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CONTENTS: Introduction

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INTERFAITHISM AND THE “You don't know where your DESTRUCTION OF THE going unless you know where MORAL FABRIC OF SOCIETY you've come from ... ” PAGES 1-6 In this issue of The Voice from the Wilderness we are going to look back some 400 years, to the year GREAT BRITAIN THE THEY that trust in the LORD BATTLE AXE OF 1605, on the day of the shall be as mount Zion, which 5th of . We are going PAGES 6-11 cannot be removed, but abideth to unveil one of the most gut for ever. curdling plots ever hatched Psalm 125:1 against .

THE PAPER , So let us go to the hired cellar THE MONUMENT OF under the Houses of Parliament ENGLISH PROSE - on the evening before November THE AUTHORISED BIBLE 5th. Down there is a soldier in PAGES 12-14 the services of Philip of Spain, aptly named , with 36 barrels filled with gunpowder, which have the capability to blow Parliament and its occupants sky high. GUY FAWKES - ROME'S (or should we say night), with all its TOOL OF DESTRUCTION displays and , has nearly lost its true meaning to the people of PAGES 14-23 England. We at VITW (Voice in the Wilderness) believe the truth has been purposely swept under the carpet, but history testifies that this day was set aside to commemorate a miraculous deliverance by God, and to THE JESUITS remind the English people of a man, who, inspired by his staunch hatred PAGES 23-30 towards Protestantism, devised a scheme to blow up Parliament and the King. So we are going to trace the steps that led to this plot of high treason, BECAUSE THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE PLOT STILL THE STRATEGICAL EXISTS TODAY. MENDACITY OF THE NEW The question has been asked, and may always be asked: Why worry HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE about Guy Fawkes? He was caught, tried, found guilty, and hanged. PAGES 31-38 So, it is said, we have no need to worry about him in our Day and Age of Ethical Enlightenment ... or do we? The apex of our concern is not the man Guy Fawkes and what he planned to do, no, no, the concern which is paramount is the system to which Guy Fawkes was affiliated to, or should we say under the direct instructions of. Even though he may not be alive today, the organisation which he belonged to is still alive. Our question and concern is: If this system was the main instigator of the plot and is still alive today, would they ever think of doing anything of this sort again? My fellow Brothers and Sisters and friends, we know this organisation will be, and has been, involved in many plots against the peoples, presidents and governments of this world. So let us dissect the issues of the past, so we can rightly interpret the issues which will soon confront us in the near future. To prepare us for this immaterial excursion into the oracles of Protestant history, let us briefly examine the writings of the faithful pen of inspiration, that was employed by Jesus Christ, our omnipotent all loving God and Saviour:

“She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.”1

“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.”2

Before we discuss Guy Fawkes and the main , we will study comprehensively but briefly, the history of the British Isles. Looking from the early centuries of Christianity, it shall be seen that there has been a continual battle going on between good and evil, between Christ and Satan. It would be a dishonour to the men and women who have given their lives to uphold, and press forward the truths of God’s word, if we fail to mention their efforts; and thus a large portion of the newsletter is dedicated to them. Voice in the Wilderness

Published by Wilderness publications April 1997

1. The Great Controversy, p. 581, E. G. White, Pacific Press 2. Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, Burden Bearers, p. 196 INTERFAITHISM AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MORAL FABRIC OF SOCIETY

“Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived.” The Great Controversy, p. 624, E. G. White, Pacific Press

REV 16:13 —14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. ______

Lucifer was the highest angel in heaven. He was remember that Lucifer means “light bearer.” All a created being, and was next in line to CHRIST his power and wisdom came directly from the in power, rank and authority. When the most High; but this he attributed to himself, GODHEAD came together to discuss the instead of from Him who is the giver of all administration of the universe, he was not knowledge, wisdom and power. In the heart of permitted to enter into their secrets, and for this this arch-deceiver was the desire to put himself reason he developed a hatred for God and in the place of God, and this marked the disrespect towards His law, because God’s beginning of the great controversy, which is government rests on the foundation of His law. about to reach its climatic end very soon. This It is through his influence today that there is a ancient foe who received his education from large movement in the religious world who Jesus at the throne of the living God, is believe it is no longer expedient to keep God’s attempting to use the administrative skills that law. It should be remembered that Lucifer’s he learned whilst being God’s messenger. At position in heaven was the Covering Cherub (the this time, Satan’s methods of operation chief angel). He stood in the immediate parallel the same basic principles as the Lord’s - presence of God’s glory and was clothed with a but they lack the foundation of God’s Ten garment of light. It is also important to Commandment Law.

What God gave to Man What the Devil gives instead

Marriage Living together in sin (cohabitation)

The Seventh-day Sabbath Sunday Sacredness

1 The Gospel of Grace WHO OR WHAT IS THE DRAGON? Froglike movements According to Revelation 12:9 the dragon is that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, him who deceived the whole world. So the dragon power is raw Luciferianism, which has its ideology rooted in Satan’s lies to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. There are three fundamental principles that need to be understood in the fall of man, in the third chapter of Genesis.

(1) “Yea hath God said” Genesis 3:1. God in His mercy to the human race has given the three angel’s message as a means to prepare us for This dragon power is playing a fundamental role the world to come. Satan in response to in placing doubt upon God’s word, and we are this has three unclean spirits like frogs. Both of these witnessing the fruits of decades of the dragon’s movements end up on seas. The three attack. There are two major beliefs in the world angel’s message ends up on the sea of glass that today that are at the forefront. The first is flows by the throne of God.1 While the three Evolution. This teaches that there was a “big unclean spirits like frogs culminate in the lake bang”, and that all life on earth developed over of fire.2 One produces obedience to the law of millions of years. Evolution refutes the Biblical God; while the other prepares humanity to account of creation, as recorded in Genesis worship the beast and his image. This issue is to Chapters 1 and 2. The Bible declares that the be clearly understood by all who dwell on the world was created in six days, and that God rested earth at the end of time. God’s message to come on the seventh day. The seventh day was blessed out of Babylon is given under the direction of and sanctified because it was always to be a the Holy Spirit. False calls of unity, however, memorial of the creative power of God. The are given under the auspices of evil angels. These second belief is Higher Criticism. Higher spirits are described as being like frogs. criticism is a method that places doubt on the According to the Biblical record, during the ten authorship, origin, and historical settings of plagues that fell upon Egypt, (which were a type Biblical themes and places. Its purpose is to of God’s final wrath) there was a plague of frogs. make the Bible seem as though it is a book full It is a fact that the frog was regarded as sacred of nonsense - the end result being the scriptures by the Egyptians, and they would not destroy are totally disregarded as being inspired by God. them3, for one of their gods, HEGA, was a frog “If a supposed conflict is found between the headed goddess, thought to possess creative theories of science and the facts of the Bible, the power. So as these movements go forth unto scholar is expected to reject the Bible. In the inhabitants of the earth, they will be actuality, there is no conflict between true considered sacred and untouchable. They will science and the Bible, but this fact did not deter be reverenced in the same manner as were the the higher critics.”4 Higher criticism is being frogs of ancient Egypt. Only those who have a taught in many of the schools, colleges and deep and personal relationship with Christ will seminaries around the globe, and it is sad to say dare speak a word of protest against them. that because of this, many religious teachers and THEY COME OUT OF THE MOUTH of the preachers are closet atheists. Dragon, Beast and the False prophet. As God’s three angel’s message is to be preached, these (2) The second principle is based on Satanic movements are to be proclaimed verbally Genesis 3:4: “ye shall not surely die.” as well as spiritually, and intellectually. So we can positively say they are Satan’s evangelistic These words are the foundation of modern tools for world domination. spiritualism; and are also the first ever sermon 2 preached upon the immortality of the soul. This reign of terror, and is part of Satan’s Grand declaration, resting solely upon the authority of Master Plan to establish a World Community, Satan, is echoed from the pulpits of we need to embrace the truths of the Bible Christendom, and is received by the majority of and the Bible only. The mass exodus of mankind as readily as our first parents. Not only believers taking place in the Christian Church, is it declared by churchmen, but billions in this we are convinced, is due to the dragon power. passive, sophisticated TV generation, also The principles of evolution, higher criticism and accept this satanic lie. The majority of films that spiritualism are being accepted by almost all come out of the entertainment industry advocate major denominations. As a result church the view of immediate life after death. God’s members who embrace the above principles do word tells us in Ezekiel 18:20: “The soul that not know whether they are coming or going, or sinneth it shall die.” The doctrine of natural what they believe. The result being that such immortality first borrowed from pagan individuals will not be able to stand in the philosophy, and in the darkness of the great coming world crisis. apostasy incorporated into Christian faith, has supplanted the truth so plainly taught in OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST scripture, that the dead know not anything.5

(3) The last principle of this global deception is found in Genesis 3:5: “Ye shall be as gods.”

This concept is fundamental in all pagan religions, with the belief that we have the capacity to produce righteousness within ourselves. But the word of God says you must be born again. If we were to look for the fulfilment of this prophecy, we would have to look no further than what modern spiritualism It is a fundamental truth of historic teaches: “that man is the creature of progression; Protestantism that the beast in Revelation 13 and that it is his destiny from his birth to progress, 17 is the ROMAN CATHOLIC POLITICAL even to eternity, toward the godhead.”6 As we MACHINE [THE VATICAN POLITICAL see the movements taking place in the world, TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT.] This was with the amalgamation of worldly music in the established during the dark ages. All the church worship service, and the proclamation of Reformers held this conviction from the study the sin and live gospel, there is also the of the scriptures and history. It was only during acceptance of self-esteem, i.e. “you can do it.” the counter that the Jesuits, The Interfaith Movement, which has its Francisco Ribera (1537-1591), Robert headquarters in the World Council of Churches Bellarmine (1542-1621) and Luis De Alcazar in Geneva, is the main tool that Satan is using to (1554-1613)8, devised the doctrine of a destroy Biblical Christianity. Its President since futuristic antichrist. They achieved this by 1975, Cynthia Wedel, is an honorary sponsor of putting the time prophecies pertaining the the Provisional World Parliament. “This antichrist into the future. They also destroyed organisation has come to represent the the principle given in Numbers 14:34 and leadership of most of the mainline Protestant Ezekiel 4:6, which shows that a day stands for a church denominations in America and has year in Bible prophecy. The Jesuits altered this privately been pushing for unification with the by teaching that these were literal instead of Church of Rome. But it appears that the WCC prophetic days. is only trying to “unite” Christianity in order to This means that the one thousand two hundred bring it into the New World Order.”7 As the and sixty days (Revelation 12), and the forty two WCC is one of the driving forces of the coming months (Revelation 13), will be fulfilled at the 3 end of time instead of the historical view that Environmental worship this time frame refers to the dark ages, when the papal power controlled the world from 538 A.D. Mary is also the base of the Environmental -1798 A.D. This beast power is to emerge at the Movement: for they teach that the earth is a end of time to become the world’s leading super goddess or the Great Ghea. Environmental power. “And his deadly wound was healed: and goddess worship leads to witchcraft. Every all the world wondered after the beast.”9 Pope liturgical format of Catholicism can be traced to John Paul II believes that the Virgin Mary will ancient Babylon: crown him the spiritual and temporal king of a “The use of temples ... incense, lamps and NEW WORLD ORDER by the year 2000. candles ... the tonsure ... turning to the East, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption in the church.”12 boasts of being the “old religion; and truly, ... it appears that it is ancient indeed. It can trace its lineage far beyond the era of Christianity, back over 4000 years ... to the Tower of Babel.13 It is our responsibility to give the trumpet a certain sound and warn the world of the nature, the history, Religious orders and the present position of Rome, for she is what inspires the dragon and the false prophet. There are many lay and religious orders in Rome and around the world who are devoted to OUT OF THE MOUTH see this goal established, groups like Opus Dei, OF THE FALSE PROPHET Legion of Mary, Focolare, Neocatechumenate, and Communion & Liberation, The Knights of Malta, and P2, who are the papacy’s own Lodge. There are many more such societies around the globe under the direction of the Pope, infiltrating every aspect of human life. The diabolical aim of this Papal Global Octopus is to create a Christian society which has been extinct since the middle ages; a restored version of the Holy Roman Empire.10 Rome is behind every subversive movement directly or indirectly. This is done by her agents who penetrate and infiltrate any and every movement that are striving for world domination. The church of Rome claims to be an institution under the control of God. In the book of Revelation we are shown the It also feels that it has the keys to the kingdom, Bible definition of the false prophet and the work but a careful investigation will prove that it’s that this power will do. Revelation 13:11-14; roots derive from ancient Babylon [Revelation 16:13-14 and 19:20 reveal that the lamb-like 17:5: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, beast and the false prophet is the same power. THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND It is prophesised to work miracles, to bring down ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH]. This fire from heaven to deceive those that dwell on name is written on her forehead. The occultist the earth. Whilst the true prophet of God, Elijah, and neo-Gnostics of today are only too well brought down fire from heaven as a sign of the aware that the worship of Mary by the Roman worship of the true God (see 1 Kings 18), the is directly linked with the false prophet, or the lamb-like beast (the USA), goddess cult of the ancient Babylonians.11 will bring down fire from heaven as a sign to lead 4 people into false worship. But the Bible says: “If HConclusion H there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And The effects of this threefold union will be the the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he destruction of morality in the Church and the spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other World. We are seeing the amalgamation of gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve Christianity with the polytheistic religions of the them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of East, and there is a breakdown in the whole that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the construction of society. Spiritualism, LORD your God proveth you, to know whether Catholicism and Apostate Protestantism are ye love the LORD your God with all your heart clasping hands in an unprecedented fashion, and and with all your soul.”14 slowly but shortly, gathering the world to the valley of slaughter [Ar-Megeddon] (Revelation The Christian Coalition 16:16). This slaughter will result in the complete and eternal destruction of those who There is in the USA a group of men who are go along with Satan’s system. Even at this very pushing for America to become a nation time there is a mass exodus of those who are controlled by the church. They call their falling by the tentacles of this Satanic machine, establishment the Christian Coalition. Their those who once with pride and power stood for leader is Ralph Read. They would like to the truth of JESUS CHRIST. Our only hope is introduce a national Sunday law, and their aim to be covered by the blood of the Lamb in a is to penetrate the government by having relationship of self-sacrificing love and total trust political candidates run in elections. The C.C. in His Word. (Christian Coalition) want to take the world to how it was during the days of ancient Israel, when the people of God were under the jurisdiction of a THEOCRACY.15 This means that the 17 EXECUTIVE16 , LEGISLATIVE , and JUDICIAL18 government derives its power immediately from God. They plan to accomplish this by laying a grass roots resurgence of Christian action, where local church members elect those in office of state to do the bidding of the Church. They also believe it is their duty to restore all the old civil laws of the Old Testament, and the penalties for breaking them. The C.C. was R represented at the last presidential election (1996) by senator Bob Dole and the Republican party. We are living at the very end of time, and the final, rapid movements, are taking place. Ellen White, who wrote in 1888, was guided by the Holy Spirit when she declared: “When the leading churches of the United States, uniting The pyramid with the all-seeing eye is the symbol of the upon such points of doctrine as are held by them New World Order. It can be seen on the back of the in common, shall influence the state to enforce American one dollar bill. The pyramid represents the different levels of the occult hierarchy, whose members their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then include Spiritualists, top American Christian leaders and Protestant America will have formed an Roman Catholics. At the higher levels, individuals take orders directly from Satan and his demons themselves. The image of the Roman hierarchy, and the Latin words ‘Novus Ordo Seclorum’ mean when translated infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will ‘A New Order for the Ages’, and the words ‘Annuit 19 Coeptus’ mean ‘He (God) has favoured our undertakings.’ inevitably result.” For more information see the book The Illuminati 666. 5 We need to be praying and fasting, we also need in the looms of heaven, for we dare not be like to be sighing and crying for the sins that are Adam and Eve when the Lord reveals Himself taking place in the house of the Living God. in the clouds of glory. Let us not run and hide From all corners of the world there is a cry to from Him because we are naked in shame. Amen. bring about total unification, and there are think tanks and clandestine groups who are calling for REFERENCES 1. See Revelation 15:2 the plan as laid down by ALICE BAILEY, who 2. See Revelation 20:10 3. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 265, E. G. White, Pacific Press is the prophetess of the New Age Movement. 4. World History and Cultures, p. 325 5. The Great Controversy, p. 551, E. G. White, Pacific Press This plan calls for the erection of The New Age, 6. Ibid., p. 554 7. En Route to Global Occupation, p. 84, Gary H. Kah, Huntington House Publishers which means the destruction of Biblical 8. The Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, vol. II, p. 489-507, Leroy Edwin Froom, Review and Herald Publishing Association 1948 Christianity, and the resurrection of ancient 9. Revelation 13:3 10. THE POPE’S ARMADA, Gordon Urquhart, p. 319 Babylon and it’s social and political creed. It 11. The Trojan Horse in the Temple, Alan Morrison, p. 30 12. John Henry Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, p. 369 will also bring about its religious fanaticism on 13. The Two Babylons, Alexander Hislop, p. 287 14. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 a global and international scale. 15. Theocracy, state acknowledging a god as immediate sovereign and in which the clergy have authority in both civil and religious affairs; kingdom of Israelites an example (Excerpted “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that from Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia Copyright © 1994, 1995 Compton’s NewMedia, Inc.) watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk 16. The executive branch of government is so named because it executes, or carries out, the laws and policies laid down by the legislative, Excerpted from Compton’s Interactive naked, and they see his shame.” (Revelation Encyclopedia Copyright © 1994, 1995 Compton’s NewMedia, Inc. 17. The lawmaking branch of a government; Ibid. 16:15). So let us be covered with the infinite 18. An administrative organization designed to oversee the operation of the federal court system; presided over by chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court; Ibid. righteousness of Christ’s garment that is woven 19. The Great Controversy, p. 445 GREAT BRITAIN - The battle axe of Protestantism

