><00:42:13.590><c> if</c><00:42:13.769><c> they</c><00:42:13.949><c> knew</c><00:42:14.090><c> their</c><00:42:14.309><c> Bible</c><00:42:14.630><c> that</c><00:42:14.969><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:42:15.409><c> has</c><00:42:15.730><c> said</c><00:42:16.150><c> call</c><00:42:16.650><c> no</c><00:42:17.110><c> man</c><00:42:17.329><c> your</c><00:42:17.650><c> father</c><00:42:18.070><c> upon</c><00:42:18.489><c> earth</c><00:42:18.889><c> for</c>

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one<00:42:19.550><c> is</c><00:42:19.789><c> your</c><00:42:20.010><c> father</c><00:42:20.289><c> which</c><00:42:20.530><c> is</c><00:42:20.730><c> in</c><00:42:20.889><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:42:21.710><c> knowing</c><00:42:22.090><c> that</c><00:42:22.829><c> the</c><00:42:23.050><c> very</c><00:42:23.469><c> intimate</c><00:42:23.989><c> words</c><00:42:24.449><c> our</c><00:42:24.730><c> Lord</c><00:42:25.050><c> Jesus</c><00:42:25.530><c> Christ</c><00:42:25.829><c> expressed</c><00:42:26.389><c> in</c>

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prayer<00:42:27.030><c> to</c><00:42:27.349><c> his</c><00:42:27.650><c> God</c><00:42:28.030><c> in</c><00:42:28.329><c> John</c><00:42:28.630><c> 17</c><00:42:29.289><c> was</c><00:42:30.989><c> Holy</c><00:42:31.469><c> Father.</c>

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That<00:42:34.190><c> can</c><00:42:34.489><c> only</c><00:42:34.949><c> be</c><00:42:35.349><c> attributed</c><00:42:35.670><c> to</c><00:42:35.969><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:42:38.349><c> regularly</c><00:42:39.090><c> attributed</c><00:42:40.150><c> to</c><00:42:40.550><c> him.</c>

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There<00:42:42.349><c> is</c><00:42:42.849><c> nobody</c><00:42:43.329><c> that</c><00:42:44.329><c> is</c><00:42:44.510><c> in</c><00:42:44.630><c> the</c><00:42:44.789><c> same</c><00:42:44.989><c> league</c><00:42:45.409><c> in</c><00:42:46.230><c> fulfilling</c><00:42:46.650><c> the</c><00:42:46.929><c> scriptures</c><00:42:47.329><c> concerning</c><00:42:47.969><c> the</c>

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blasphemy<00:42:49.030><c> and</c><00:42:49.809><c> the</c><00:42:50.170><c> opposition</c><00:42:50.630><c> to</c><00:42:50.849><c> God</c><00:42:51.409><c> than</c><00:42:51.849><c> what</c><00:42:52.070><c> you</c><00:42:52.250><c> see</c>

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on<00:42:52.570><c> that</c><00:42:52.789><c> screen.</c>

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That<00:42:54.510><c> to</c><00:42:54.710><c> me</c><00:42:54.889><c> brothers</c><00:42:55.150><c> and</c><00:42:55.409><c> sisters</c><00:42:55.690><c> should</c><00:42:55.989><c> lead</c><00:42:56.210><c> us</c><00:42:56.409><c> into</c><00:42:56.769><c> a</c>

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strong<00:42:57.829><c> witness.</c>

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We've<00:42:59.590><c> got</c><00:42:59.670><c> to</c><00:42:59.809><c> be</c><00:42:59.989><c> people</c><00:43:00.610><c> that</c><00:43:01.170><c> have</c><00:43:01.369><c> got</c><00:43:01.510><c> a</c><00:43:01.789><c> voice</c><00:43:02.190><c> in</c><00:43:02.510><c> a</c><00:43:02.809><c> society</c><00:43:03.170><c> which</c><00:43:03.530><c> does</c><00:43:03.889><c> no</c>

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longer<00:43:04.630><c> protest.</c>

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The<00:43:06.190><c> Protestant</c><00:43:06.530><c> voice</c><00:43:06.909><c> is</c><00:43:07.190><c> so</c><00:43:07.530><c> weak</c><00:43:08.349><c> the</c><00:43:09.349><c> Catholics</c><00:43:09.650><c> have</c><00:43:09.849><c> been</c><00:43:10.110><c> so</c>

