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The Roman Church, the Roman Empire continued (Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651)

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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...

The Roman Church, the Roman Empire continued (Harnack; Saunders, tr., What is Christianity?, 2nd ed., rev., 1901)

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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: [...] The Roman Church in this way privily pushed itself into the place of the Roman World-Empire, of which it is the actual continuation; the empire has not perished, but has only undergone a transformation. [...] Harnack, Adolf von; Saunders, Thomas Bailey, tr., What is Christianity?: Lectures ...

The Roman Church, the Roman Empire continued (Flick, The rise of the mediaeval church, 1909)

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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: [...] The mighty Catholic Church was little more than the Roman Empire baptised. Rome was transformed as well as converted. The very capital of the old Empire became the capital of the Christian Empire. The office of Pontifex Maximus was continued in that of the Pope. [.....