The Act of Union , that was to lead the way in the struggle for civil and religious liberty: It is said It was at the very time of the Papal scheme to “the sun never sets on the BRITISH EMPIRE.” overthrow the English people that this nation was At this point it would be pertinent to give a brief to arise to dominate the world for over a synopsis on how this nation came to be one of hundred years. In the year 1603, upon the the world’s leading superpowers. accession of James VI of Scotland, who was also The English people took a peculiar stand against known as James I of England, the two crowns of the infringements and the abuses of tyranny that the two countries were permanently joined were the trademark of medieval EUROPE. We together. This sowed the seeds of a union that have touched on the year 1707 A.D. as the date was to bring two ancient people to a long of the coming of the U.K., but the standing partnership, to the point that when implementation of liberty and most important England went to war Scotland did also. In the instrument of English constitutional history, was troublesome times of 1707, at the death of Queen issued by King John in June 1215 A.D. at Anne, the Roman Catholic led Scottish Runnymede “The MAGNA CHARTA JACOBITES threatened to put an exiled Stuart (commonly called the MAGNA CARTA).” on the throne. The birth of the Empire was established by the signing of the ACT OF John's turmoil UNION, which was designated to protect these grand nations from Popery. The Under the compulsion of the barons, John was Scottish Parliament and Privy Council were then forced to sign this document, because of his absorbed by those of GREAT BRITAIN continual extortion of money, and his violations [England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales]. of feudal rights. He not only fell into disfavour LONDON was to be the main centre of the with the nobles but also with the knights and with union. Out of this alliance against the the townspeople. John also quarrelled with Pope infringements and abuses of popery came a Innocent III over who would be archbishop of 6 . In 1208, Innocent put England The MAGNA CARTA (1213-1215) was seen under an interdict, cutting off the entire land from as the first bill of rights, for it was the guarantee the services and sacraments of the church. John of the supremacy of the individual over the King. retaliated by confiscating the property of the It also provided for the freedom of the church. archbishop of Canterbury. In 1209, the pope Most important it was later to be interpreted as a excommunicated John and offered the crown of guarantee of trial by jury and of Habeas Corpus England to King Philip II of France. Philip and a [the right of the family to see the body of the mighty army prepared to cross the English detained prisoner]. It can be said to be the Channel and take England away from its foundation of religious and civil liberty. King excommunicated King. John was released from its observance by the It seemed that John was trapped. He knew he Pope.2 It can be right for us to say that because could not count on the nobles for help. They of this document’s approach to freedom, it was hated him for his lack of respect for the feudal hated by the Papacy, for it was in direct promises between lord and vassal. To escape the opposition to the principles of the inquisition that English nobles on the one side, and the French were developing in Europe at that time, if we warriors on the other, John ran to his third take a historical sweep into Rome’s aggression enemy, the Pope. He repented of his deeds, on this nation. In 1066 A.D. the military restored the church property, and then, to the subjugation started when William the Conqueror horror of all Englishmen, he offered England to secured the sanction of the Pope, to raise an army the pope as a fief of the papacy. “Here I resign and fleet. He defeated and slew King Harold in the crown of the realm of England into the Pope’s the Battle of Hastings. Overcoming what little hand, Innocent III,” he said, “and put me wholly resistance that remained in Kent, he made his in his mercy and ordinance.” John’s cowardly way to London, received the city’s submission, deeds aroused the patriotism of the nation. The and was crowned King on Christmas day.3 We great English nobles, called barons, vowed that would like to remind the reader that never since they would never be slaves of a pope. Even the that time nine-hundred and thirty one years ago, English clergy now felt that the Roman pope had has a Papal sponsored army put its foot on the too much power over the English church because mainland of England. God’s omnipotent of the alliance with John.1 providence has kept us free from the “Vatican’s invasion forces for nearly a thousand years.” The Magna Carta A DIFFERENT RELIGION FOR THE BRITISH PEOPLE

In Great Britain primitive Christianity had very early taken root. The gospel received by the Britons in the first centuries was then uncorrupted by Romish apostasy. Persecution from pagan emperors, which extended even to these far-off shores, was the only gift that the first churches of Britain received from Rome.4 One Papal leader said “If you will not receive brethren who bring you peace, you shall receive enemies who will bring you war. If you will not unite with us in showing the Saxons the way of The signing of the Magna Carta life, you shall receive from them the stroke of death.”5 7 Early missionaries in England requested that Mary should become Queen of England. In the second year of her reign, she In the early centuries, the church in England took allied England with Spain, and married prince on a distinct character - it was a centre of Philip, who was the champion of Catholicism. missionary activity, with men like Columba, Patrick, and Aidan. These men of God were fundamental in pioneering schools, colleges, and centres of training for young people. The school at Iona sent missionaries, to Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, and even Italy. The Word of God nurtured the moral fabric of the people, and released an independence not possessed by the rest of the continent. It will also be good to mention that these early heroes were seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath keepers. It is fascinating to see how ROME, claims these men of God to herself. As the Holy Spirit influenced them in their work the great formation of liberty trickled down through society, for where the 6 Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The result of this union was a rebellion by the Protestants, led by Lady Jane Gray and A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE Elizabeth. When Mary first took the throne she PAPACY’S WAR WITH BRITAIN promised the people she would not revert back to Catholicism. But this promise she broke. In 1) 1066 A.D. The battle of Hastings 1555, Mary began persecution of the Protestants [which we have covered] in England, which earned her the name of “BLOODY MARY.” At the time of her death 2) 1213-1215 MAGNA-CARTA in 1558 almost 300 men and women had been [which we have covered] burned at the stake because they refused to return to the Catholic Church.8 3) In 1533 Henry’s adviser Thomas Cranmer became Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1534 5) 1558 A.D. On November 17, Elizabeth, the Parliament abolished the Pope’s [Clement VII] daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn, became authority in England and declared King Henry the Queen of England. , because VIII, the supreme head of the Church of of her love for the Protestant religion, was England [The Act of Supremacy]. “The marked for assassination by the Vatican. By the English clergy and Parliament recognised Henry year 1570, on February 25th, she was as “the supreme head of the English Church, and excommunicated by a bull from Pope Pius V, in the pope’s name was erased from books in the which he declared her “to be cut off as the English churches. Henry closed the English monster of iniquity from the community of the monasteries and commissioned the printing of faithful.”9 He released her subjects from their English Bibles so that every church in the allegiance to her, and he forbade them, country have one.”7 under pain of incurring the same sentence as herself, to recognise her any longer as sovereign 4) 1553 A.D. Mary I [Mary Tudor, or Mary the ... nor did he refuse his blessing, with money now Catholic] ascends to the throne of England. At and a high place in heaven hereafter, to any the time of Henry VIII’s death, his son Edward assassin who would undertake to sheath his VI turned England into a Protestant nation, but dagger in her breast.10 Because the he died at a young age. For several days Lady Catholic Church desperately wanted to recapture Jane Gray usurped the throne. But the people England, there was plot after plot to destroy 8 Queen Elizabeth I and put a Romanist on the HISTORICAL throne. CHAMPIONS OF THE TRUTH

The Babington Plot

The final straw was when Elizabeth’s cousin Mary Stuart (not Bloody Mary), was uncovered to be part of a conspiracy called the Babington Plot. This plot was to put Mary on the throne. Mary was convicted of treason, and with reluctance Elizabeth signed the death warrant of her cousin. “When asked to convert to Protestantism Mary replied: “I am a Catholic, and must die a Catholic. It is useless to attempt to move me and your prayers will avail me but JOHN FOXE little.” Fearlessly, she stepped to the block and (1517-87) was beheaded. Nonconformist preacher, author, and visionary, This was the last attempt by Rome to find a was born in , in Lincolnshire, one solution from within the nation. All prospects hundred miles north of London. His chief claim of the English Romanist dealing with the to fame rests on his Acts and Monuments, a Protestants of England were terminated with the history of the Reformation popularly called The axe of the executioner. From henceforth the Book of Martyrs, which is unexcelled as religious Papacy looked to their champion nation and propaganda. It went through many editions and defender of faith - SPAIN. was placed alongside the Great Bible in every college hall, university, and parish church in England to become the most popular reading of the day and for centuries after. Foxe was noted for his charitableness, tolerance, and his opposition to the wearing of surplice. He died in London.

Elizabeth’s cousin - Mary Stuart WILLIAM TYNDALE (ca. 1483-1536) World domination Reformer and linguist, was born in England on the Welsh border. His translation of the Until that time the Spanish people dominated Scriptures into the English tongue placed him the whole world in a partnership with the among the renowned in scholarship and literary Catholic Church. They were in the process of ability. Because of religious persecution in accumulating a vast imperialistic global empire. England, he went to the Continent. As a guide Through them the whole New World was about to his work he used the translations of Luther to be Catholicised. The Americas, the West and Erasmus. His Bible became the basis for Indies and the people of the African continent the Authorised Version and served as the were marked for slavery with the approval and fulcrum on which the blessing of the Roman Catholic Church. balanced. He was captured and imprisoned on Protestant England had to be crushed. It was at the charge of advocating justification by faith, this time that the most monumental expedition opposing the doctrines of purgatory and the was planned by the “PAPAL MILITARY invocation of saints, and was executed by MACHINE” - the conquest of Protestant strangulation and burning near the castle of England. Vilvorde, in the Netherlands.

