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The Whore’s Religion in the Revived Roman Empire
The Bible depicts the
Whore sitting on the Beast of Revelation, the Final World Empire or Revived
Roman Empire signifying that she plays a principal role in the future
empire.
In this book the future empire is identified as the European Union and we will be further examine the Whore of Babylon and her relations within the European Union.
Religion does play a part
in European politics. Its precepts provided the ideology that prompted the
European Union’s formation. Religion has
a voice in European politics through the Christian Democratic and Socialist
political parties, which elect statesmen who share their beliefs. The leaders of these parties become the
political representatives of their churches.
During the French Revolution, as Democracy spread through Europe, so did
Christian political parties. Most of
these parties were Catholic. The
Christian Democratic political movement would defend the Church’s ultimate
interests. This political party assumed responsibility for the social services
that the Church was no longer in a position to provide. The Whore in part sits on the Beast through the Christian political parties that
are responsible for the European Union’s formation and evolution. While Christian doctrine founded America, the
Whore’s precepts provide the ideological basis for the formation of the final
world power’s government.
Catholic ideals
influenced the European Union’s founders. During World War II, French Foreign
Minister Robert Schuman, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, and Alcide de
Gasperi, each man exemplary Catholics, had been hunted by Nazis and
Fascists. De Gasperi—the founder of the
Christian Democratic Party in Italy, and a militant Catholic activist and
anti-fascist—became premier of Italy in 1945.
He believed that the party man remained linked with his spiritual
mother, the Church. His theological
convictions influenced his public and private actions.
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenaeur helped found the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany in
1945. He “typified a Catholic Germany in
contrast to a pagan Germany.” In 1949, the Frenchman Robert Schuman became France’s
foreign minister. He had wanted to
become a priest, but gave the idea up to serve his faith in other ways. For him, politics was a priestly duty. All three men were politicians with high
ideals.
Pope Pius XII, who held
strong political beliefs, sought to aid the cause of peace with the help of
fellow Catholics. He and the leaders of
the Christian Democratic parties formulated a plan. For the first time, leaders of the Catholic
Church headed the French, Italian, and German governments. The Christian Democratic political parties
aroused hopes of a new Christianity. The
movement arranged religious gatherings where they planned political
action. Vatican Europe became part of
the political scene.
Europe, devastated by two
world wars, directly felt the threat of two atheistic ideologies—communism and
fascism. The European political leaders
believed that the only way to have peace among nations would be if the nations
aligned themselves in economic and political pursuits. Schuman proposed that France and Germany create
a Coal and Steel Community, encompassing the two nation’s production. Konrad Adenauer welcomed the idea as a way to
prevent war among these two nations.
They invited other nations to join as well.
• On May 9, 1950, the
Schuman Declaration led to the first European Union.
• On April 18, 1951,
European leaders signed the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) Treaty in
Paris.
The entire Franco-German
production of coal and steel resided under a higher authority. Its decisions bound France, Germany, and
other member countries. A Council
represented the interests of the Member States.
The common assembly later became the Court of Justice. In their view, this foundation of a European
federation was vital to the preservation of peace.
The union would prevent
war. The French and German heavy
industries urgently needed rebuilding.
The ECSC would spur growth. This
agreement marked the birth of the European Union. Ratified by the governments of France, the
Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg,
the ECSC began functioning in 1952. It
represented a revolutionary approach to international relations, as the first
international organization with a federal governing body. This led to the
drafting of the EURATOM (European Atomic Energy Community) and Common Market
Treaties.
• On March 25, 1957, European founders signed
the EURATOM (European Atomic Energy Community) and the Common Market Treaties
in Rome on one of its seven hills—Capitoline Hill.
Religion influenced the
European Union’s formation through political leaders who embraced its
precepts. These men acted as key players
in the Union’s formation. They held the highest positions in its newly
established organizations.
Robert Schuman became the
first president of the European Commission in 1958. Alcide de Gasperi held the presidential post
of the ECSC Common Assembly in 1954.
Monsignor Pierre Raffin, the Bishop of Metz, in Schuman’s native
Lorraine, launched a campaign for his beatification; the first step on the way
to sainthood. Some Christian Democratic
members of the European Parliament backed the initiative. Of Jacques Delors,
the former EU Commission president, Stanley Hoffman, who writes on European
Union affairs, wrote: “A former official of the French labor union inspired by
progressive Catholic thought, he exemplifies the synthesis of Christian
democracy and socialism on which the Community was built.” One’s religious convictions greatly affect one’s political
beliefs.
In the summer of 1998,
the United Methodist News Service
issued a press release stating that European churches were preparing to play a
major role in the continued development of the European Union. The European Ecumenical Commission for Church
and Society merged with the Conference of European Churches into the Commission
on Church and Society. Members of this
new commission included Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Anglicans, and the
Orthodox. The Conference of European
Churches comprised 123 different church bodies, and also cooperated with the
Roman Catholic Church. Keith Clements,
the conference’s general secretary, commented: “For the first time in
centuries, there’s the possibility of creating a Europe without barriers, the
challenge to the churches is whether they themselves can contribute to the
unity.”
The Role of the Catholic Church and the European Union
Catholic
thought provides the ideological basis for a united Europe, and presents itself
as a political point of reference. The
Church along with the unification of Europe, is simultaneously attempting to
unify and strengthen itself. It aims to
become the spiritual backbone of the evolving European Union. According to See Change, a publication for Catholic organizations, which reports
on how the hierarchy of the Catholic Church involves itself in public policy
debates:
It seems that the bishops want the
European Union to become an extension of the church, by confirming that
European civilization, in the words of the pope, “emerged because the seed of
Christianity was planted deep in Europe’s soil.” (Zenit, “Popes, proposals for
European Charter of human rights, “September 24, 2000.) Few democracies in
Europe mention God in their constitutions but this did not deter the bishops
from demanding that the European Union should do so.
