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Apostolic Successionin her hand a golden cup thatwas full of disgusting things andthe unclean things of her fornication. And upon her foreheadwas written a name, a mystery,'Babylon the Great, the motherof the harlots and of the disgustingthings of the earth .' . . .The wild beast that you sawwas, but is not, and yet is destinedto ascend out of the abyss,and it is to go off into destruction. And when they see how thewild beast was, but is not, andyet will be present, those whodwell on the earth will wonderadmiringly, but their names havenot been written upon the scrollof life from the world's foundation. And the woman that yousaw means the great city thathas a kingdom over the kingsof the earth ."16Antichrists to Be ForeverDestroyed at ArmageddonRev. 17 :16 "And the ten hornsthat you saw, and the wild beast,these will hate the harlot andwill make her devastated andnaked, and will eat up her fleshyparts and will completely burnher with fire ."2 Thess . 2 :8 "Then, indeed, thelawless one will be revealed,whom the Lord Jesus will annihilateby the spirit of his mouthand bring to nothing by themanifestation of his presence ."Matt . 7 :22, 23 "Many will sayto me in that day : 'Master, Master,did we not prophesy in yourname, and expel demons in yourname, and perform many powerfulworks in your name?' Andyet then I will confess to them :I never knew you at all. Get awayfrom me, you workers of lawlessness."See "Religion".Apostolic SuccessionDEFINITIONThe doctrine that the twelve apostles have successors to whomauthority is passed by divine appointment . In the Roman CatholicChurch, the pope is said to be one of an unbroken line of successorsof Peter, and bearer of the keys of heaven passed on from Peter(who the church claims was chief of the apostles and the first pope) .A false doctrine.ORIGINEstablished in the Roman Catholic Church in the Nicene Creed,A .D . 325 and 381, in the words, "I believe one holy catholic andapostolic Church ." Reaffirmed by the Council of Trent in the sixteenthcentury .Matthew 16 :18 Misapplied ; ChristIs the "Rock", Not PeterMatt . 16 :18 "Also I say to you,You are Peter [Gr ., Petros ; Syriac,ke'pha, "a stone," in the masculinegender in both languages],and on this rock-mass [Gr ., petra; Syriac, ke'pha, "a rockmass,"in feminine gender andwith a feminine demonstrativepronoun (this) In both languages]I will build my congregation,and the gates of Hadeswill not overpower it ."1 Cor. 10 :4 "They used to drinkfrom the spiritual rock-masswhich followed them, and thatrock-mass meant the Christ ."Eph . 2 :20, 21 "You have beenbuilt up upon the foundation of