Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation
should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and
princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include
our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of
the spirit of God a divide."
Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
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was cut
out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron
and of clay, and brake them to pieces.
"Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to
pieces together, and the wind carried them away; but this stone that smote
the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the
dream, and now I will give thee the interpretation thereof.
"Thou who art the greatest of kings, and to whom God hath given a power so
vast that thou art renowned among all peoples, art the head of gold which
thou hast seen. But after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee,
and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the
earth.
"But the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, and even as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things, so shall this empire break in pieces and
bruise all.
"And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of clay and part of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of
iron and of the weakness of clay.
"But as iron cannot be firmly mixed with clay, so they who are represented
by the iron and by the clay, shall not cleave one to another though united
by marriage.
"Now in the days of these kings shall God set up a kingdom, which shall
never be destroyed, nor ever be delivered up to other people. It shall break
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever,
according as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it fell from the mountain, and brake in pieces the iron, the
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