On
January 13, 2003, Pope John Paul II gave his State of the World address to
representatives of 177 countries in Vatican City. Concerning the European Union he stated: “The
Holy See and all the Christian Churches have urged those drawing up the future
Constitutional Treaty of the European Union to include a reference to Churches
and religious institutions.” He added: “ A Europe which disavowed its past,
which denied the fact of religion, and which had no spiritual dimension would
be extremely impoverished in the face of the ambitious project which calls upon
all its energies: constructing a Europe for all.”
Within
two weeks of the Pope’s address, United
Press International reported that the Pope was “lobbying European
governments to officially recognize the European Union’s Christian roots,” and
they reported on the Catholic Church’s efforts to work a strong Christian
reference into the preamble of the EU Constitution. The Vatican argues that
“Christianity’s fundamental role in shaping European culture should be
acknowledged in what is destined to become the European Union’s key
document.” Convention delegates are
reluctant to involve religion in the new constitution, for fear that it might
create additional problems for the Union.
Dr.
Ian Paisley of the Institute of Protestant Studies, whose web site
(http://www.ianpaisley.org/about.asp) promotes, defends, and maintains Bible
Protestantism in Europe, exposes the papacy as the Beast of Revelation and
offers some enlightening facts. His
article “The Vacant Seat Number 666 in the European Union Parliament,” records:
The prophetic significance of the
European Union has been revealed as the saga unfolds. First, the sign which it
chose as its symbol was the woman riding the Beast. This comes from a prophecy in Revelation
17. The depiction of the harlot woman
was reproduced on the centenary stamp of the European Union, in a huge painting
in the Parliament’s new building in Brussels, and by a huge sculpture outside
the new EU Council of Ministers Office in Brussels. The new European coinage, the euro, bears the
same insignia. The Tower of Babel has been used on the posters emanating from
Europe – a truly suggestive prophetic sign.
Now, a massive
Crystal Palace tower (officially called the Tower Building) houses the Fifth
Parliament of Europe.
The
web site also exposes the Catholic Church’s immorality and its political role
within the European Union, and alerts its readers to EU legislation that
infringes on the freedoms of European citizens.
In November of 2008, the Catholic Church demanded that the EU enshrine
Sunday observance into law. In October
of 2009, the Catholic News Service reported Pope Benedict XVI asserting:
If European unity is
based only on geography and economics, it cannot succeed in promoting the
common good of all Europe's citizens and in helping the rest of the world. The recognition of the dignity of the human
person and the obligation to work for the common good -- values Christianity
fostered on the continent -- are what inspired the movement toward European
unity and are the only guarantee of its success.
The European Union did not bring those values to the 27 member countries, but rather it is these shared values that have given birth to and were like a gravitational force that drew the countries together and inspired them to form a union.
When the church recalls the Christian roots of Europe, it is not seeking a special status for itself, instead, it is calling Europeans to remember that the values that brought peace to the continent and freedom and dignity to its people must be allowed to continue nourishing it…Europe will not truly be herself if she cannot keep the originality that made her great.
The European Union did not bring those values to the 27 member countries, but rather it is these shared values that have given birth to and were like a gravitational force that drew the countries together and inspired them to form a union.
When the church recalls the Christian roots of Europe, it is not seeking a special status for itself, instead, it is calling Europeans to remember that the values that brought peace to the continent and freedom and dignity to its people must be allowed to continue nourishing it…Europe will not truly be herself if she cannot keep the originality that made her great.
In
the Pope’s own words we see the image of the woman sitting on the Beast and her
influence is clearly evident. So much
so that contributors have devoted a page to Wikipedia,
the online encyclopedia entitled “European Union- Holy See Relations,” and
another entry titled, “The European Union and the Catholic Church.”
A few years back there
was a web site dedicated to exposing the
meaning of the EU flag. The site
called itself “The EU Flag’s True Symbolism Revealed.” The writer presented the
idea that the symbol derived from the Virgin Mary, and is a tribute to
her. The EU’s flag, a circle of twelve
stars on a blue background, depicts Judeo-Christian symbolism. The twelve stars symbolize the twelve tribes
of Israel, the twelve apostles, along with the twelve months in a year, and the
Greek myth that speaks of the twelve labors Hercules performed to gain
immortality.
The European Union bases
many of its symbols on pagan myths; the very name Europe is from the Greek
mythological Europa, a Phoenician noble woman kidnapped by Zeus who came to her
as a bull and took her to the island of Crete where she became queen. Ian Paisley pointed out the similarity of
Revelation Chapter 17 depiction of the harlot riding the beast and the EU’s
woman seated on the bull which are outside several of the European Union's
institutions, as well as on the Greek
euro coin.
Europa's name appeared on
postage
stamps commemorating the Council of Europe, issued in 1956. Furthermore, the dome of the European Parliament's Paul-Henri Spaak building contains a large mosaic by
Aligi
Sassu portraying the abduction of Europa with other elements of Greek
mythology. Europa also serves as the
national personification for Europe. The building, which hosts the European
Council and the Council of the European Union which are the Prime Ministers and
President of the Member Nations along with the President of the Commission, the
leading presidency of the EU is named “the Europa Building.”
This provides another
example of the depiction of the Whore riding the Beast showing elements of
actual worship and its true spiritual depiction. The theme of the woman with a beast of some
sort is a common one in the worship of Ishtar: the Queen of Heaven.
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