9 Wycliffe sending forth his Preachers with handwritten Bibles

JOHN WYCLIFFE (ca. 1320-84), authority wealthy, and even in the cottages of the poor. on canon and civil law, consultant to Parliament, Jesuits wormed their way into society, going king’s chaplain, Reformer, and founder of the from house to house ... in pairs like black cats, Lollards, was born in Yorkshire, England. He as Dickens has told he saw them do in Genoa. based his first opposition to the papacy on its They were surveying, examining, reconnoitring political activities. To Parliament he with a view to an open conquest ... in a subtle ... recommended that the fines assessed by the pope almost unseen way, undermining the against the realm under King John be abrogated. commonwealth, and making or attempting to Later he attacked the doctrine of make, a conquest of England.11 transubstantiation and the ecclesiastical supremacy claimed by the pope. He affirmed The Papal plan for England his belief in salvation by faith. His translation of the Bible gained him literary prominence. The Papal plan for England was to erect the Papal pressure expelled him from his university inquisition, and force the British people to position, but was unable to effect his accept the primacy of the Pope. On board this excommunication. He died of a paralytic stroke papal fleet were 180 Dominican and Franciscan in his parish at Lutterworth, England. friars and monks, with instruments of torture like the thumb screw and rack. While on the mainland, the military machine of Rome was GOD BLEW WITH HIS WIND gathering information of all the enemies of the AND THEY WHERE SCATTERED Catholic Church, starting from the Queen right to the bottom of the social ladder; a compilation When in July 1588, during the reign of Queen was made of persons to receive extermination. Elizabeth I, the Roman Catholic Church ... The Jesuits also worked on breaking down the attempted the conquest of England, she came defence systems of the nation, by forbidding any with a fleet of one hundred Spanish galleons, Catholic in the armed forces on the pain of carrying thirty thousand fighting men ... It will excommunication, from swearing allegiance to be remembered that years before the Armada the Queen. The invincible Armada, was perhaps weighed anchor in the Tagus on its ill-starred the greatest naval force the world had seen. The mission, England was overrun by continental plan was for the Armada to sail up the Channel, Jesuits, priests, monks, and sisters. The pick troops from the Netherlands, and invade and “seminary priests” from Rheims were a conquer England. Although the English fleet was notorious contingent of that army. These were smaller, it was better designed than that of Spain. strategically arranged and placed, that their The Armada missed a golden opportunity to trap influence was made to be felt everywhere. They the English fleet in Plymouth harbour on July were in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, they were 19 and 20. After ten days of fighting, the British in the castles of the nobles, in the houses of the fleet completely defeated the Spanish ships. As 10 the remaining Spanish ships sought to escape by superpower for over 200 years. The word of God sailing northward around the British Isles, a declares: “Righteousness exalteth a terrible tempest arose - “The breath of God, or nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” the Protestant whirlwind as it is called.” (Proverbs 14:34). We desperately need, in this solemn time in which we live, to have the old- The power of God time religion, and the Christian principles of our spiritual ancestors, for it was Bible religion that Many of Spain’s fleeing ships were dashed to made this land the great nation that it was in the pieces on the shores of Scotland and Ireland. If past, and only the same principles can achieve Spain had succeeded, the whole subsequent matching results today; not only for the nation, and Scotland would have been but also for individuals. We are coming to the changed; there would have been no Protestant point in this world’s history where God will not North America, and no Anglo-Saxon only be dealing with nations, but He will be civilisation.12 The present author is of the looking for people who have made a covenant conviction that God Himself was fighting for His with Him. This covenant is to be made by the people, like in the days of Moses, Gideon, and heart being surrendered to the Lord in absolute King David. It is a fundamental principle that submission to His word, and through moment God’s protection is only given to people and by moment, unbroken communion, with Jesus nations that are loyal and God-fearing, and at Christ our Great High Priest. that time ENGLAND was experiencing the regenerating power of the Gospel, and the REFERENCES 1. World History Book, p. 182-183 acceptance of Protestantism was shaping 2. W. S. McKechnie, Magna Carta (1914) 3. E. A Freeman, History of the Norman Conquest government, judicory, and individual faith in the 4. The Great Controversy, p. 62 5. J. H. Merl D’Aubigne, History of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, b. 17, ch. 2 Lord. This explosion of ‘sola scriptura’ (the 6. 2 Corinthians 3:17 7. World History and Cultures in a Christian perspective, p. 218 Bible and the Bible only), elevated the British 8. Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia, p. 4101 9. The History of England, by J. A. Froud, vol. ix, p. 228 Isles to military and commercial greatness, with 10. The Papal Conquest, by Alexander Robertson, D.D., p. 14 11. Ibid., p. 98-99 an unchallenged position as the world’s 12. The Voice of God in History, Robert Pollock Kerr, p. 173

Diagram showing the route taken by the Spanish Armada

“We have put the Spanish Fleet past the Forth, and I think past the Isles, yet God knoweth whether they go either to Norway or to Denmark or to the Orkney Isles, to refit then return. “I think they dare not return (to Spain) with this dishonour and shame to their King and overthrow of their Pope’s credit. A Kingdom is a great wager; and if God had not been our best friend, we should have found it so. I pray to God that we may all be thankful to Him for it, and that it may be done by some order, that the world may know we are thankful to Him for it.” Signed “Howard.” Drake to Walsingham, August 8th, 1588, p. 61

Taken from: Jesuit Plots from Elizabethan to Modern Times, By Albert Close

11 THE PAPER POPE THE MONUMENT OF ENGLISH PROSE - THE AUTHORISED BIBLE

“... the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the Truth, (which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed).” *Taken from the dedication of the King James Bible to the King at the preface of the KJV*

A reformation needed Satan tries to intervene

After the life and death struggles with Spain, “King James responded to the call. He appointed and the hard fought battle to save the English fifty-four learned men, all with a reverent regard people ... Protestantism took stock of its for divine inspiration to bring into being a Bible situation and organised for the new era which that would reflect the greatest possible concern had evidently dawned. A thousand ministers, it to achieve fidelity of translation. By the time is said, sent a petition, called the Millenary the work begun, the number of translators had Petition, to King James who had succeeded been reduced by circumstance and death to forty Elizabeth as sovereign.1 This petition called for seven.”4 This was because some of the reformation in the ministry and worship of the translators and their families were poisoned by national church. Among other things, Doctor Jesuits.5 The forty-seven learned men appointed Reynolds who was a chief speaker on their by King James to accomplish this important task behalf, the leader of the Millenary Petition, were divided first into three companies: one requested that there might be a new translation worked at Cambridge, another at , and of the Bible, without note or comment. the third at Westminster. Each of these companies again split up into two. Thus there Unsurpassed scholarship were six companies working on six allotted portions of the Hebrew and Greek Bibles. The first three hundred years of the Reformation produced a grand array of High security scholars, who have never since been surpassed ... It was said of one of the translators of the King James that “such was his skill in all languages, especially the oriental, that had he been present at the confusion of tongues at Babel, he might have served as interpreter general.”2 No-one can study the lives of those men who gave us the King James Bible without being impressed with their profound and varied learning. Furthermore, in the book Modern Bible Translations unmasked, Dr. R. Standish and Dr. C. D. Standish have The importance of the documented quite comprehensively the highly King James Version was so great, that advanced scholarship of just a few of the 3 guards were posted at the tables of the translators. The translators of the King James, moreover, had something beyond great translators, watching every move, as a scholarship and unusual skill. They had gone precautionary measure to stop any possible through a period of great suffering. They had Jesuit infiltration during offered their lives that the truths which they loved might live. the translation process. 12 Each member of each company worked which became the Sinaiticus and the Vaticanus. individually on his task, then brought to each The manuscripts here mentioned, because of the member of his committee the work he had hatred of the Gnostics to Jesus, were severely accomplished. The committee all together went mutilated. That is why in all the modern and over that portion of the work translated. Thus, ancient Catholic translations there are hundreds when one company had come together, and had of omissions. These corrupt manuscripts, which agreed on what should stand, after having were tampered with by the Gnostics, who did compared their work, as soon as they had not believe the plain gospel of Jesus, became the completed any one of the sacred books, they sent foundation of Roman Catholic Bibles. It would it to each of the other companies to be critically be an injustice to try and cover this topic in such reviewed. If a latter company, upon receiving a short space, but the reader can refer to Modern the book, found anything doubtful or Bible Translations Unmasked, available through unsatisfactory, they noted such places, with their this ministry. reasons, and sent it back to the company whence it came. If there should be a disagreement, the The Received Text matter was finally arranged at a general meeting of the chief persons of all the companies at the THE TWO PARALLEL STREAMS OF BIBLES end of the work. It can be seen by this method that each part of the work was carefully gone Apostles (Original). Apostates (Corrupted over at least fourteen times. Originals). Received Text (Greek) Sinaiticus and Vaticanus In the multitude of counsel Bible (Greek). there was safety Waldensian Bible (Italic). Vulgate (Latin). It was further understood that if there was any special difficulty or obscurity, all the learned Erasmus (Received Text Vaticanus (Greek) Restored). men of the land could be called upon by letter for their judgement. And finally each bishop Luther’s Bible, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, kept the clergy of his diocese notified French, Italian, etc., etc., (from Vulgate). concerning the progress of the work, so that if (from Received Text). anyone felt constrained to send any particular 6 Tyndale, (English) 1535 Rheims (English) from observation he was notified to do so. What a (from Received Text). Vulgate (Jesuit Bible of contrast to the way most modern translations of 1582). the Bible are prepared. Never since that time from 1604-1611 has there been such dedication, King James, 1611 Oxford Movement. commitment, and consecration in preparing a (from Received Text). Bible in the English language for the common Wescott and Hort (B and people. That is why today, at the end of this Aleph). English Revised century, almost four hundred years later, many 1881. Protestants still use the King James Version in recognition of its outstanding accuracy. Dr. Philip Schaff (B and Aleph). American It is a fundamental feature of the struggle that Revised 1901 developed during the Dark Ages, between NIV, NASB etc. Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, that the choice of manuscript (MSS) determined the The acceptance of the Textus Receptus (the system of belief. It can be traced through Received Text) shaped the democratic process history that there are only two text families: one of government in this country. It also provided which originated from the apostles, given to their for the manner in which the armed forces were converts, hence called the Received Text, for it to treat their prisoners of war. Society was built was received by the people who were converted. on charity and men began to care more for each And the other, the corrupt Alexandrian MSS, other. The courts abandoned Roman Catholic 13 Canon Law and practised trial by jury and a fair soon planned a event that was to be a monument penal system. Britain, and the Protestant for the 5th of November- the GUNPOWDER P LOT. American Republic which was formed on the basis of Christianity, were developed into safe havens: all as a consequence of the Bible from REFERENCES 1. Our Authorized Bible Vindicated, p. 76, Dr. B. G. Wilkinson the pure manuscripts being translated into the 2. McClure, The Translators Revived, p. 87 3. Modern Bible Translations Unmasked, p. 208-218, Standish and Standish language of the people. But unfortunately Rome 4. Battle of the Bibles, H. H. Meyers, p. 63, New Millennium Publications 5. The Attack, J. T. Chick, Chick Publications never tolerates such freedom to worship, and 6. Our Authorized Bible Vindicated, p. 85, Dr. B. G. Wilkinson GUY FAWKES - ROME'S TOOL OF DESTRUCTION

“You shall swear by the Blessed Trinity, and by the Sacrament you now propose to receive never to disclose directly or indirectly, by word or circumstance, the matter that shall be proposed to you to keep secret, nor desist from the execution thereof until the rest shall give you leave.” (A History of the Gunpowder Plot, p. 21, The Oath of the Conspirators, Philip Sidney)

GUY FAWKES THE MAN talking about none other than Guy Fawkes, sometimes called Guido, for that was the name Born in 1570 in York England, during the reign he signed his confession with. But we will call of Queen Elizabeth I, is a man who’s name has him ‘Guy’ because that is what he is called in left a legacy that has lasted for almost four the official account of his trial. hundred years. He was born into a Protestant family, but at the age of eight suffered the loss A new hope for the Catholic Church of his father. His mother remarried a man named Baynbridge of Scotton, who being a member of At the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Roman the Roman Catholic faith, introduced and Catholics in England looked to a brighter future. persuaded him to become a Romanist. At the They saw that at the removal of the ‘Virgin coming of age, showing much valour and zeal Queen’ they might obtain more liberties for the for the Catholic cause, he left Yorkshire for the practice of their faith. Elizabeth’s reign was continent to be a soldier in the Spanish army. In marked with heavy persecution’s and fines, 1604 he was asked by to come because of the activities of the Jesuit faction and back to England, to assist in the plot to blow up their followers in England. They saw in King the King and his parliament, to restore Roman James I, whom was the heir of Mary Stuart, Catholicism on the throne of England. We are better known as ‘Mary Queen of Scots’, the 14 re-establishment of their religion as the sole Born at Lapworth, , in the year religion of the state. But as time went on, they 1573, Catesby was the only surviving son of realised that many of the promises that King by his wife Ann, a daughter of James made to them were not kept. Instead of Sir Robert Throckmorton. He was lineally liberty and freedom, their burdens were to descended from the famous counsellor (William increase. Catesby) of King Richard III ... ‘Mr Catesby,’ says Father Gerard ... was a gentleman of an The Secret Service ancient and great family in England.1 Robert Catesby was in his time respected by the highest members of society. He was also a practising Catholic and a staunch supporter of the Jesuit faction. It was Robert Catesby that was to recruit the rest of the conspirators. The following is a list of their names: Guy Fawkes, Thomas Percy, Thomas Winter and Robert Winter, Sir and , John Wright and Christopher Wright, , Father S.J. (Jesuit), , Ambrose Rookewood and Father Oldcorne S.J. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury

