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and Antichrist.

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and Antichrist.

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Now the pope takes it by force.

Antichrist.

From authority, which we have without doubt to the emperorship, and from our power, we are a rightful heir of the emperorship, if it is disposed of. Clem. pastoralis ad fin de sent. et re judicata tit. 11. 6. 2. (III, 214.) Summa Summarum: Nothing else is to be found in the Pope's spiritual right, but that it exalts his idol and antichrist above all emperors, kings and princes, as Peter has foretold: Insolent bishops will come, who will despise worldly rule. 2 Petr. 2, 1. 10.