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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
priests of the whole East.... We cannot suffer
that anything which relates to the state of the
church, however manifest and
unquestionable, should be moved without the
knowledge of your holiness, who is THE HEAD
OF ALL THE HOLT CHURCHES; for in all
things, as we have already declared, we are
anxious to increase the honor and authority of
your apostolic chair.” — Croly, pp. 114, 115.
“The emperor’s letter,” continues Mr. Croly,
“must have been sent before the 25th of
March, 533; for in his letter of that date to
Epiphanius, he speaks of its having been
already dispatched, and repeats his decision
that all affairs touching the church shall be
referred to the pope, ‘head of all bishops, and
the true and effective corrector of heretics.’”