Robert Cecil, the Earl of Salisbury and Secretary of State, was the key figure in tracking the plots and conspiracies of the Roman Catholic terrorists that were active in mainland England. It could be said that he was the founding father of the modern secret service, for he employed his spies to keep a close watch on all the movements of the Jesuits in England. This was achieved by An etching of Guy Fawkes Cecil’s men infiltrating the ranks of the fanatical men who were bent on the destruction Men of wealth of our Protestant throne and Constitution. It is said that he had knowledge of what was going It is interesting to note that the majority of these on at least three months before that diabolical treacherous men came from the aristocracy. They day on the fifth of November, a day that is were not though common thugs, for they were commemorated with fireworks and merriment. men of learning and great wealth. If they were to be alive today, many of them would be THE PLAN millionaires. Although November 5th is remembered for the attempted destruction of The name Guy Fawkes throughout the parliament, the plan of the Jesuit faction of the centuries has been linked with this diabolical Catholic Church was much wider than people plot. But in reality, he was just a pawn to be think. Philip Sidney in his book ‘A History of the used as a smokescreen for the real personality Gunpowder Plot’ paints a graphic picture of their and mastermind of the scheme, to overthrow the overall aims: crown and the government. The principle plotter in the Gunpowder Treason was Robert 1. To blow up the King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Catesby. By the influence of his restless brain, Lords and Commons, at Westminster, by means Guy Fawkes fell into subordination. of the mine to be fired by Guy Fawkes. 15 2. An attempt to capture the Duke of York (Prince It is God who needs to be thanked for His mercy, Charles, afterwards Charles I). in the deliverance that He wrought at that time 3. An insurrection in the Midlands; the when the Empire could have been blotted out by meeting-place to be Dunsmoor Heath, whence the stroke of a match. Digby and his friends were to proceed to Lord Harrington’s house, Combe Abbey, near FOUR REASONS FOR THE PLOT Coventry, there 4. To seize the persons of the little Princess 1st Reason:- King James was raised a Elizabeth (afterwards Queen of Bohemia), who, Protestant, and was always a Protestant at heart. in the event of Prince Charles remaining untaken, It is a known fact that he authored staunch was to be proclaimed Queen. Protestant literature. At the age of twenty he 5. To seize the person of the baby Princess Mary. wrote a book called “A Paraphrase upon the book of Revelation of the Apostle St. John.” In this Bravery or madness? book he identified the Roman Catholic Church as the Anti-Christ of the Apocalypse. He used To have the mind to do such a thing against Revelation 13, 17, and 18 as his key scriptures royalty at that time was unimaginable, for it was to identify the Papal system. sure to mean certain death for anyone caught stealing a handkerchief, let alone to capture the 2nd Reason:- King James had led the Catholics rulers of the land. Thus we can see the lengths to believe: that those involved in Romanism will go to, to further their aims through the deceptive power a) That he would offer religious tolerance of the devil. It is fascinating when one realises (Religious freedom to all Catholics). that had they achieved their goals, the whole picture of English, European, and world history, b) Rumours were also spreading that James would have been totally different. For this himself was to become a Catholic, and his son nation would have sank into the abyss of the future heir, was to be brought up in Rome, darkness both intellectually and spiritually. It is therefore ensuring a Romanist occupying the right to say that there would have been no throne of England as its future King. Commonwealth and American Republic. The King James Bible would also have been 3rd Reason:- Throughout the reign of Queen non-existent, which was at that time one year in Elizabeth I, and the beginning of King James I the process of being translated into the English reign, there were none less than sixteen plots tongue. against England and Protestantism. Eleven of them were major plots. Due to God’s providence, all of these plots ended in failure. They are known and remembered by the names of their leaders: 1. Ridolfi, 2. Saunders, 3. Gregory XIII, 4. Campion, 5. Parsons, 6. The Duke of Guise, 7. Allen, 8. Throgmorten, 9. Parry, 10. Babington, 11. Sixtus V, 12. Philip II of Spain, 13. Yorke, 14. Walpole, 15. Southwell, and 16. Guy Fawkes.

4th Reason:- The Millenary Petition. After accepting the terms of the Millenary Petition from a thousand ministers, who were led by Dr. Reynolds, King James authorised the translation The country of England within the of the Bible into English, without comment or British Isles, stronghold of Protestantism note. This translation was to be called the King James Version. The KJV was to counteract the 16 damage that the Jesuit Rheims Bible was abandoned their now unnecessary task of spreading among the English people at that time. digging through the lower wall, had succeeded The considered this Bible of the Jesuits in depositing within it barrels of gunpowder as poisonous and corrupt. They were sure that brought by water from their house at Lambeth.”3 this Bible was eroding the spiritual fabric of the nation. Therefore the KJV was to be more THE FAILURE OF THE PLOT accurate, and free from any corrupting errors. This act of authorisation put the King and his We stated before that the Secretary of State’s government in direct opposition against Rome men were closely monitoring the progress of and the notorious Jesuit order. Romanists in England. But one of the most fatal And we at VITW believe this was the mistakes made by Catesby since the conspiracy fundamental reason for causing the seed of was planned, was the selection of Francis hatred to germinate in the Gunpowder Treason Tresham. Catesby was aware of Tresham’s and Plot. unreliable character, but the wealth that this new recruit could supply to the purse of this THE PLOT conspiracy, was too strong for him to resist. Furthermore, his friendship with several of the Philip Sidney in his book ‘A History of the Gun- Roman Catholic peers, two of whom had powder Plot’ states: married his sisters, was a situation that could be used for the furtherance of the plot. BUT IT WAS “The vague idea of blowing up the Parliament FOR THIS REASON THAT THE PLOT FAILED! House seems to first have occurred to Robert On October 18, “at a house called White Webbs, Catesby (about Lent, 1604. ) ... later on after the on the confines of Enfield Chase; a building, the admission of Percy into the conspiracy, an empty secret chambers of which had more than once house, with a small garden, adjoining the Palace afforded harbours of refuge to Priests, and of Westminster was hired. This house rented in especially Jesuits ... they received a visit from Thomas Percy’s name, was leased by one Ferris Tresham, who appeared to be very much as tenant to Mr. Whyneard, keeper of the King’s dejected. He came to them, he said, in a state of wardrobe. From a cellar in this house the terrible anxiety. His conscience pricked him. He conspirators began digging a mine through the couldn’t obtain no peace of mind until they had wall into the contiguous vault beneath the satisfied him on one important point, namely, Parliament house; but the work proved much might he be allowed to warn his two noble harder than anticipated, as the wall was relatives of their danger?”4 immensely thick - nearly nine feet - and all the It has been said that Tresham had already warned rubbish displaced in the course of their toil had one of his relatives of the plan to blow up to be buried in the garden. In December, 1604, Parliament, and that his purpose of visiting they suddenly learned that the meeting of Catesby was not to save the Roman Catholic Parliament had been prorogued (discontinued) peers, but to offset the whole plan of till October 3rd. The conspirators, therefore, took destruction. On October 26 occurred an event a holiday until after Christmas before resuming which will ever remain memorable in the their labours ... one day they were startled by history of England. It sealed the fate of all the hearing a peculiar rumbling noise over their conspirators engaged in this plot to destroy our heads. Guy Fawkes, who acted as a kind of throne and our government. This event was the outside porter and sentinel to the confederates receipt of the famous anonymous letter sent engaged within, on enquiry found that the to Lord Mounteagle. tenant of the cellar almost above them was Before dealing with the contents and the strange removing, and his coals (in which he traded) were circumstances in which Lord Mounteagle taken away. Percy immediately hired this cellar received this letter, it will be fair to state that on the pretext that he wished to use it to keep many of the conspirators were uneasy in fuel and coal. He had not taken it more than a allowing the destruction of Roman Catholic month before he and his confederates, having peers. But they did not know how to do this 17 without divulging the existence of their plot. from Caxton’s Press, and the English Bible Hence the famous Jesuit principle came into and Prayer Book, a testimony to the practice, that ‘good becomes evil and evil authority of God's Word.) becomes good when it furthers the aims of the Roman Church.’ Catesby at this time was aware It should be noted that Warde, who read the that Tresham, if not given what he wanted, would letter aloud, was an intimate friend of Thomas have gone to the authorities. Winter, one of the chief conspirators. This letter that was received by Mounteagle, was The Letter passed on to Robert Cecil, and after examination before the Privy Council, it was handed to King James. Lord Mounteagle, whose name was William Parker, is known to historians by his earlier title as Lord Morley. At the receipt of this mysterious letter, he was around 31-32 years old. He was married to the sister of Francis Tresham, and was a personal friend of Father Henry Garnet S.J and Robert Catesby. He was also involved in the Essex Rebellion and had been “Lord Mounteagle reading the Mysterious Letter” From the “New History of England.” heavily fined for his pains. Lord Mounteagle was a staunch Roman Catholic of the faction Late on Friday October 25, Mounteagle gave under Father Garnet and his colleagues, and was orders that he would stay at his house in . in agreement with the missions of the Jesuits at This short notice surprised even his servants. At that time. But at the accession of James I, he Hoxton, at about 7 pm, just as he was preparing suddenly changed his politics and religion, and for supper, one of his footmen whom he had sent outwardly conformed to the Protestant religion. on an errand over the street, was met by an It is said that he told King James himself that he unknown man of a reasonably tall stature, who wanted to become a Protestant. But he was delivered him a letter. This letter was always a Catholic at heart. He merely conformed immediately brought to Lord Mounteagle, who outwardly for political reasons, and the handed it to a gentleman in his household named protection of his purse. And for this reason it is Warde. He was told to read it aloud. We will believed that he was actively involved as a spy quote from the original letter which is kept at for Cecil. the Record Office.5 There is also a copy in Dom. Great care had been taken on the part of the then S.P. James I., November, 1605, vol. xvi. government to disclose the fact that Lord Mounteagle had been a double agent, working * “my lord out of the love I beare to some of youere frends i for both the church and Cecil. The government have a caer of youer preservaecion therfor I would advyse yowe employed the most peculiar and coercive as yowe tender youer lyf to devyse some excuse to shift of youer methods to prevent all knowledge of his former attendance at this parleament for god and man hathe concurred treasons to be brought to light, especially at the to punishe the wickedness of this tyme and thinke not slightlye of this advertisment but retyere youre self into youre countri trial of the conspirators, and at the trial of wheare yowe maye expect the event in safti for thowghe theare Garnet. Philip Sidney states in his book that: “all be no apparence of ani stir yet I say they shall receyve a terrible evidence tends to show that the letter was designed blowe this parleament and yet they shall not seie who hurrts for Mounteagle’s own protection, and that he could them this councel is not to be contemned because it maye do see no other way of clearing himself from being yowe good and can do yowe no harme for the dangere is passed as soon as yowe have burnt the letter and I hope god will give considered a traitor to his friends than by obtaining yowe the grace to mak good use of it to whose holy protecion I an anonymous warning of the kind actually comment yowe.” received.”6 *(This letter was written at a time that there The Bible warns that: “A double minded man is was a different style of English spelling - the unstable in all of his ways.” (James 1:8) Lord dictionaries that we have today have evolved Mounteagle surely was, as history declares. 18 It is often wondered, if Cecil knew of the plot so Fawkes concluded that they had not suspected before and after the reception of the anonymous the presence of the powder contained in letter, why he did not make his move earlier. But thirty-six casks. And Fawkes as a result stood as the saying goes patience is a virtue. It is loyal to his post of duty. At a little before believed that he waited until the fruition of the midnight, Fawkes was captured just outside the plot so that all those involved would be house, by a body of men under Sir Thomas recognised and captured, and dealt with Knyvet, and the gunpowder was discovered according to the sentence of . beneath the fuel. He was immediately taken before the Privy Council, and was actually THE CAPTURE AND CONFESSION brought before the King in his bedchamber before 4 am. Soon after dawn, the streets were filled with people talking of the plot. Horror and dismay were depicted on every countenance, and it was rumoured that a general rising of the Roman Catholics was imminent. The Spanish To this very ambassadors house was mobbed. The day, the search train-bands were called out, and the general alarm of the cellars of the House of reminded the Londoners of the preparations made Lords still takes in 1588 against the coming of the Armada. ‘Not place on the eve only that night,’ writes the Venetian of the Opening Ambassador, ‘but all next day; the citizens were of Parliament. kept under arms.’

