- PART 1: Antichrists revealed by our Jesus Christ – Linus the first antichrist (2Timothy 4:21)
- Part 2: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Idols Worshipping
- PART 3: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Deceptions of the antichrists
- PART 4: Antichrists revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ – How the Antichrist made dead people into sainthood
- PART 5: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Opposing spirits of the antichrists
- PART 6: The Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – False teachings of the antichrists
- PART 7: Antichrists revealed by Christ – Enmity of the antichrists towards Christ
- PART 8: Antichrist revealed by Jesus Christ – Falsehood and web of lies
- PART 9: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Mary mother of the Roman Catholic Church
- PART 10: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – John Paul 11 and the Virgin Mary
- PART 11: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Wrong teachings of the antichrists
- PART 12: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – The making of Images by the Antichrist
- PART 13: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Idolising images by the antichrists
- PART 14: Antichrists revealed by Christ – Feasts of the antichrists
- PART 15: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ- The false doctrine of the Papacy from the mouths of the Roman catholic churches worldwide
- PART 16: Antichrists Revealed by Jesus Christ – Disobedience of the antichrists against Christ
- PART 17: Antichrists revealed – Delibrate rebellion of the antichrist towards Christ
- PART 18: Antichrists Revealed by Christ – Making of Mary queen of heaven by the antichrists
- PART 19: Antichrists revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself
- PART 20: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Making of images on God’s altars
- PART 21: Antichrists revealed by Christ – Fales doctrines of the antichrists
- PART 22: Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – False miracles of the Antichrists
- PART 23: Antichrists Revealed by Jesus Christ – The Secret Finances of the Vatican Economy
- PART 24 – Antichrists revealed by Jesus Christ – Going against Christ about images
- The queen ship of Mary -by the antichrists
- Vicarious Fiii Dei – The Number 666
- The relics of Mary’s veil – according to the antichrists
- The Antichrists or line of Popes dead or alive
- The Antichrist taught the Roman catholic churches the celebration of Ash Wednesday
- Biblical Truth: Jesus Christ Did Not Found the Roman Catholic Church
what is the Holy SEE?
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Holy See, the government of the Roman Catholic Church, which is led by the pope as the bishop of Rome. The word see comes from the Latin sedes, meaning “seat,” which refers to the episcopal chair occupied by a bishopand the area over which he has responsibility. As the preeminent episcopal jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See forms the church’s central government and makes decisions on issues of faith and morality for Catholics throughout the world, a population of about 1.3 billion. It resides in Vatican City, an independent state established in 1929 to allow the pope to exercise his universal authority. However, it also functions as a nonterritorial institution whose authority endures even when there is no pope, during sede vacant (“empty seat”), such as the interim between a pope’s death and the election of his successor.
Since May 8, 2025, the Holy See has been led by Pope Leo XIV.Areas Of Involvement: Roman CatholicismgovernmentRelated People: Joe DonnellyOn the Web: Official Site of The Holy See(Apr. 25, 2025)
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Administration
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The Holy See’s administration is a top-down bureaucrac
y run by the Roman Curia, a group of dicasteries (also known as departments), congregations, and councils with specific functions and responsibilities relating to church matters such as liturgy and worship, religious education, missionary activities, doctrine of the faith, or bishops and clergy. This administrative structure is often likened to a president and prime minister system, with the pope serving as president or head of state and the cardinal secretary of state serving as prime minister or head of government.
The cardinal secretary of state administers the Secretariat of State, which oversees both internal church operations and external diplomatic relations. These sets of oversight are divided into three sections known as General Affairs (formerly called ordinary), Relations with States (formerly called extraordinary), and Diplomatic Staff of the Holy See. These are run by Vatican officials, known as substitutes (from the Italian sostituto), who are of archbishop rank.
Responsibilities of the General Affairs section include regulating the duties and activities of the Roman Curia, including enactingpromotions, and supervising the Holy See’s official communications agencies and publications. The General Affairs section also keeps custody of church documents and ceremonial items such as the pope’s bulla(lead seal) and Fisherman’s Ring, which are used to sign and seal papal briefs.