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successful<00:43:11.190><c> in</c><00:43:11.809><c> destroying</c><00:43:12.250><c> it</c><00:43:12.550><c> through</c><00:43:13.030><c> their</c><00:43:13.690><c> open</c><00:43:14.269><c> arms.</c>

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This<00:43:15.789><c> ecumenical</c><00:43:16.570><c> movement</c><00:43:16.949><c> of</c><00:43:17.269><c> coming</c><00:43:17.570><c> back</c><00:43:17.929><c> to</c><00:43:18.170><c> Rome</c><00:43:18.590><c> it's</c>

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left<00:43:20.769><c> to</c><00:43:21.010><c> you</c><00:43:21.190><c> and</c><00:43:21.349><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:43:24.269><c> I</c><00:43:24.389><c> really</c><00:43:24.489><c> believe</c><00:43:24.730><c> that.</c>

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The<00:43:26.809><c> Protestant</c><00:43:27.190><c> voice</c><00:43:28.110><c> has</c><00:43:29.150><c> left</c><00:43:29.329><c> us.</c>

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Tomorrow<00:43:32.090><c> brothers</c><00:43:32.429><c> and</c><00:43:32.670><c> sisters</c><00:43:32.969><c> Lord</c><00:43:33.230><c> willing</c><00:43:33.489><c> we'll</c><00:43:33.809><c> deal</c>

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with<00:43:34.130><c> the</c><00:43:34.389><c> issue</c><00:43:34.610><c> of</c><00:43:34.929><c> authority</c><00:43:35.690><c> because</c><00:43:37.170><c> you</c><00:43:38.030><c> want</c><00:43:38.230><c> to</c><00:43:38.489><c> see</c>

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how<00:43:38.969><c> this</c><00:43:39.269><c> organization</c><00:43:39.969><c> reasons</c><00:43:40.730><c> away</c><00:43:41.949><c> from</c><00:43:42.210><c> the</c><00:43:42.389><c> Bible.</c>

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Of<00:43:43.630><c> how</c><00:43:43.849><c> they</c><00:43:43.989><c> would</c><00:43:44.170><c> react</c><00:43:44.670><c> to</c><00:43:45.150><c> our</c><00:43:45.389><c> obvious</c><00:43:45.829><c> Bible</c><00:43:46.170><c> passages</c>

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like<00:43:47.010><c> I</c><00:43:47.190><c> just</c><00:43:47.429><c> raised.</c>

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Call<00:43:48.670><c> no</c><00:43:48.889><c> man</c><00:43:49.170><c> father</c><00:43:49.449><c> on</c><00:43:49.670><c> earth.</c>

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They<00:43:50.389><c> have</c><00:43:50.710><c> a</c><00:43:50.909><c> reply.</c>

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It's<00:43:52.230><c> not</c><00:43:52.389><c> as</c><00:43:52.570><c> if</c><00:43:52.630><c> they</c><00:43:52.789><c> don't</c><00:43:53.010><c> know</c><00:43:53.130><c> it's</c><00:43:53.309><c> in</c><00:43:53.429><c> the</c><00:43:53.570><c> scriptures.</c>

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They<00:43:54.570><c> have</c><00:43:54.809><c> a</c><00:43:54.949><c> reply.</c>

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They<00:43:56.269><c> try</c><00:43:56.650><c> to</c><00:43:57.110><c> duck</c><00:43:57.369><c> the</c><00:43:57.869><c> evidence</c><00:43:58.170><c> of</c><00:43:58.449><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:43:58.889><c> I</c><00:43:58.989><c> think</c><00:43:59.130><c> it's</c><00:43:59.369><c> important</c><00:43:59.730><c> for</c><00:43:59.949><c> us</c><00:44:00.389><c> to</c><00:44:00.750><c> look</c><00:44:00.929><c> at</c><00:44:01.130><c> this</c><00:44:01.329><c> subject</c><00:44:01.710><c> in</c>

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one<00:44:02.550><c> complete</c><00:44:02.969><c> session</c><00:44:03.429><c> and</c><00:44:04.010><c> Lord</c><00:44:04.210><c> willing</c><00:44:04.409><c> we'll</c><00:44:04.570><c> do</c><00:44:04.710><c> that</c><00:44:04.889><c> tomorrow.</c>