On the run

The conspirators realising that all was lost made for a quick escape from the capitol. Percy and At this point we will give a brief overview of Christopher Wright rode off first, then Keyes, the final capture of the conspirators. On then Rookewood followed. Rookewood was November 1st, Catesby having sent for Tresham, travelling so fast that he managed to overtake interviewed him in the presence of Thomas Keyes, and en-route met with Catesby and John Winter and Barnet. He was charged with Wright. It is said that he completed eighty miles having written the letter to Lord Mounteagle, but in less than eight hours. he denied this accusation with many oaths. And Soon afterward Percy and Christopher Wright due to a lack of evidence, they reluctantly let him joined them, and then all five of the conspirators go free. On November 3rd, Warde sent an headed to , viâ Ashby St. Legers, the urgent message to Catesby, informing him that house of Catesby’s mother, leaving Keyes the letter had been delivered to the King. The behind. They had a short stay at Dunchurch, and panic stricken conspirators sent for Tresham, and the rapidity of the journey arose the suspicion of interviewed him at dusk near Lincoln’s Inn. certain country gentleman, and the loyal After bitter conversation, Tresham denounced the fighting men in the shires of Warwick, and plot and implored all his confederates to leave Northampton, including even some Roman England at once. Time was too short to warn Catholics, who took arms in support of the Guy Fawkes, and hence he remained in London. Crown. On November 4, early in the afternoon, Fawkes Sir Richard Walshe, Sheriff of Worcestershire, whilst in his cellar was surprised by a sudden stayed close to the conspirators until they were visit by Mounteagle and Lord Chamberlain, who inside the walls of Holbeach House (four miles asked him to whom belonged this large store of from Stourbridge). Within this place he waited fuel. Fawkes replied that he was Percy’s with equanimity (patience) for the arrival of men servant, and that the store belonged to him. No marching to his aid, for he knew that the attempt was made to look beneath the fuel, and terrorists were caught within a trap. 19 The Battle of Holbeach House Within the Tower

Before the commence of the battle, occurred an Guy Fawkes was the first of the event that is so shrouded in mystery, that one plotters to be incarcerated within the Tower. As has to ask if God’s providential hand was he refused to co-operate, and incriminate his moving in the affairs of England. This event friends, he was speedily put to torture. By the was the final blow to dishearten the superstitious King’s direction, he was subjected to the gentler Roman Catholic terrorists. Catesby and torments first, and then gradually to the more company, who planned to blast the Crown and severe. On November 9th, Guy Fawkes the government into eternity nearly received what disclosed full details of the meeting which took they planned to give. Some gunpowder which place at the house near St. Clements Inn. He the terrorists had brought with them became also stated that Father Gerard S.J administrated damp during their escape, because of the bad the Sacrament. weather. And whilst leaving it to dry, a live coal jumped out of the fire and ignited the powder. Although there were no deaths, there were many narrow escapes, and in the process of the blast Catesby and Rookewood were severely scorched. At 11am on November 8th, the Sheriff of Worcester gave the order to storm the garrison at Holbeach House. In the battle that commenced Percy, Catesby and the Wright brothers met their fate. Ambrose Rookewood and Thomas Winter were badly wounded, but recovered. The handwriting of Guy Fawkes Rookewood, Thomas Winter and Grant were before and after torture taken to the Tower of London. Keyes was captured in Warwickshire on November 9, and And on November 17th, Guy Fawkes made a also taken to the Tower of London. Out of the full confession of his part in the plot. All 13 conspirators originally engaged in the act of conspirators eventually confessed. terrorism, no less than 11 were either captured or killed within five days of November 5th. The trial and execution

No mercy given Out of the original number of thirteen, only eight of the conspirators survived to be committed to The dead heads of Percy and Catesby were cut trial. These eight were Thomas Winter, Guy off and set at the ends of the Houses of Fawkes, John Grant, Robert Winter, Ambrose Parliament. By the 12th November Tresham was Rookewood, Thomas Bates, Robert Keyes and under lock and key, and Robert Winter was in Everard Digby. All except Sir Everard Digby hiding. But within two months he was also in pleaded not guilty. Thomas Winter asked that the Tower. he might be hanged for himself and for his brother. Thomas Bates and Robert Winter craved mercy. Ambrose Rookewood acknowledged that his offence was so heinous, that he deserved the indignation of the King and lords, and the hatred of all the commonwealth. The Lord Chief Justice (Sir John Popham) finally passed a sentence of death. The conspirators met their fate with courage, considering the terrible nature of their punishment. Tied to separate hurdles, they were The type of torture waiting for the conspirators dragged, lying bound on their backs, through the 20 THE EXECUTION SCENE OF THE CONSPIRATORS AS DEPICTED BY AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRINT muddy streets to the place of execution, there to years imprisoned in the Tower of London for be first hanged, cut down alive, drawn, and then his part that he played in the Babington Plot. This quartered.7 was for the work that he did for Mary Queen of Scots. His house was fortified with priest’s- THE JESUITS AT HENDLIP holes, or what we could say secret hiding places. According to Father Gerard in his narrative on the Gunpowder Plot, these secret chambers were the craftsmanship of one Nicholas Owen, who was commonly called Little John. His chief employment was in making secret places to hide priests and church stuff. It is said that no Catholic had done a work so great, for the furtherance of Rome’s aims to conquer England, than himself.

Patience is a virtue Thus far we have covered the trail of the Roman Catholic laymen who were involved in On Sunday January 19, 1606, Sir Henry the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. Our present Bromley, a magistrate, appeared before Hendlip aim is to focus on the involvement of the early in the morning with a army of a hundred Roman Catholic priest who played an active role men, armed with all manner of weapons. He in this great act of treason. We are obliged at was working directly under the instructions of this point to focus on the daring adventures of Salisbury. By the time he entered, all four members of the famous , better Jesuits were hidden away. Garnet and Oldcorne known as the Jesuit Order. in one place, Chambers and Owen in another. Father Henry Garnet, the superior of the On the 23rd, because of hunger and cold and Jesuits in England, after the capture of the rebels confinement, Owen and Chambers came out of at Holbeach, and the flight of his colleague their place. Had they had a little patience, all Oswald Greenway, became a fugitive on the run. four would have escaped, because Bromley was He stayed at a place called Coughton, but on ready to leave. December 6, he fled to Hendlip House nearly Father Garnet writing from the Tower of four miles north-east of Worcester, where his London on March 2, to his lady friend Ann Vaux, friend, Father Oldcorne, alias Hall, lay concealed. tells of his own capture: “After we had been in Hendlip House was the property of Thomas the hole 7 days and 7 nights, and some odd hours, Abington. Thomas Abington was a very every man may well think we were wearied; and remarkable person. He had been for over five indeed so it was, for we continually sat, save that 21 some times we could half stretch ourselves, the place poor, free or bond. The following are laws that being not high enough; and we had our legs so came into operation as a consequence of the Plot, straightened, that we could not sitting find place for designed specifically to place all Romanists them, so that we both were in continual pain of legs, under the iron rule of the government: and both our legs, especially mine, were much swollen, and mine continued so till I came to the 1. They (Roman Catholics) were forbidden to Tower.”8 In Philip Sidney’s book it is also said that appear at Court; marmalade and other sweet meats were found lying 2. They were forbidden to dwell within ten miles in the secret hole or hiding place where they were of London; hidden away. They were also more fully sustained 3. They were not allowed to remove five miles by a quill or reed, through a little hole in a chimney, from their homes, without permission of the that was connected to their next door neighbour. neighbouring magistrates; Through this passage drinks, like broths and soups, 4. They were not allowed to become doctors, were safely conveyed to them. With this type of clerks, lawyers, or members of corporations; sustenance, it was said by Garnet, that had he had 5. They were inhibited from presenting to half a day to clear the place from books and furni- Livings (a person with a position as a vicar or ture, and proper sanitation, he could have endured rector with an income or property); for a quarter of a year. If it was not for the cramped 6. They were forbidden to act as executioners or conditions and the lack of proper hygiene, the world trustees; would have never known the extent and 7. Married Roman Catholics, unless they had involvement of the Roman Catholic Jesuit been united by Protestant clergyman, held no Order’s role in the plot. legal right to property accruing to either party by marriage; 8. Every Roman Catholic, educated on the THE LASTING EFFECTS OF continent became ipso facto an outlaw; THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 9. The houses of Roman Catholics might be broken open and searched, on the order of a When we look at the history of England, and single magistrate, at any time, and under any the many plots and schemes that have germinated pretext, however shallow; against this Protestant nation, there can be no 10. Every Protestant entertaining a Roman doubt that the Gunpowder Treason and Plot was Catholic visitor, or employing a Roman of great significance. The consequences of its Catholic servant, was liable to a heavy fine; failure and conception settled the question of 11. Any Roman Catholic refusing to deny his or whether the Roman Catholics could recover the her belief in the deposing power of the Holy See power that they had under the reign of Mary became liable to perpetual imprisonment. Tudor (or Bloody Mary). The failure and capture of the conspirators settled in the mind of the English people, and government, once and for all, that Papal Rome is the enemy of civil and religious liberty. The eventful date, the 5th of November, was not allowed to be forgotten by the public. A special service of thanks to heaven, for the failure of the Plot was added to the . And every successive anniversary of the 5th of November was celebrated as a feast-day, or rather if we can use such a word, feast-night, in every town and Father Garnet on the scaffold by C. Screta village throughout England. As a result of this Soon after the death of Garnet, James offered diabolical scheme, fresh laws were passed against some considerable relief to those Roman all Roman Catholics, whether they were rich or Catholics who refused to acknowledge the 22 deposing power (to remove from office, from Canterbury and from Rome. And if they especially to dethrone Kings or Queens) of the professed an outward belief in Protestantism, by Roman Pontiffs. And many agreed to accept the attending their parish church, they were ruined proposal made to them. With James offering this with fines and laws: and so by acknowledging relief, there came a division amongst all James as their King, they were condemned by Romanists, which resulted in two parties: the one the head (Pope) of that very faith for which they ready to acknowledge James and abjure the had sacrificed so much for. deposing power of the Pope; the other refusing to acknowledge James, and ready to exalt the REFERENCES 1. A History of the Gunpowder Plot, p. 28, Philip Sidney doctrine of the deposing power, into the 2. Ibid., p. 62-3 3. Ibid., p. 59-60 position of an infallible or obligatory article of 4. Ibid., p. 63 5. For more details about the historical documents in the Public Record Office, faith. Whichever way that it can be looked at, see Jesuit Plots from Elizabethan to Modern Times, by Albert Close, published by the Protestant Truth Society there was no peace. The loyal English Roman 6. A History of the Gunpowder Plot, p. 74, Philip Sidney 7. Ibid., p. 119 Catholics who sided with James, were attacked 8. Ibid. THE JESUITS

THE JESUITS FOUND TO BE possible by Jesuit writers, for the mere fact that THE MAIN PERPETRATORS OF they imply the involvement of Rome’s military THE GUNPOWDER PLOT order. The whole tone of Digby’s disclosures suggests clearly that the writer laboured under Much has been said of the activities of certain the impression that the Jesuit leaders knew of lay brothers, in the attempt to destroy the Houses the plot and tacitly (silently) approved of its of Parliament. But at this time we will observe purpose. ‘For my keeping it secret,’ says Digby, the role of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). ‘it was caused by certain belief, that those which Henry Garnet, superior of the Jesuits in were best able to judge of the lawfulness of it England, was aged about fifty to fifty one at the had been acquainted with it, and given away unto time of his death. Although brought up a it. More reasons I had to persuade me to this Protestant, and a student of Oxford University, belief than I dare utter.’ Later on, he writes, and after leaving school becoming a corrector of ‘Before I knew anything of the plot, I did ask the press; after serving a printer for two years he Mr. Farmer (Garnet) what the meaning of the went abroad and became a Romanist. And in Pope’s brief was; he told me that they were not about 1575 he became a member of the Society (meaning priests) to undertake or procure stirs, of Jesus. Father Garnet’s role as the superior of yet they would not hinder any, neither was it the the Society was not an easy one, for he walked Pope’s mind that they should.’1 in the shadows of men like Parsons and Weston.

The secret letters

Sir Everard Digby, when a prisoner in the Tower of London, found a means of smuggling out letters without detection. If you write on scraps of paper with lemon juice, it seems outwardly as if there is nothing on paper. But by putting these letters over a fire, the recipient can decipher what is written, for the invisible writing lights up through the heat of the flame. Thus a way of communication was set up between Digby and Lemon juice was used as ink to pass out his Jesuit conspirators. secret messages, on scraps of paper, from the These letters have been ignored as much as Tower of London by Sir Everard Digby 23 “I, Henry Garnet, of the Society of Jesus, priest, do here freely protest before God that I hold the late intention of the Powder action to have been altogether unlawful and most horrible; as well in respect of the injury and treason to his Majesty, the Prince, and all others that should have been sinfully murdered at that time; as also in respect of infinite other innocents which should have been present. I also protest that I was ever of opinion that it was unlawful to attempt any violence against the King's Majesty and the Estate, after he was once received by the Realm. Also I acknowledge that I was bound to reveal all knowledge that I had of this or any other treason out of the Sacrament of Confession. And whereas, partly upon the hope of prevention, partly for that I would not betray a friend, I did not reveal the general knowledge of Mr. Catesby's intention, which I had of him. I do acknowledge myself highly guilty, to have offended God, the King's Majesty and Estate, and humbly ask all forgiveness; exhorting all Catholics whatsoever, that they in no way build on my example; but by prayer and otherwise seek the peace of the Realm, hoping in his Majesty's merciful disposition that they shall enjoy their wonted quietness and not bear the burden of mine or others' defaults and crimes. Father Garnet’s last letter to , written on April 21, 1606 In testimony hereof I have written this with my own hand, 4th April.” HENRY GARNET, S.J 3 The principal charges brought against the Jesuit Provincial (Father Garnet), all of which he was It is important to note that when we understand shown to have been guilty of are as follows:- the autonomy of the Jesuit Order, these charges have a bearing upon the whole hierarchy of the THE INDICTMENT’S AGAINST FATHER GARNET Papal Military Machine. Because with the famous and scrupulous teachings of blind ‘(1). He had been a party to sending Sir Edward obedience: “Ignatius requires nothing less than Baynham to Rome. Baynham, a man of bad the complete sacrifice of the man’s own character, was (as Faukes explained) to inform understanding, ‘unlimited obedience even to the the Pope of the result of the Plot, had it very sacrifice of conviction.’ ”... He taught his succeeded. Jesuit members by a complete “corpse-like obedience” to be governed by the following ‘(2). He had heard of the Plot (outside the principle: “ ‘I must let myself be led and moved confessional) from Father Greenway. as a lump of wax lets itself be kneaded, must order myself as a dead man without will or ‘(3). He knew, from two conversations with judgement.’ ”4 The point to be ascertained from Catesby, that the plot was in active progress. these statements is that each Jesuit works from direct orders from his superiors. So according ‘(4). He sent Father Greenway to visit the to the Jesuit teachings, Garnet and his fellow conspirators at Huddington. accomplices were acting under orders from a chain of command, for no Jesuit operates under ‘(5). On All Saints Day, 1605 (Nov. 1st), he the basis of individual conscience. He is like a asked his congregation at Coughton, to “pray for piece of clay in the potter’s hand. some good success for the Catholic cause at the beginning of Parliament” (Nov. 5th). WHO ARE THE JESUITS?

