Featured 666 - The scriptural [KJB] Truth

System, theology, generally not persons (except for specific persons, who may be looked at later, in their open and gross sins), moving on.

Did you know that officially, The Magisterium of Rome, including the pontificate, and the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, that the Roman [Catholic] Church, is the great "whore" ["Meretrix"] of Revelation 17, see for yourself:

"... In the 1950's Fr. Hans Urs von Balthazar published the work Casta Meretrix ...

... In 1988 Fr. von Balthazar was made Cardinal by Pope John Paul II. ..." - http://www.traditioninaction.org/ProgressivistDoc/A_043_BalthasarMeretrix.htm

"... Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthazar, a friend and colleague of both Pope John Paul II and Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) ..." - http://wquercus/faith/casta_meretrix.htm

"... Balthazar was moved by his parents to Stella Matutina College run by the Society of Jesus in Feldkirch, Austria. ... In 1929, having submitted his thesis, he entered the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits (in Germany, since the Jesuits were banned in Switzerland until 1973). ... In 1932, he moved to Fourvieres, the Jesuit school at Lyon, for his four years of theological study. ...

... At Balthazar's funeral, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later to become Pope Benedict XVI, said, speaking of Balthazar's work in general, "What the pope intended to express by this mark of distinction [i.e., elevation to the cardinalate], and of honor, remains valid, no longer only private individuals but the Church itself, in its official responsibility, tells us that he is right in what he teaches of the faith." [17]" - Hans Urs von Balthasar - Wikipedia

We can also bring in Savonarola [Roman Catholic Dominican, of which it is written, "... He was not a heretic in matters of faith ..." - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13490a.htm ], which is now being considered for 'beatification' [The present-day Church has considered his beatification. [44] Innocenzo Venchi, O.P. "Initiative dell'Ordine Domenicano per promuovere la causa do beatificazione del Ven. fra Girolamo Savonarola O.P.," Studio Savonaroliani Verso il V centenario ed. Gian Carlo Garfagnini (Florence, 1996) pp. 93-97], for he [as referenced in Casta Meretrix [29]] stated:

"A few weeks before he died, he gave a lecture to priests and religious on the corruption's of the Church ... 'Rome', he exclaimed, 'is a second Babel, the seat and center of all vice ... Rome is more godless than all other cities and nations, more godless even than the Turks and the heathen; it is polluting the whole Church'" (J. Schnitzer, Savonarola II [1924], pp. 708f.)."

Further it was written by him, that,

1 Savonarola, in his poem on the corruption of the Church (1457), may have been directly inspired by Dante. He too mourns "the chaste maid" and "noble mother", who, through the pressure of imperial power, wealth, and secularization in Rome, has gradually been transformed into the whore of Babylon:

"Then I spoke up: "Lady, tell me, I pray.
Who wounded thee so deeply in this way?"
"The whore of Babylon", said she, "by shameless lies
Has trapped me, made me her chosen prize." ..." - Explorations in Theology, Vol. 2: Spouse of the Word by Hans Urs von Balthazar

Thus Hans Urs von Balthazar, as quoted from the link previously cited above:

"The figure of the prostitute [forma meretricis] is so appropriate for the Church ... that it ... defines the Church of the New Covenant in her most splendid mystery of salvation. The fact that the Synagogue left the Holy Land to go and be among the pagans was an infidelity of Jerusalem, the fact that 'she opened her legs in every road in the world.'

But this same movement, which brings her to all peoples, is the mission of the Church. She must unite and merge herself with every people, and this new apostolic form of union cannot be avoided.


(Hans Urs von Balthasar, Casta Metetrix, in Sponsa Verbi, Brescia: Morceliana, 1969, p. 267)."

Joseph Ratzinger said of Hans:

"... meeting Balthasar was for me the beginning of a lifelong friendship I can only be thankful for. Never again have I found anyone with such a comprehensive theological and humanistic education as Balthazar and de Lubac, and I cannot even begin to say how much I owe to my encounter with them." - A Resume of My Thought | Hans Urs von Balthasar | Ignatius Insight

As the Jesuit Jacques Servais notes,

""... These two essays [Casta Meretrix & Who Is The Church?; Balthazar] doubtless share a certain affinity of spirit with an important statement in lumen gentium ..."

