23/07/2015 · In short, it is calculated by authentic historians, that papal Rome has shed the blood of sixty-eight millions of the human race in order to establish her unfounded claims to religious dominion.” (The Glorious Reformation by S. S. SCHMUCKER, 1838 — citing Dr. Brownlee’s ‘Popery an enemy to civil liberty’, p. 105)

Until Rome was declared capital of the Kingdom of Italy, Rome was the capital of the Papal States. Until the nineteenth century, the papacy was in a constant struggle with the Holy Roman Empire and other powers in Europe. Nonetheless, Rome became a very powerful and wealthy city, with a great international importance.

Indeed, the history of papal Rome has been one of brutal torture, slaughter, and mass murder. Read more quotes confirming the Papacy's violent history . A Bloody Past. 1096 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter half the Jews in Worms, Germany. 1098 Roman Catholic crusaders slaughter almost all of the inhabitants of the city of Antioch.

Gregory I, in the late 6th century, reveals in a similar way the future direction of Rome and of the papacy. It can be seen in two significant events. In 592, two years after his election as pope, the Lombards are at the gates of Rome; Gregory accepts papal responsibility for the city, negotiates with the barbarians and persuades them to withdraw (admittedly at the price of an annual …

26/06/2009 · Papal Rome, like pagan Rome, is an abominable system, a false religion that persecutes spiritual Jerusalem, God’s worldwide people. Like the emperors of old, the Pope possesses religious and secular powers. Pagan Rome’s pantheon of gods is replaced by Mary and the saints. When the power of pagan Rome declined (351-476 AD), the power of papal …

Rome was no longer a strong political center, and it would not regain its political strength until the rise of the papal states in the 8th century. 473 Taking advantage of this weakness and the absence of a strong emperor, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410. As would not be the case later, the pope was powerless to stop the barbarian invasion.

Since then, there have been more than 260 occupants of the papal office. The institution has endured through the defining moments of European history, including the split of the Roman Empire, the bloodbath of the crusades and the rise of the Italian Renaissance.

29 hàng · c. 980 Rome, Papal States 32 / 44 Italian. 144 14 May 1024 – 6 October 1032 (8 years, 145 days) John XIX IOANNES Undevicesimus: Romano di Tuscolo c. 975 Rome, Papal States 49 / 57 Italian. Brother of Benedict VIII. 145 21 October 1032 – 31 December 1044 (12 years, 71 days) Benedict IX BENEDICTVS Nonus: Teofilatto di Tuscolo Rome, Papal States