‘(6). He made no (known) attempt to save the The Society of Jesus, commonly called the Parliament from its doom.’2 Jesuits, is a secret order of the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded on Assumption Day, And here is the actual confession from Father 1534, which fell on the 15th of August of that Henry Garnet himself: year, in the Chapel of Notre-dame de 24 Montmartre by Spanish , Ignatius power. The gospel of Christ had enabled its Loyola. The order was sanctioned by Pope Paul adherents to meet danger and endure suffering, III in September 27th 1540. undismayed by cold, hunger, toil, and poverty ... in face of the rack, the dungeon, and the stake ... Jesuitism inspired its followers with a fanatacism that enabled them to endure like dangers ... There was no crime to great for them to commit, no deception too base for them to practice, no disguise too difficult for them to assume. Vowed to perpetual poverty and humility, it was their studied aim to secure wealth and power, to be devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism and the re-establishment of the Papal supremacy. When appearing as members of their order, they wore a garb of sanctity, visiting prisons and hospitals, ministering to the sick and the poor, professing to have renounced The chapel where the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was the world, and bearing the sacred name of Jesus, first constituted, the Notre Dame Church in who went about doing good. But under this Montmarte, now called the Sacre Coeur (Sacred blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly Heart). Below is a stained glass picture of Ignatius purposes were often concealed. It was a Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order. fundamental principle of the order that the end justifies the means. By this code, lying, theft, perjury, assassination, were not only pardonable but commendable, when they served the interests of the church. Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of state, climbing up to be the counsellors of kings and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants to act as spies upon their masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles, and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites.”5 Loyola had received military training, and when he had been an extreme religious enthusiast, he THE BLACK POPE conceived the idea of forming a spiritual militia, to be placed at the service of the Pope. In the Vatican there is primarily two : the The Jesuit order emerged at the same time that Black Pope and the White Pope. “The world King Henry VIII reigned in England. But they little realises how much that fact means. The did not have a formal mission in England until White Pope is the one we generally know and Queen Elizabeth I had passed twenty years of speak of as the Pope, but the real power is in the her reign. The world’s most famous female hand of that body directed by the Black Pope. author, E. G. White, describes the militia of The Black pope, which name does not refer to Rome as thus: colour, is the head of the Jesuits - an “... the most cruel, unscrupulous, and powerful organisation which, outside of God’s people, is of all the champions of Popery. Cut off from the mightiest that history has ever known.”6 earthly ties and human interests, dead to the Philip Sidney in his book Modern Rome in Modern claims of natural affection, reason and conscience England states: “The power of the wholly silenced, they knew no rule, no tie, but General of the Jesuits is, or was, almost equal to that of their order, and no duty but to extend its that of the Holy Father ... The labours of the 25 General are prodigious (immense). No fiery fanaticism, wherewith he is able to cut his individual in the world receives, and answers so way, with prodigious bravery, through truth and many letters. In the archives of the Jesuit righteousness.” head-quarters are preserved enormous registers, wherein the names of all members of the society are enrolled, together with prolific personal notes relating to the societies friends, and especially its foes, the frailties of a woman, the secret policy of a minister, the income of some opulent merchant, the (liberalism) of some exalted ecclesiastic are, inter alia (among other things), all chronicled here. The Jesuit obtains exact information about the inner life of every foeman worthy of his steel - about his friends, his source of wealth (or his debts), his movements, his projects, his past.”7 The concept of armour is an old one, and has to do with war, and protection THE WORLD-WIDE SURVEILLANCE In order to understand what the implications are OPERATIONS OF THE JESUITS of having men living by these rules in society, we need to reveal the spirit that these teachings imbue in the minds of these individuals. With the doctrine of Probability, “almost any crime might be condoned, if only some sort of excuse can be found for it.8 With the doctrine of Mental Reservation, “By this a man may properly swear that he has not done a deed which A spiritual militia manipulates yet he has done, if he add mentally to his oath ‘I the world behind the scenes have not done it’ the words ‘on a certain The Society of Jesus has one of the most specified day’ or ‘before I was born.’ ”9 They sophisticated networks of information retrieval are also taught that it is the “Intention which on the face of this planet. And this is one of the stamps the quality of an action; so that it is no reasons for their overwhelming success in perjury nor untruth to say in an audible voice ‘I keeping the Vatican as one of the world’s most swear that I did not do it’ if the word ‘to-day’ be potent superpowers. added inwardly; for then there was no intention As Paul in the book of Ephesians (6:13-17) to swear to the general statement, but only to the admonishes Christians to put on the whole particular, which was true.” 10 These teachings armour of God, the Jesuit is to be clothed in the are set forth, for example, in the Jesuitical books whole armour of Ignatius Loyola. Doctor J. A. of Moral Theology by Sanchez and Filutius, and Wylie in book 15 of The History of are totally contradictory to the true word of God, Protestantism, ch. 6, p. 404, describes the whole which teaches that “to him that knoweth to do armour of Loyola as thus: “He has his “loins girt good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” (James about with” mental and verbal equivocation; he 4:17). has “on the breastplate of” probabilism; his “feet are shod with the preparation of the” Secret Modes of operation Instructions. “Above all, taking the shield of” intention, and rightly handing it, he is “able to It would be appropriate at this time to quench all the fiery darts of” human remorse and investigate the methods of operation for the Divine threatenings. He takes “for an helmet the world’s most formidable, and experienced hope of” Paradise, which has been most surely intelligence agency. We are told by Dr. Wylie, promised him as the reward of his services; and in his book The History of Protestantism, that in his hand he grasps the two-edged sword of a war brought to light the secret power of how the 26 Jesuits kept the Roman church afloat during the These instructions that are given to the fourth Protestant Reformation. “If the Jesuits had not degree of the Society of Jesus, are what gives come forward and offered to save the situation, them their power to infiltrate society, and to-day there might not be a Catholic Church.”11 accumulate wealth to further their goal - which It is important for us to unveil the standard is total global supremacy, spearheaded by the constitution for covert Jesuit operations. This Roman Catholic Church. constitution is in the book the Secret Instructions (Secreta Monita). “The Duke of Brunswick, THE EXTREME OATH having plundered the Jesuit’s college at OF THE JESUITS Paderborn in Westphalia, made a present of their library to the Capuchins of the same town. There are four classes of Jesuits. The first class Among the books which had thus come into their is the Novitiates - the second, Neophyte (new possession was found a copy of the Secret convert) - the third, Coadjutors (an assistant to Instructions. Another copy is said to have been the main priest) - and the fourth, The discovered in the Jesuits’ college at Prague. Soon Professed. While it would be fair to say that the thereafter reprints and translations appeared in first three levels might be ignorant concerning Germany, Holland, France, and England. The books like the Secret Instructions, and other authenticity of the work was denied, as was to clandestine operations of the highest level of the be expected; for any society that was astute Jesuits, when one considers the extreme oath of enough to compile such a book would be astute induction of the professed or fourth level of the enough to deny it. To only the fourth or highest Society, all doubts of speculation are wiped order of the Jesuits were these Instructions to be away, for this oath is incriminating (revealing communicated; the others, ... were ignorant of the criminal nature of the Society). them in their written form.”12 These instructions Its principles are contrary to Christianity, and were based upon: the reader, once they take the time to study the excerpts from it, must surely agree that the 1) How to raise up establishments. Jesuits have no right to call themselves a Christian organisation. A true Christian would 2) To find out the wealth of their districts. rather die, than carry out the monstrosities that the Jesuits swear to do under this oath. 3) To draw the youth around them.

4) How to obtain the friendship of great men.

5) How to manage princes, and direct their policy.

6) How to conduct their embassies.

7) How to get close to widows, and keep them from having second marriages, in order that they could bequeath their estates to the Saint Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus Society. (Jesuits), is shown receiving Pope Paul III's blessing on the formal inauguration of the order in 1540 8) To visit hospitals. The following is an extract from portions of the Jesuit “Extreme Oath of Induction” as recorded 9) To discover the revenues and heirs of noble in the Congressional Record of the United States houses. of America, February 15, 1913, pages 3215-6. Also in “The Engineer Corps of Hell” by Edwin There are others things that should not be A. Sherman, pg. 118, 1883, Library of Congress written, for they are corrupting to the mind. Catalog Card #66-43354. 27 “EXTREME OATH OF INDUCTION”

“My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among the Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the reformers, to be a reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among the Protestants, generally to be a Protestant; and obtaining their confidence to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our holy religion and the Pope; even to descend so low as to become a Jew among the Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your order as a faithful soldier of the Pope. You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in communities, provinces and countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the science and enjoying the blessings of peace. To take sides with the combatants secretly in concert with your brother Jesuit ... who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected; only that the church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means. “You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and in the judiciaries and the councils of state, and to ‘be all things to all men,’ for the Pope’s sake, whose servants we are unto death.

“You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as a coadjutor, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command the army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not yet consecrated his labours with the blood of the heretic; for ‘without the shedding of blood no man can be saved.’ Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me. “I , now in the presence of the Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Blessed Michael the Archangel, the Blessed St. John the Baptist, the Holy Father, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, in the Pontification of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear that his holiness, the Pope, is Christ’s Vice-regent, and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by the virtue of the keys of binding and loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation, and that they may be safely destroyed. “I do further declare, that I will help and assist and advise all or any of his Holiness’ agents in any place wherever I shall be, and do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Liberal doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal or otherwise. “I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding I am dispensed with to assume any religion heretical, for the propagating of the Mother Church’s interest, to keep secret and private all her agents’ counsels, from time to time as they may instruct me, and not to divulge directly or indirectly, by word, writing, or circumstances whatever; but to execute all that shall be proposed given in charge or discovered unto me, by you, my ghostly father ...

