David Avery | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: " The Black Intebnational " The history of the world attests to the truth that men have never ceased to recognize the Pope as the supreme head of that Living Organism ? natural and supernatural ? which is by the Socialists opprohriously designated the " Black International." There is no break in the Apostolic Succession. There are some 300, - 000,000 persons of all races and climes who acknowledge allegiance to the Pope as their Spiritual Father ? their authority and guide, on earth, in matters of faith and morals. From the beginning of the Christian era, Catholics have held that the power exercised by the Pope was originally conferred upon Simon, the Fisherman; when in response to Simon's confession of supernatural faith, Christ our Lord said: " Thou art Peter and on this Bock I will build My Church, and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against It." In perpetual light Catholics have always held that as Christ's Church was to endure forever, as Christ was to be with His Church until the consummation of the world, as the Gates of Hell were not to prevail against it, consequently the power of Peter was to pass down to his Apostolic Successors through all the ages of time. This belief history substantiates first in the selection of Linus (67 A. D.), Cletus (76 A. D.) and so on all down the centuries until time brings us to Benedict XV, the 259th successor of Peter, whose power of the Keys he exercises. This being so, Catholics, therefore, believe Pope Benedict XV to be the Chief Pastor of the universal flock as Peterwas Chief Pastor of the Apostles, entrusted by Christ with the divine authority to teach all nations ?" to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." In a general way when we speak of the Pope we mean the Church itself ? that Christian Organism within whic...