"... the first explains the sense in which the Church can call herself at once "harlot" ..."" - http://www.communio-icr.com/files/05._servais40-4_v2.PDF

"There are good reasons for identifying Babylon in Rev 17-18 with Rome, but inconsistencies with the text arise if ancient imperial Rome is intended. In this study, an important argument for identifying Babylon with ancient Rome is presented and examined. Its weaknesses include neglect of Ezek 16 and 23 as a background for Rev 17, and failure to grasp the full biblical significance of the metaphor of prostitution. It is then shown that in the Old Testament this metaphor refers exclusively to idolatry and/or practices associated with idolatry. Furthermore, apart from very few exceptions, it is always applied to the idolatry and infidelity of God's people. The use of the metaphor in Rev 2 is consistent with this general rule. Moving on to Rev 17, Babylon's prostitution is interpreted in line with Old Testament usage, as an idolatrous love of worldly riches and wealth. Textual evidence from Rev 17-18 is then presented to verify that Babylon does indeed represent a community of God's own people. ..." - http://www.newtorah.org/Babylon of Rev 17.HTML

"... Of particular relevance in Ezekiel 16 is the emphasis on Jerusalem's pagan origins (Ezek 16,3), especially as an explanation for the infidelities for which she will be duly punished (Ezek 16,44-45). A similar pattern would explain how the Babylon of Rev 17-18 came to be described in terms of such diverse OT citiesvas Babylon, Tyre and Jerusalem. Interpreted in the light of Jerusalem in Ezekiel 16, this 'new' Babylon was originally a pagan city, which later converted to God. At one point, however, she became unfaithful by succumbing to the temptation of wealth and she is about to be judged by God for the corruption she spread throughout the world (14,8; 17,2; 19,2). Interpreted in this way, the Babylon of Rev 17-18 is not, cannot be, pagan Rome simpliciter, but Rome which converted to God in the past, but then, at some stage, reverted back to idolatrous habits ..." -
http://www.newtorah.org/Babylon of Rev 17.HTML

Yep, Roman Catholicism itself, under a subtly sly theology, identifies 'herself' as the "whore" of Revelation 17, the so-called Casta MERETRIX.

 

No, I do understand, for "his [the pope's] will stands for reason.", and more can be directly cited from the current RC Canon Law, etc.:

" ...quia in his, quae vult, ei est pro ratione voluntas (Instit. de jure natu. § sed quod principi. haec quippe.)
and he can do these things, because his will stands for reason. ..." - DECRETALES D. GREGORII PAPAE IX, SUAE INTEGRITATI UNA CUM GLOSSIS RESTTUTE Ad exemplar Romanum diligenter recognite, LUGDUNI, 1584, liber I, titulus VII – De Translatione Episcopi, cap. III, col. 217. (138)​

It was stated by Jesuits, to me personally:

"I don't believe in the resurrection as a raising of physical bodies, rather the resurrection is an ongoing thing."​

This, being the same sort of statements like someone from the Jesuit Georgetown U who promotes the very same, Jesuit Tambasco or another Jesuit Karl Rahner:

"...it is obvious that the resurrection of Jesus neither can be nor intends to be a `historical' event..."​

or after Ratizinger himself [head of the Inquisition, curia of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]:

"In Foundations of Christian Faith, published in German in 1976, two years after the first Dutch edition of Schillebeeckx's Jesus, Rahner observed that "we miss the meaning of `resurrection' in general and also of the resurrection of Jesus ... if our original preconception is the notion of a resuscitation of a physical, material body." Rather than a resuscitation, Rahner considered resurrection to be "the final and definitive salvation of a concrete human existence by God and in the presence of God, the abiding and real validity of human history, which neither moves further and further into emptiness, nor perishes altogether. In this respect death is precisely the essential renunciation and the radical relinquishing of any imaginary model of the `how' of this finality, whether this model is related to the `body' or to the `spiritual soul' of this single human existence."(115)