“I do further promise and declare, that I will have no opinion or will of my own, or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver) but unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the Militia of the Pope and Jesus Christ. “That I will go to any port of the world, whatsoever, without murmuring and will be submissive in all things whatsoever communicated to me ... I do further promise and declare, that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth, and that I will spare neither sex, age nor condition, and that I will hang, waste, boil flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants’ heads against the wall, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. “ That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poison cup, the strangulation cord, the steel of the poniard, or the lead bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity or authority of the person or persons whatsoever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith of the Society of Jesus.” 28 The Jesuits in Great Britain Madallena, Rome, Professor of Theology, Official Theological Censor of the Inquisition, and subsequently Minister of the Reformed Italian Church at Geneva.” He further quoted from Dr. Desanctis’ book “ “My Jesuit Confessor,” says Dr. Desanctis, “was Secretary to the French Father Assistant [of the Jesuit Order], and as he esteemed me much, and accounted me an affiliated member of the Society, he made many disclosures to me.” Amongst these disclosures were the following:- Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England “Despite all the persecution they [the Jesuits] have met with, they have not abandoned The Jesuits settled in England at Stonyhurst, an England, where there is a greater number of Elizabethan house, in Lancashire, bequeathed to Jesuits than in Italy; that there are Jesuits in all them by a Roman Catholic squire, and started classes of Society; in Parliament; among the their now famous school. Among Protestants, English clergy; among the Protestant laity, even these Jesuits were generally known as in the higher stations. I could not comprehend ‘Gentlemen from Liége.’ The following is a list of how a Jesuit could be a Protestant priest, or how English and Welsh places in which the a Protestant priest could be a Jesuit, but my Jesuits possess houses and churches: Blackpool, Confessor silenced my scruples by telling me, Bournemouth, Bristol, Bury Saint Edmonds, omnia munda mundis, and that St. Paul became Chesterfield, Denbigh, Leigh, Liverpool, a Jew that he might save the Jews; it was no London, Manchester, Mold, Old Windsor, wonder, therefore, if a Jesuit should feign Oxford, Preston, Rhyl, Richmond (Yorks), himself a Protestant, for a conversion of Roehampton, Saint Asaph, St. Helier (Jersey), Protestants.”15 Saint Helens, Shipton, Stonyhurst, Wakefield, Wardour Castle (Wilts), Wigan, Wimbledon, Infiltration techniques Worcester, Yarmouth, Canterbury, St.Leornards- on-Sea, Prescot, Accrington, Billington, The extent to which the Jesuits had infiltrated Clitheroe, Holywell, and Petworth.13 society at that time was great, even though “Writing in 1965 Avro Manhattan, an authority England was still a staunch Protestant Nation. on Roman Catholicism in politics, described To recognise this now, one only has to look in them (the Jesuits) as ‘the ecclesiastical storm- his local library or university. According to the troopers of the Catholic Church,’ and remarked French writer Adolphe Michel, at the end of the that ‘it is most significant that in two eighteenth century, Voltaire estimated the traditionally English speaking Protestant number of books written about the Jesuits over countries, Great Britain and the USA, they have the years to be around six thousand. In their largest contingents.’”14 theological colleges and public libraries, it is now We have with us an original (Fifth Edition) copy hard to find any history of the Jesuits beyond of The Secret History of the Oxford Movement, the beginning of the 17th century. And carrying written by Walter Walsh in 1899. This book is a on with the tradition, once they became definitive work on how the Jesuits captured established organisations, the BBC, newspapers, Oxford University and destroyed Protestantism and local radio were also infiltrated accordingly. in Great Britain. Walter Walsh stated: “I am not (More can be learned from books such as Jesuit one of those who suffer from “Jesuitism on the Plots from Elizabethan to Modern Times, sold brain,” and I do not, so to speak, see a Jesuit by the Protestant Truth Society.) round every street corner. But I certainly am The Jesuit infiltration of Great Britain can be inclined to attach a good deal of importance to summed up as follows: the revelations made by the late Rev. Dr. “And now in anticipation of its realisation, Desanctis, formerly parish priest of the England has been dedicated to the Madonna, and 29 it has been christened “Our Lady’s Dowry”; and a both at smallbore and fullbore.” This form of Jesuit association of lay members, male and female, education when put into practice will be a exists for the express purpose of making over the fundamental tool in moulding the minds of young gift. This association is called the Sodality of the people: “Ignatius understood more clearly than Children of Mary, and it has guilds in scores of any other leader of men who preceded him that places throughout Great Britain, each presided over the best way to raise a man to a certain ideal is to by a local priest. All of these guilds are working in become master of his imagination. We “imbue concert for this common end. The securing of Eng- into him spiritual forces which he would find land as “Our Lady’s Dowry” sounds somewhat very difficult to eliminate later”, forces more poetical and harmless; but translated into plain lan- lasting than all the best principles and doctrines; guage it means part of the carrying out of the scheme these forces can come up again to the surface, of the Conquest of England, so as to place it once sometimes after years of not even mentioning more under the iron heel of the Church.”16 them, and become so imperative that the will finds itself unable to oppose any obstacle, and Schoolboys and Guns has to follow their irresistible impulse.”17 This is subliminal warfare (mind science), educating It is obvious that Papal Rome is preparing for the children to learn something that they could a spiritual war of great magnitude. And it is only use at a later date for a destructive end, and with a heart surrendered to Christ that we can maybe to be used for the furtherance of the meet the blow that is about to fall upon churches goal - this goal being the re- Europe. For in the secret recesses, Rome is establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, which gathering its forces to re-establish the will culminate in a single European superstate. Inquisition. As we approach this new millennium she will use modern technology to her full advantage, to gather information to track down her enemies, and exterminate all that do not comply with her religious dogmas. One of Rome’s policies is to be the educators of the educators, and the leaders of the leaders. By this code she intends, not only to control Europe, but the whole wide-world. In a recent school prospectus that was issued by Stonyhurst, the Jesuits’ oldest school in England, the military training given to the students is described, for those who are to be the educators of the educators, and the leaders of the leaders: “The Stonyhurst Cadet Corps is one of the oldest and most respected contingents in the country. The broad function of the Corps is to The Victoria Cross (top left) was given as a prize for develop, through regular and varied training, the the expert military skill of the seven Old Boys of qualities of self-discipline, self-reliance, Stonyhurst perseverance and leadership. All boys join the REFERENCES 1. A History of the Gunpowder Plot, p. 177-8 Philip Sidney Corps in their second year and thereafter its 2. Ibid., p. 183 3. Jesuit Plots from Elizabethan to Modern Times, p. 145, Albert Close, voluntary, although demand exceeds the places The Protestant Truth Society 4. The Power and Secret of the Jesuits, p. 19-23, Rene Fulop-Miller available. Cadets are assigned to one of the seven 5. The Great Controversy, p. 234-5, E. G. White, Pacific Press 6. Our Authorized Bible Vindicated, p. 58, B. G. Wilkinson, Leaves of Autumn Books Inc. platoons named after the seven Old Boys of 7. Modern Rome in Modern England, p. 193-194, Philip Sidney, The Religious Tract Society 8. Our Brief Against Rome, p. 244, Rev. C. S. Isaacson, M.A., The Religious Tract Society Stonyhurst who won the Victoria Cross. 9. Ibid. 10. Ibid. Training takes place every Thursday afternoon 11. Our Authorized Bible Vindicated, p. 59, B. G. Wilkinson, Leaves of Autumn Books Inc. 12. J. H. Merl D’Aubigne, History of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, p. 411 during term; in addition there are regular 13. Modern Rome in Modern England, p. 196, Philip Sidney, The Religious Tract Society 14. All Roads Lead to Rome, p. 135, Michael de Semlyen, Dorchester House Publications weekend visits to local shooting ranges. The 15. Desanctis, Popery and Jesuitism in Rome, pp. 128, 134 16. The Papal Conquest, p. 8-9, Rev. Alexander Robertson, D.D., Morgan & Scott Limited contingent prides itself on its shooting record, 17. The Secret History of the Jesuits, p. 21, Edmond Paris, Chick Publications 30 The Strategical Mendacity of the new holy Roman Empire

In our previous issues we have dealt with what THE GERMAN NATION we call the Vatican Grand Master Plan. This AND THE PAPACY plan is to erect a Roman Catholic super-state in the industrial heart of Europe. It will be patterned on the old medieval model that existed before the Protestant Reformation, where the state was in partnership with the church, and all facet’s of life were regulated according to church policy. A few years ago, when the present authors first heard of this Papal ambition to control the world, they were astonished that a In the year 782 Charlemagne, the King of the religious institution could have such aims. But Franks, became the military champion of the two thousand years ago on the Isles of Patmos, Papacy. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the apostle John was shown the final scenes of emperor in Notra Dame cathedral in 800 A.D. international history. The future of Europe was bound up in this event, and co-operation with the Vatican and Germany A fulfilment of Bible prophecy has held ever since. The Reformation was viewed as a setback to this alliance, but the control of In the book of Revelation is depicted a graphic central Europe was held together by the agency description of the grand finale between truth and of the Austro-Hungary empire. The Habsburg error. John sees the woman riding the scarlet family acted as the paramount protectors of the coloured beast. A woman in Bible prophecy is a Roman Catholic Church. At the beginning of church (see Jeremiah 6:2) and a beast in this century a very significant factor came to symbolic language typifies a political kingdom light, which was to ever shape the future of our (see Dan 7:23). So it is evident that this corrupt modern world. church is to dominate the dual power of L. H. Lehmann in his book Behind The authority prior to the second coming of Jesus Dictators, explains it thus “For centuries Christ. Before we attempt to enlarge on this Vatican policy has based all its hopes for the colossal attempt of the world’s most fiercest restoration of its dominion over the nations of religion, it would be good if we would give a Europe upon a strong, militaristic Germany that historical breakdown of the momentous events would cleanse the continent of all British of this century. We will also look at how Rome Protestant influence from the west, and above has forged relationships with war like nations. all, safeguard it from Russo-Slavic invasion from the East.”1 Pope Leo XIII actually urged this “And the woman was very plan on Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The arrayed in purple and following are the Kaiser’s own words: “It was scarlet colour, and of interest to me that the Pope said to me on this decked with gold and ... that GERMANY must become the sword of precious stones and the Catholic Church. I remarked that the old pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of Roman Empire of the German nation no longer abominations and existed, and that conditions had changed. But he filthiness of her stuck to his words.”2 The slaughter that took fornication:” place during the first World War was a result of this far-reaching master plan of Rome. Revelation 17:4 It was a vehicle to implement Catholic hegemony in Europe. 31 Catholicism and Fascism

Another instance in this drive to create a super-state can be seen in the rise of national socialism-fascism. During the 1920’s it was believed that the principles of democracy was a destructive element to the Church of Rome. The papacy was convinced that absolute leaders would bring the state in harmony with the church. And it was in this climate that Adolf Hitler was One of the principal Catholic personalities to help Hitler into power was Franz Von Papen, to arise to power. He was swept into office leader of the Catholic Party of Germany thanks to the Roman Catholic Church. “The Fuhrer had come to power, thanks to the votees CONQUEST BY TREATY’S of the Catholic Zentrum, ... but most of the objectives cynically revealed in “Mein Kampf” This century that is about to come to a climatic were already realised; this book an insolent end, has been plagued with wars, bloodshed and challenge to the western democracies, was strife. The people of this continent have had written by the Jesuit Father Staempfle and signed enough of armed confrontations. So after the by Hitler.”3 Second World War, attempts were made to end all threats of international disputes. It was to be the dawn of what we now call the peace process. All the tensions that occurred around the core of central Europe had come to an end. The only threat of war was between the U.S.S.R led Warsaw Pact, and the U.S.A. led N.A.T.O. It was to be East against West. The cold war, as it was called, came to an end due to the Vatican / and covert C.I.A. operations. This was brought about with the Jesuits working with the C.I.A. based S.M.O.M. (The Knights of Malta) [this was covered in the Voice from the Wilderness Vol. 1, No 1. The Knights of Malta are one of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini reviewing the oldest orders of Freemasonry, and they are Nazi troops. (The Bettmann Archive) controlled by the Church of Rome. They are very powerful and are also official observers at the It is important for the reader to note that the U.N.]. Second World War was stage two of the plan to unify the European continent. Soon Robert Schuman, champion of Europe? after Hitler came to power, Catholic Franz Von Papen, German politician, and Privy One of the first significant moves to bring peace Chamberlain to the Pope said “The Third Reich to the continent of Europe was established by is the first power in the world, not only to Robert Schuman, the post-war champion of a recognize, but also to put into practise, the high united Europe. He was ... born in Luxembourg principles of the Papacy.”4 That high principle and was an ardent Roman Catholic. He is now being the Inquisition, or simply put, the being considered by the Church of Rome as a destruction of anyone or group that steps out of candidate for sainthood.5 It was Robert line with the church-state / empire. Thanks to Schuman, who was the architect of the TREATY the providence of an all powerful God this OF PARIS in 1951, which brought into being attempt was foiled, but at a great cost and loss of the European Coal and Steel Community human life. (ECSC). The purpose of this treaty was to bring 32 the economies of FRANCE and GERMANY God's Word shall stand together. The mergence of iron, coal, and steel, soon was enlarged to incorporate Italy, Belgium, There are many students of the Bible who the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Vatican believe that there will never be a physical insider Avro Manhattan, states in his book unification of this continent, and they base this Vatican Imperialism in the twentieth Century view on Daniel 2:43: “but they shall not cleave “The real purpose of the merger was, not to one to another, even as iron is not mixed with increase the production of civilian goods, but to clay.” The second chapter in the book of Daniel promote a colossal speed-up of war weapons ... concludes with the European question; it states This coal and steel merger plan, with its “much that “the kingdom shall be divided” Dan 2:41. wider implications,” was Catholic inspired.”6 If we were to look at the book of Revelation, light would be shed on this issue of European From Paris to Rome integration, for the Bible says “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have What the church of Rome could not do by received no kingdom as yet; but receive power Nazism, she was about to do through a as kings one hour with the beast. These have Euro-Superstate. Slowly but secretly the plan one mind, and shall give their power and strength was to move forward under the pretence of peace unto the beast.” (Revelation 17:12-13) It is and prosperity. In the year 1957 it was decided important to note that this verse of scripture does that European trade barriers, and borders were not just deal with Europe only, for present to be eroded to prepare the way for stage two of documentation proves that it has a wider the New Order. The TREATY OF ROME, was application. the apex of stage two of the Grand Plan, for it As recorded in our first chapter, there are many brought forth the European Economic groups under the control of the Vatican and Community (E.E.C.). The final episode of the Freemasonry that are pushing for a New World Grand Master Plan came into being due to what Order. One such organisation is the C. O. R. is called the Maastricht Treaty. According to which stands for The Club Of Rome, “The Club the Catholic Encyclopaedia, Maastricht is had its beginnings in April of 1968, when dedicated to Our Lady of The Sea. The leaders from ten different countries gathered in Maastricht Treaty of 7th February 1992 paved Rome at the invitation of Aurelio Peccei, a the way for the absorption of this country into prominent Italian industrialist with close ties to the United States of Europe. The Treaty of Fiat and Olivetti Corporations ... The Club’s European Union established the framework for findings and recommendations are published a full federal state. from time to time in special, highly confidential reports ... On 17 Sep. 1973 the Club released one such report, entitled Regionalized and Adaptive Model of the Global World System ... The document reveals that the Club has divided the world into ten political / economic regions which it refers to as “Kingdoms.”7 Although the ten toes of Daniel chapter 2 refer to Europe, it is our belief that at the end of time this continent will be a province in a One World Government. Further proof of this can be found in the written works of Mrs. E. G. White. “ “These have one Robert Schuman was a key architect of the new Europe. Schuman’s post as French foreign minister mind.” There will be a universal (world-wide) helped to provide the political leadership and bond of union, one great harmony, a flexibility to win French and European approval for confederacy of Satan’s forces. And shall give the plan of the formation of the European Coal and their power and strength unto the beast.”8 Steel Community (ECSC), forerunner of the EEC 33 1. North America 2. The EU 3. Japan 4. Australia / New Zealand, and South Africa 5. Eastern Europe 6. South America / the Caribbean 7. North Africa / South-West Asia THE REGIONALIZATION AND ADAPTIVE MODEL 8. Central Africa 9. India / Far East OF THE GLOBAL WORLD SYSTEM 10. China AS FORMULATED BY THE C.O.R. (CLUB OF ROME)

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.” (Revelation 17:12)

“ “These have one mind.” There will be a universal (world-wide) bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. And shall give their power and strength to the beast.”8

“What we thus have is conformation of ten “kings” who will be men of vast political and economic power in the last days ... They rule over the entire earth and are of “one mind.” ... The beast, whom they shall support with all their power and strength, is none other than the Antichrist.”9

“The book of Revelation reveals that the Antichrist is both a political power and a man, and in the last days the whole world and its nations will come under his control, including the United States.”10

“ ... the Papacy is the antichrist of scripture”11 It is clear then, that each one of the ten regions, We at Wilderness Publications believe that the (North America, The EU, Japan, Australia / E.U. is the model for the coming global New New Zealand / South Africa, Eastern Europe, World Order. To understand how this will South America / Caribbean, North Africa / function, let us take a look at how the E.U. is South-West Asia, Central Africa, India / the emerging into a European super sovereign state. Far East and China) will have a political / The criteria for sovereign nations are based upon economic governor, who in turn will be under these five fundamental principles: the jurisdiction of the papacy; thus uniting the 1) The power to pass laws in the land, i.e. the world spiritually, politically and economically. Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government EUROPE THE PROTOTYPE OF 2) The power to run the economy, to create THE NEW WORLD ORDER jobs and financial security for the people 3) The power to decide foreign policies, i.e. ACCORDING TO FUNK & WAGNALLS diplomatic relations and foreign affairs STANDARD DICTIONARY 1958:- The word 4) The power to organise national security, prototype means “original model on which i.e. army, navy, and air force subsequent forms are to based. Or an accepted 5) To be able to operate border control, i.e. standard to which all others must conform.”12 sea ports, airports and immigration 34 Since 1994, 6700 new European laws have been tried to do by war, the Roman Catholic inspired passed (that is the equivalent to 129 laws being EU is doing through peace. passed every week), which we must obey. Unfortunately European law is now the supreme The British constitution law of this land. Here it can be clearly seen that and monarchy the first part of our sovereignty has been repudiated.

