The Roman Church, the Roman Empire continued (Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651)
Text: "His legs of iron , his feet part of iron and part of clay." Daniel 2:33 ; "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast , dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn , before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." Daniel 7:7,8 Quote: [...] And if a man consider the originall of this great Ecclesiasticall Dominion, he will easily perceive, that the Papacy , is no other, than the Ghost of the deceased Romane Empire , sitting crowned upon the grave thereof: For so did the Papacy start up on a Sudden out of the Ruin...