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IT DESTROYS THREE NATIONS
AS IT COMES INTO POWER
 "I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little
horn, before whom there were three
of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things. Daniel 7:8, 20, 24
Does the Papacy fit this point too?
Yes, The emperors of Western Europe were largely
Catholic and supported the papacy in its growth and
authority. Three Arian kingdoms, however, did not support
the papacy--the Vandals, Heruli, and Ostrogoths. So
the Catholic emperors decided they must be subdued
or destroyed. Here is how Dr. Mervyn Maxwell, a theologian
and historian, described the results in volume 1, page
129, of his book God Cares: "The Catholic emperor
Zeno (474-491) arranged a treaty with the Ostrogoths
in 487 which resulted in the eradication of the kingdom
of the Arian Heruls in 493. And the Catholic emperor
Justinian (527-565) exterminated the Arian Vandals
in 534 and significantly broke the power of the Arian
Ostrogoths in 538. Thus were Daniel's three horns'
the Heruls, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths--'plucked
up by the roots.'
The divisons of the empire were as follows:
Alamanni became the Germans
Anglo Saxons became the English
Bergundians became the Swiss
Franks became the French
Lombards became the Italians
Suevi became the Portuguese
Visigoths became the Spanish
Heruli - Now Extinct
Vandals - Now Extinct
Ostrogoths - Now Extinct
See The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by James Cardinal Gibbons or any older
encyclopedia for more information.
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