Relating resurrection to every person's hope, and thus a "transcendental" hope to survive in some final and definitive sense, Rahner insisted that "resurrection is not an additional assertion about the fate of a secondary part of man." "Resurrection is rather the term which, in view of man's concrete situation, promises the abiding validity of his single and entire existence. Resurrection of the "flesh" which man is does not mean resurrection of the body which man has as a part of himself." In Rahner's understanding, persons who affirm their existence as "permanently valid and redeemable," and do "not fall into the misunderstanding of a platonic anthropological dualism," are affirming their resurrection in hope.(116)

Rahner allowed that "we can admit without any qualms that the reports which are presented to us at first glance as historical details of the event of the resurrection or of the appearances [of Jesus] cannot be harmonized completely. Hence they are to be explained as secondary literary and dramatic embellishments of the original experience that `Jesus is alive,' rather than as descriptions of the experience itself in its original nature."(117) He further asserted that:

So far as the nature of this experience is accessible to us, it is to be explained after the manner of our experience of the powerful Spirit of the living Lord rather than in a way which either likens this experience too closely to mystical visions of an imaginative kind in later times, or

understands it as an almost physical sense experience. There is no such sense experience of someone who has really reached fulfillment, even presupposing that he must indeed have freely `manifested' himself. For this manifestation to imply sense experience, everything would have to belong to the realm of normal and profane sense experience.(118)

Like Schillebeeckx, Rahner also emphasized that the Easter experience presupposed by "the texts which dramatize [it] under the most varied theological motifs" was not produced from within but came "from without." The witnesses of that experience, which was sui generis, were given the unique task of sharing it with others. One can refuse to believe them, but not "by pretending that one understands their experience better." As Rahner observed, "it can be said that by `historical' means we would not reach the resurrection of Jesus, but only the conviction of his disciples that he is alive." The Resurrection of Jesus as "the assumption of the fruit of our ongoing history into its final and definitive state" goes beyond the realm of our empirical world, but is inextricably related to "our own transcendental hope in resurrection."(119) " "...(115) Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity, trans. William V. Dych (New York: Seabury, 1978) 266-67.

(116) Ibid. 268.

(117) Ibid. 276.

(118) Ibid.

(119) Ibid. 276-78. ..." - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BODILY...ES.-a062087919​

[Benedict XVI] Ratzinger stated in His "Introduction to Christianity, 2nd Edition, page 353":

"...their essential content is not the conception of a restoration of bodies to souls after a long interval; their aim is to tell men that they, they themselves, live on..." - Introduction to Christianity​

 

We can also see how this system steals the "glory":

Think it's coincidence, or does it send the propagandist message?



A Solar Halo, for a solar 'god' on earth.



http://0.tqn.com/d/catholicism/1/0/F/6/-/-/Pope-Benedict-Halo.jpg

"... Different coloured haloes have specific meanings: orange for monks, green for the Buddha and other more elevated beings, [8] ..." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)



Their knights, also have Halos, even in the "Whitehouse" [Jesuit Andrew White], look for the 'presidential seal' ...

 

The number '666' in 3 [4] languages, as identified by various students of scripture:

Greek:

Lower Case Greek | Upper Case Greek | Greek Letter Name | Transliteration | Isopsephic Value

α Α Alpha a A 1

β Β Beta b B 2

γ Γ Gamma g G 3

δ Δ Delta d D 4

ε Ε Epsilon e E 5

ϝ ϛ Ϝ Ϛ Digamma Stigma w st W ST 6

ζ Ζ Zeta z Z 7

η Η Eta ē Ē 8

θ Θ Theta th TH 9

ι Ι Iota i I 10

κ Κ Kappa k K 20

λ Λ Lambda l L 30

μ Μ Mu m M 40

ν Ν Nu n N 50

ξ Ξ Xi x X 60

ο Ο Omicron (“O” small – micro) o O 70

π Π Pi p P 80

ϙ Ϙ Koppa q Q 90

ρ Ρ Rho r R 100

σ ς (Ending) Σ Sigma s S 200

τ Τ Tau t T 300

υ Υ Upsilon y Y 400

φ Φ Phi ph PH 500

χ Χ Chi ch CH 600

ψ Ψ Psi ps PS 700

ω Ω Omega (“O” large – mega) ō Ō 800

ϡ Ϡ Sampi ts TS 900

Hebrew:

Hebrew Letter | Hebrew Name Of Letter | Psalms Location | Hebrew Gematria Value


א Aleph Psalms 119:1-8 KJB 1


ב Beth Psalms 119:9-16 KJB 2


ג Gimel Psalms 119:17-24 KJB 3


ד Daleth Psalms 119:25-32 KJB 4


ה He Psalms 119:33-40 KJB 5


ו Vau Psalms 119:41-48 KJB 6


ז Zain Psalms 119:49-56 KJB 7


ח Cheth Psalms 119:57-64 KJB 8


ט Teth Psalms 119:65-72 KJB 9


י Jod Psalms 119:73-80 KJB 10


כ Caph Psalms 119:81-88 KJB 20


ל Lamed Psalms 119:89-96 KJB 30


מ Mem Psalms 119:97-104 KJB 40


נ Nun Psalms 119:105-112 KJB 50


ס Samech Psalms 119:113-120 KJB 60


ע Ain Psalms 119:121-128 KJB 70


פ Pe Psalms 119:129-136 KJB 80


צ Tzaddi Psalms 119:137-144 KJB 90


ק Koph Psalms 119:145-152 KJB 100


ר Resh Psalms 119:153-160 KJB 200


ש Schin Psalms 119:161-168 KJB 300


ת Tau Psalms 119:169-176 KJB 400


ך Caph (Final) Psalms 119:81-88 KJB 500


ם Mem (Final) Psalms 119:97-104 KJB 600


ן Nun (Final) Psalms 119:105-112 KJB 700


ף Pe (Final) Psalms 119:129-136 KJB 800


ץ Tzaddi (Final) Psalms 119:137-144 KJB 900

Latin:

Latin Numeral | Latin Name Of Numeral | Latin Numeric Value

I Unus 1

V; * “U” = “V” in Latin. Quinque 5

X Decem 10

L Quinquaginta 50

C Centum 100

D Quingenti 500

M Mille 1000

Roman Alphabet:

Roman Alphabet [numeration as the Greek or Hebrew, by units, decads, hundreds]:

Roman Letter | Roman numeration as the Greek or Hebrew, by units, decads, hundreds

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E 5

F 6

G 7

H 8

I 9

K 10

L 20

M 30

N 40

O 50

P 60

Q 70

R 80

S 90

T 100

V 200

X 300

Y 400

Z 500​

 

I will now list several constructs that have been cited over the years [with sources, where available, documented]:

Greek:

“LATEINOS” [Latin Speaking Man] [Irenaeus (ca. AD 130-202), Against Heresies, Book 5, Chapter 30, Paragraph 3 - “... Then also Lateinos has the number six hundred and sixty-six; and its very probable [solution], this being the name of the last kingdom [of the four seen by Daniel]. For the Latins are they who at present bear rule: I will not, however, make any boast over this [coincidence]. ...”; see also Hippolytus, Treatise on Christ and Antichrist, Chapter 50, page 215; see also Johannes Gerhard (AD 1582-1637); German Lutheran; cited in Adnotationes in Apocalypsin, pages 106-110; see also (Matthias) Flacius Illyicrus, Glossa Compendiaria ... in Novum Testamentum, pages 1028,1029; see also Alexander Campbell (AD 1788 - 1866) and John B. Purcell, A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion, pages 228,229; see also LeRoy Edwin Froom, Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume I, page 249.3, Volume II, page 318, 604.1 & Volume IV, page 255.13]