The European Flag, symbol of the European Union and the New Holy Roman Empire At this critical and most decisive hour in Earth’s history, God is looking for people who will not by signing the first two stages of be bought or sold, people who will be true to the European Economic and Monetary Union duty as the needle is to the pole, people who are Agreement has signed over our financial not scared to call sin by its right name. Men like sovereignty. Whether we join the single currency the great British constitutionalist and or not does not matter, because we now have to philosopher John Locke [1632-1704] who once manage our economy not after British law, but said concerning the role of the British after European law. So the second aspect of our government: “The government do not have any sovereignty has gone. powers of itself, therefore they do not have the Further proof of the disintegration of our prerogatives or the right to give away our sovereign rights is the fact that un-elected sovereignty and laws. Little do we know that Eurocrats will be running our nation. “The the powers of the land are on loan to the European government machine is nothing to do government and parliament from the people, and with democracy and justice, and everything to that at the end of five years, or their term in do with power. ... since 1991 the Maastricht office, they must be given back to the people Treaty has extended the powers of the council intact, or according to how they had received of ministers. This in turn means that policy it.” So we can positively say what is taking place decisions which effect the United Kingdom are in the unification of Europe is the violation of being taken by individuals who are not the rights of the people of this land in which we responsible to Britain or its electorate. For the live. 375 million citizens of the EU, all the decisions The question of sovereignty that we face as a are taken by just 50 people: 15 heads of state nation is the same question that the British and government, 15 ministers in councils in people faced during the Protestant Reformation. councils of ministers, and 20 European That question being, Which sovereign? Queen commissioners. None of these 50 has been Elizabeth II or Pope John Paul II? It is either elected by the people to carry out European one or the other, for the Bible says “Can two government functions, and they are accountable walk together, except they be agreed.” (Amos to no-one for those functions.”13 “The Vatican 3:3). It has to be remembered that the Pope is a can oppose the election of certain delegates to autocratic ruler (autocracy means absolute power the European Parliament on the ground that they without restraint). But the monarch is the pursue a policy contrary to that of the Church.”14 guarantee of civil and religious liberty, just as Dr. D. Samuel in his book European Union and the First Amendment of the Constitution is the Roman Catholic Influence In Britain, says guarantee of civil and religious liberty in “What is on offer is not federalism at all, though America. “The powers of the monarch, as it masquerades under that name, but an un- described by Bagehot in the mid-nineteenth elected politico-bureaucracy or Euro-Fascism.” century, have been largely those which have So it is evident that what Hitler and the Jesuits existed up to the present time. In his book The 35 English Constitution, Walter Bagehot (institutionalised churches), during the debate on enumerated the three rights of the monarch this resolution, one speaker did lump under the constitution: the right to be consulted, Evangelicals (Bible believing Christians) in with the right to encourage, and the right to warn. He Satanists”18 has no others. He must sign his own death warrant if sent up to him by parliament.”15 THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE PAPACY

Europol, the modern Gastapo “And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace The current trend is that soon, and very soon, shall destroy many:” because of integration into Europe, there will be Daniel 8:25 no point in us having a monarchy. For we will become a province in a country called Europe, whose king would be the Pope. The Amidst all of the confusion, rush and hurry of this consequences of this for Christians who have world, the drive towards global supremacy has learned to embrace the principles and liberties been going forward secretly but that come from dwelling in a Protestant land, unrelentlessly. There can be no doubt that the will be thus: “The Evangelical Alliance notes that same aim that Guy Fawkes and his Evangelical Christians are perceived by the EU co-conspirators had to destroy our Protestant as a ‘sect’, and that any group which does not throne and sovereignty, is still being pursued belong to the majority church (Roman Catholic) today. Furthermore, the system that used Guy is viewed by many MEPs with suspicion.”16 Fawkes in 1604, has the added advantage in 1997 When we look at how the embryo of the of being aided by high technology and advanced European Inquisition is being formed, we communications. Though the mass populace realise it is just a continuation of the twentieth might well believe that they are dwelling in century plan of Adolf Hitler and Kaiser Wilhelm safety, they are ignorant of the methods that to have a pan Germanic-Catholic superstate. It Satan uses to control the conscience, and secure will also have its secret police, just as Nazi homage to himself: Germany had its secret police: “... the Europol “... he works through both religious and secular that Germany champions is a pan-Europe police authorities, moving them to the enforcement of force in which Germany sees itself as the human laws in defiance of the law of God.”19 dominant influence, if not its head. Which situation, throughout the other nations of the The church bells shall soon be ringing - not to Union with still too recent memories of two call people to honour the law of God, but to call world wars, ranges from the unpalatable to the all the so-called ‘heretics’ and ‘sects’ to follow totally unacceptable.”17 the laws of the Roman Catholic Church Before Rome and her agents make a strike, it is their procedure to make dossiers on her enemies and foes. She uses the secular arm to enforce and advance the principles of the Inquisition, and the coming European tribunal is already in the process, and Europol has an enormous part to play, if unification of the continent were to succeed. “David Hallam MEP has confirmed that a European resolution on sects and cults permits the European police force (Europol) to carry out surveillance on such groups’ activities. He adds: ‘In Europe, this could include Christians.’ Whereas most MEPs have said there is no threat to ‘bona fide religions’ 36 The law of worship in Eden, for God Himself rested upon the seventh day: “And on the seventh day God ended The European Commission at this time are his work which he had made; and he rested on trying to get people to have one day in seven to the seventh day from all his work which he had rest. This is according to the 48-hour week made. And God blessed the seventh day, and working directive. The argument is that by sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from setting a maximum of 48 hours for a working all his work which God created and made.”26 The week, then it will stop people from working for scriptures declare about the words of God that: excessive hours. “When the directive reaches “They stand fast for ever and ever.”27 the private sector it is likely to have the greatest effect on small businesses employing just a few staff who work long hours.”20 One of the main provisions of the directive is that there should be a “Minimum of one rest day a week ...”21 Britain is the only country that is opposed to the 48-hour working week directive, and have been accused of holding up the European Union treaty negotiations upon this subject. But: “... the European Court of Justice decided to dismiss all of Britain’s arguments in its appeal for the annulment of the 1993 working-time directive ... The court’s only concession was to annul a provision, inserted at Germany’s request, that had set Sunday as a rest day in principle.”22 Sunday, because of Germany’s position in the Even Bus Passes declare that Saturday is the EU, is certain to be set as an official rest day in seventh day of the week Europe. Instead of people resting from work The origin of the word voluntarily, soon they shall have to by European law. This may look to be a heaven sent blessing Protestants and sincere Roman Catholics all over for Christians, but Roman Catholic literature the world, who are ignorant of the system that declares: “Question -Why do we observe they are in, need to realise that: “The word Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer -We Catholic was formerly an astrological term observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the (Catholicus was the Latin name of the Greek Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea, 336 god Cosmos, who was worshipped as the A.D., transferred the solemnity from Saturday universe deified who was represented with to Sunday.”23 “Sunday is a Catholic institution, hoof’s, horns, a tail, and a pitchfork ... From and its claims to observance can only be early times the earthly vicars of Cosmos wore defended on Catholic principles ...”24 a triple crown to indicate their universal Sunday laws, as history testifies, have their dominion over heaven, earth, and the origin with the papacy. Sunday is not the underworld.”28 seventh day of the week, but the first, and this When the European Court comes to a final tradition of honouring the first day of the week decision, the earthly vicar of Cosmos shall once runs right back to ancient Babylon, where the again through his agents dedicate the first day first of every thing was dedicated to the gods: of the week again (Sunday) to the sun god - “... the sun or the most important god receiving Satan. the first day, the moon the second day, and so Fellow Brothers and Sisters, the Spirit of God on up to Saturn who received the last or seventh has revealed to us so much light in these last day of the week.”25 The Bible has never days. The purpose of Rome is to take the world declared a change of rest from the for herself, and in the event, she will, whether original sabbath (Saturday) that God instituted knowing or unknowingly, represent Satan 37 spiritually, politically, and economically. We him are called, and chosen and faithful.”29 It is must ever remember that all the coming events truly our sincere prayer, that all who read this that are about to happen are going to help document seek to be among the called, and finalise the great controversy between Christ and chosen, and faithful, in Jesus Christ, before Satan. But God will only allow the final events utter destruction breaks out upon the earth. We to hold sway for a short space of time, and then thank God the Father, the Son, and the Holy shall the Lamb “overcome them: for he is Lord Spirit, for the tremendous blessing that they have of lords and King of kings: and they that are with bestowed upon this work.

“We are living in the most solemn period of this world’s history. The destiny of earth’s teeming multitudes is about to be decided. Our own future well-being and also the salvation of other souls depend upon the course which we now pursue. We need to be guided by the Spirit of truth. Every follower of Christ should earnestly enquire: “Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” We need to humble ourselves before the Lord, with fasting and prayer, and to meditate upon His word, especially upon the scenes of the judgement ... Events of vital importance are taking place around us ... When the testing time shall come, those who have made God's word their rule of life will be revealed. In summer there is no noticeable difference between evergreens and other trees; but when the blasts of winter come, the evergreens remain unchanged, while other trees are stripped of their foilage. So the falsehearted professor may not now be distinguished from the real Christian, but the time is just upon us when the difference will be apparent. Let opposition arise, let bigotry and intolerance again bear sway, let persecution be kindled, and the halfhearted and the hypocritical will waver and yield the faith; but the true Christian will stand as firm as a rock, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, than in days of prosperity.”30

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1. Behind The Dictators, p. 22, L. H. Lehmann, Agora Publishing Co. 15. Prospects for the Monarchy, p. 1, David N. Samuel, The Harrison Trust, 1991 2. The Kaiser’s Memoirs, by Wilhelm II, translated by Thomas R Ybarra, p. 211, 16. The Principality and Power of Europe, p. 104, Adrian Hilton, Dorchester House Publications Harper & Bros., 1922 17. The Octopus, Europe in the grip of Organised Crime, p. 10, Brian Freemantle, 3. The Secret History of the Jesuits, p. 138, Edmond Paris, Chick Publications Orion Books Ltd 4. European Union and Roman Catholic Influence In Britain, Dr David N. Samuel, 18. The Principality and Power of Europe, p. 105, Adrian Hilton, Dorchester House Publications The Harrison Trust 19. The Great Controversy, p. 591, E. G. White, Pacific Press 5. Ibid. 20. The Times, p. 11, Wednesday November 13, 1996 6. Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century, p. 164, Avro Manhattan 21. Ibid., p. 11 7. En Route to Global Occupation, p. 40, Gary H. Kah, Huntington House Publishers 22. Ibid., p. 10 8. MS 24, 1891, 7A BC, p. 427, E. G. White 23. Peter Geiremann, A Doctrinal Catechism, 1934 edition, p. 50 9. Circle of Intrigue, p. 84, Texe Marrs, Living Truth Publications 24. Catholic Press, Sidney, Australia, August, 1900 10. The Antichrist 666, p. 129, William Josiah Sutton, Workers For God Inc. 25. The Trail of the Serpent, p. 64, Murle Vance, Oriental Watchman Publishing House 11. Ralph Woodrow, quoted from All Roads Lead to Rome?, p. 195, 26. Genesis 2:2,3 Michael de Semlyen, Dorchester House Publications 27. Psalm 111:8 12. Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, 1958 Edition, p. 1015 28. The Trail of the Serpent, p. 8, Murle Vance, Oriental Watchman Publishing House 13. The Principality and Powers of Europe, p 81-82, Adrian Hilton, Dorchester House 29. Revelation 17:14 Publications 30. The Great Controversy, p. 601-2, E. G. White, Pacific Press 14. Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century, p. 64, Avro Manhattan

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