The Relations with States section oversees papal diplomatic services, including the Holy See’s establishment of concordats, or treaties, with other states and its representation in international organizations. Established in 2017 by Pope Francis, the Diplomatic Staff of the Holy See section deals exclusively with matters relating to the staff who work in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, such as working conditions and career advancement.
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The three sections of the Secretariat of State rely on nuncios, or papal ambassadors, to carry out the Holy See’s diplomatic functions around the world. Many of these are graduates of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, the world’s oldest school of diplomacy, founded in 1701.
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As an independent sovereignty, the Holy See is recognized by international law and maintains diplomatic relations with other independent states. Its enduring authority regardless of the presence of a sitting pope and beyond the physical limits of the Vatican City state is an important distinction of its special sovereignty compared with traditional world governments.
The Holy See’s membership in international organizations includes the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and observer status in the World Health Organization, the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations (UN). Its permanent observer status at the UN allows the Holy See to participate in General Assembly and Security Council meetings and debates, vote on procedures, and co-sponsor draft resolutions, but it may not vote on the passage of resolutions, ostensibly preserving the Holy See’s neutrality and universal moral authority.
Before I go further, according to the bible I need to tell you the characteristics of this evil beast that turned the entire world upside down
He got his ruthlessness from the dragon
The dragon is the controller of this beast
He has a mouth like a lion
He has the feet of a bear
This beast looks like a leopard Multitudes of blasphemous words on written on his head
Has ten crowns
Has ten horns
Has seven heads this beast arises from the sea
He changed, removed the laws of God Daniel 7.25
He changed the days, months, years of God
He persecuted the saints of Christ
His wickedness from the beast
in red
The thing that touched the body of the dead saint
whatever touches the above two
These relics are worn by the papacy and all the members of the Roman Catholic Churches all over the world. You will read and know more in this book.
He made his followers wear this relics as protective power
He is a politician
He is a head of the state of Vatican the smallest State in the world
He is the head of the Roman Catholic Churches all over the world.
He is infallible
He forgive s sins
He makes dead people into sainthood
He been addressed as His Holiness
He is a vicar of Christ
He change the laws of God
He twisted, added, taking away from the words of God in the bible, also in the epistles of the apostles especially the books of Galatians, Colossians and the a Romans, where the reverend fathers who interpreted the bible did. It takes the Holy Spirit of God Almighty to know how this.
He/ they have been worshipped and reverence , adored and almost the whole world follows them wherever they go, and all dignitaries kisses his ring as a special blessings to them.
He instituted Limbo, read about it in this book
He is not a Mere man but Hod on earth
He is called Bishop of Bishops
He exalted Mary the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ as Queen of heavens, co- creator with Christ
He has power to modify the laws, statutes and the words of God
He is called the most Holy father
He created the smallest Country, City, State in the world
He instituted Purgatory: read this in this book
He instituted the wearing of relics for protection: the parts of a dead person that the Pope made into sainthood. This they wear for protection
He made Mary the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ co. Creator with Christ
He ordered his followers to pray to Mary the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ for protection, for blessings as follows: “Holy Mary pray for now and forevermore”
He ordered his followers to genuflects before the statues of Jesus Christ, Mary and all the dead people whom he made into sainthood
ANOTHER FALSE TEACHINGS OTHE ANTICHRISTS
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Our Lady’s apparition to St. Bernadette at Lourdes
The Apparitions of The Blessed Virgin to Bernadette at Lourdes.
Lourdes 1858.
At Lourdes, on the feast of the Annunciation [March 25th] the Blessed Virgin acknowledged explicitly the Church declaration of 1854 that had, at last, proclaimed Her Immaculate Conception to be an article of Faith. This unprecedented happening reveals Its great significance. That She so explicitly acknowledged the declaration reveals how important the understanding of the Immaculate Conception is; that She is pure; without sin, as befits the Mother of God, that She is all powerful in defeating the evil ones, She is the Woman of the Book of Revelation, She is the Woman of Genesis.