L λ Lambda = 30

A α Alpha = 1

T τ Tau = 300

E ε Epsilon = 5

I ι Iota = 10

N ν Nu = 50

O ο Omicron = 70

S ς Sigma = 200​

= 666​

 

Greek:

“HE LATINE BASILEIA” [The Latin Kingdom], Basileia [G932] [Alexander Campbell (AD 1788 - 1866) and John B. Purcell, A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion, pages 228,229; LeRoy Edwin Froom, Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume IV, page 255.13]

H - (translit.) = 0
E η Eta = 8

= 8 [sub]

L λ Lambda = 30

A α Alpha = 1

T τ Tau = 300

I ι Iota = 10

N ν Nu = 50

E η Eta = 8

= 399 [sub]
= 407 [cumulative]

B β Beta = 2

A α Alpha = 1

S σ Sigma = 200

I ι Iota = 10

L λ Lambda = 30

E ε Epsilon = 5

I ι Iota = 10

A α Alpha = 1

= 259 [sub]
= 666 [total]​

 

Greek:

“ITALIKA EKKLESIA” [Italian Church] [Ekklesia [G1577], Johannes Gerhard (AD 1582-1637); German Lutheran; cited in Adnotationes in Apocalypsin, page 106-110; see also LeRoy Edwin Froom, Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume II, page 604.1]

I ι Iota = 10

T τ Tau = 300

A α Alpha = 1

L λ Lambda = 30

I ι Iota = 10

K κ Kappa = 20

A α Alpha = 1

= 372 [sub]


E ε Epsilon = 5

K κ Kappa = 20

K κ Kappa = 20

L λ Lambda = 30

E η Eta = 8

S σ Sigma = 200

I ι Iota = 10

A α Alpha = 1

= 294 [sub]

= 666 [total]​

 

Greek:

“PAPEISKOS” [The pope, as formulated by the Reformation]

P π Pi = 80

A α Alpha = 1

P π Pi = 80

E ε Epsilon = 5

I ι Iota = 10

S σ Sigma = 200

K κ Kappa = 20

O ο Omicron = 70

S ς Sigma = 200

= 666​

 

Greek:

“BENEDIKTOS” [(pope) Benedict IX (9th)] [Greek form of the Latin Benedictus, meaning 'the Blessed', or old Greek for 'Blue Bastard'; and is used for the 'name' of several popes - Benedict]

B β Beta = 2

E ε Epsilon = 5

N ν Nu = 50

E ε Epsilon = 5

D δ Delta = 4

I ι Iota = 10

K κ Kappa = 20

T τ Tau = 300

O ο Omicron = 70

S ς Sigma = 200

= 666​

 

Hebrew:

“ROMIITH” [Roman Kingdom] [Philip Melanchthon, cited in Sotheby, op. cit., Plate XIII.; see also Johannes Gerhard, Adnotationes in Apocalypsin, page 106-110; see also LeRoy Edwin Froom; Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume II, page 291, 604.1]

R ר Resh [Psalms 119:153-160] = 200

O ו Vau [Psalms 119:41-48] = 6

M מ Mem [Psalms 119:97-104] = 40

I י Jod [Psalms 119:73-80] = 10

I י Jod [Psalms 119:73-80] = 10

TH ת Tau [Psalms 119:169-176] = 400

= 666​

 

Hebrew:

“ROMITI” [Roman Man]

R ר Resh [Psalms 119:153-160] = 200

O ו Vau [Psalms 119:41-48] = 6

M מ Mem [Psalms 119:97-104] = 40

I י Jod [Psalms 119:73-80] = 10

T ת Tau [Psalms 119:169-176] = 400

I י Jod [Psalms 119:73-80] = 10

= 666​

 

Latin:

“VICARIVS FILII DEI” [in the place of the Son of God, used prolifically by the Roman Church] [; see also LeRoy Edwin Froom, Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume II, page 606]

V Quinque = 5

I Unus = 1

C Centum = 100

A - = 0

R - = 0

I Unus = 1

V Quinque = 5

S - = 0

= 112 [sub]


