The Great Apostasy R. J. M. I. By The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ; The Grace of the God of the Holy Catholic Church; The Mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Crusher of Heretics; The Protection of Saint Joseph, Patriarch of the Holy Family and Patron of the Holy Catholic Church; The Guidance of the Good Saint Anne, Mother of Mary and Grandmother of God; The Intercession of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; The Intercession of All the Other Angels and Saints; and the Cooperation of Richard Joseph Michael Ibranyi To Jesus through Mary Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo, et dolóso érue me Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam 2 “I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.” (Ecclesiastes 3:16) “Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin… Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings and the house of Jacob their sins… How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot?” (Isaias 30:1; 58:1; 1:21) “Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess? My people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain and stumbling in their way in ancient paths.” (Jeremias 18:13, 15) “And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, say to her: Thou art a land that is unclean, and not rained upon in the day of wrath. There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof. Her priests have despised my law and have defiled my sanctuaries: they have put no difference between holy and profane: nor have distinguished between the polluted and the clean: and they have turned away their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them. Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls and to run after gains through covetousness. And her prophets have daubed them without tempering the mortar, seeing vain things and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord God: when the Lord hath not spoken. The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment. And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.” (Ezechiel 22:23-31) Original version: 8/2014; Current version: 8/2021 Mary’s Little Remnant 302 East Joffre St. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 87901-2878, USA Website: www.JohnTheBaptist.us (Send for a free catalog) 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 11 WARNINGS ...................................................................................................................................................12 Apostate John Gerson ............................................................................................................................. 12 Apostate Ludwig Pastor .......................................................................................................................... 12 ON THE CRIMES OF ANTIPOPES AND OTHERS LISTED IN THIS BOOK ....................................................13 ON THE HISTORY OF THE POPES [HOP] BY APOSTATE LUDWIG PASTOR ...............................................13 HISTORY, PLOTS, AND PLOYS ................................................................................... 15 SATAN CHAINED IN AD 33 AND THE DE-PAGANIZATION OF THE WORLD BEGINS ..............................16 Men de-paganized .................................................................................................................................. 16 Old Testament prophecies ................................................................................................................................. 16 1st to 3rd centuries ............................................................................................................................................ 17 Two steps forward and one backward ............................................................................................................... 19 Nations de-paganized ............................................................................................................................. 19 4th century: Emperor St. Constantine ................................................................................................................ 21 Battle of Milvian Bridge and Edict of Milan ................................................................................................. 21 Purging idols and false gods and building holy places ................................................................................. 23 4th century: Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius the Great ........................................................... 26 4th century: St. Martin of Tours ......................................................................................................................... 27 5th century: St. Patrick ....................................................................................................................................... 28 6th century: Emperor Justinian .......................................................................................................................... 31 7th century: Pope St. Boniface IV’s conversion of the Pantheon ....................................................................... 31 8th century: St. Boniface .................................................................................................................................... 32 8th and 9th centuries: Emperor St. Charlemagne .............................................................................................. 32 Two steps forward and one backward ............................................................................................................... 35 SATAN UNCHAINED IN AD 1033 AND THE RE-PAGANIZATION OF THE WORLD AND GREAT APOSTASY BEGIN .........................................................................................................................................35 The sixth and last day is the one thousand years of the Great Apostasy................................................ 35 The one thousand years of the Great Apostasy is a little time ............................................................... 37 1) The nations must be seduced, corrupted, and gathered before they accept the Antichrist ......................... 38 2) The nations have been seduced and corrupted for hundreds of years .......................................................... 39 The one thousand years of the Great Apostasy is the most evil of all times........................................... 39 Most so-called Catholics were nominal Catholics ................................................................................... 40 Nominal Catholics cannot hold offices in the Catholic Church ................................................................ 40 No need for two witnesses if there were an active hierarchy ................................................................. 42 CRIMES OF THE GREAT APOSTASY .............................................................................................................43 The five main crimes of the Great Apostasy ........................................................................................... 43 Some idolatries and heresies of the Great Apostasy............................................................................... 45 11th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 12th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 13th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 14th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 15th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 16th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 18th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 19th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 49 20th century ....................................................................................................................................................... 50 5 Some