Page 3 - 03c The Seven Churhces-Pergamos

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

popular, and swayed the civil government,

that the two-edged sword of the Word was

necessary to separate between the true and

the false. Naturally the number of converts

increased rapidly, and church buildings

multiplied. Officers in the church, under favor

of the government, spread themselves like the

green bay tree. The doctrine of Him who said,

“He that is greatest among you shall be your

servant,” was reversed, and the papal

hierarchy grew apace. This was peculiarly

true of the Roman See. Other dioceses

attempted the same exaltation.

Constantinople, Jerusalem, Ephesus and

Alexandria,-all contended for supremacy, but

Rome, the seat of the dragon, was finally the

acknowledged head of the Christian church.