F - = 0

I Unus = 1

L Quinquaginta = 50

I Unus = 1

I Unus = 1

= 53 [sub]
= 165 [cumulative]


D Quingenti = 500

E - = 0

I Unus = 1

= 501 [sub]
= 666 [total]​

 

Latin:

“VICARIVS GENERALIS DEI IN TERRIS” [God's Vicar General on earth]

V Quinque = 5

I Unus = 1

C Centum = 100

A - = 0

R - = 0

I Unus = 1

V Quinque = 5

S - = 0

= 112 [sub]


G - = 0

E - = 0

N - = 0

E - = 0

R - = 0

A - = 0

L Quinquaginta = 50

I Unus = 1

S - = 0

= 51 [sub]
= 163 [cumulative]


D Quingenti = 500

E - = 0

I Unus = 1

= 501 [sub]
= 664 [cumulative]


I Unus = 1

N - = 0

= 1 [sub]
= 665 [cumulative]


T - = 0

E - = 0

R - = 0

R - = 0

I Unus = 1

S - = 0

= 1 [sub]
= 666 [total]​

 

Latin:

“DVX CLERI” [Captain of the Clergy] [Walter Brute; Registrum, pages 355-356; LeRoy Edwin Froom; Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume II, page 8, 606]

D Quingenti = 500

V Quinque = 5

X Decem = 10

= 515 [sub]


C Centum = 100

L Quinquaginta = 50

E - = 0

R - = 0

I Unus = 1

= 151 [sub]
= 666 [total]​

 

Latin:

“LVDOVICVS” [Vicar of the Court]

L Quinquaginta = 50

V Quinque = 5

D Quingenti = 500

O - = 0

V Quinque = 5

I Unus = 1

C Centum = 100

V Quinque = 5

S - = 0

= 666​

 

Latin:

“SILVESTER SECVNDO” [(pope) Sylvester II (2nd)]

S - = 0

I Unus = 1

L Quinquaginta = 50

V Quinque = 5

E - = 0

S - = 0

T - = 0

E - = 0

R - = 0

= 56 [sub]


S - = 0

E - = 0

C Centum = 100

V Quinque = 5

N - = 0

D Quingenti = 500

O - = 0

= 610 [sub]
= 666 [total]​

 

Latin:

“PAVLO V. VICE DEO” [(pope) Paul V (5th). Vicar of God (or God's Vicar)] [Daniel Cramer, Apocalypsis oder Offenbarung S. Johannis, fols 50,55; see also LeRoy Edwin Froom, Prophetic Faith of our Fathers, Volume II, page 609]

P - = 0

A - = 0

V Quinque = 5

L Quinquaginta = 50

O - = 0

= 55 [sub]


V Quinque = 5

= 5 [sub]
= 60 [cumulative]


V Quinque = 5

I Unus = 1

C Centum = 100

E - = 0

= 106 [sub]
= 166 [cumulative]


D Quingenti = 500

E - = 0

O - = 0

= 500 [sub]
= 666 [cumulative]​

 

Latin:

“IOANES PAVLVS SECVNDO” [(pope) John Paul II (2nd)]

I Unus = 1

O - = 0

A - = 0

N - = 0

E - = 0

S - = 0

= 1 [sub]


P - = 0

A - = 0

V Quinque = 5

L Quinquaginta = 50

V Quinque = 5

S - = 0

= 60 [sub]
= 61 [cumulative]


S - = 0

E - = 0

C Centum = 100

V Quinque = 5

N - = 0

D Quingenti = 500

O - = 0

= 605 [sub]
= 666 [cumulative]​

 

Latin:

“SANCTA LVX DEI” [Holy Light of God, Roman Catholic Church uses this designation]

S - = 0

A - = 0

N - = 0

C Centum = 100

T - = 0

A - = 0

= 100 [sub]


L Quinquaginta = 50

V Quinque = 5

X Decem = 10

= 65 [sub]
= 165 [cumulative]


D Quingenti = 500

E - = 0

I Unus = 1

= 501 [sub]
= 666 [total]​