18. What was to be the character of the little horn? “And he shall be _diverse_ from the first, and he shall _subdue three kings_.” Same verse, last part. NOTES.—That power which arose in the Roman Empire after the fall of Rome in A.D. 476, which was entirely different from all the ten kingdoms into which Rome was divided (for it demanded and exercised spiritual power over the other kingdoms), and before whom three of the other kings—the Heruli, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths—fell, was the Papacy. Having located the place and the time of the kingdom of the little horn, the study of its character and work will be considered in the readings which follow. The Kingdom And Work Of Antichrist [Illustration.] The Papal Tiara. "He shall speak great words against the Most High." Dan. 7:25. 1. What is said of the little horn as compared with the ten horns of the fourth beast of Daniel 7? “He shall be _diverse_ from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.” Dan. 7:24. NOTE.—The Papacy, which arose on the ruins of the Roman Empire, differed from all previous forms of Roman power, in that it was an ecclesiastical despotism claiming universal dominion over both spiritual and temporal affairs, especially the former. It was a union of church and state, with the church dominant. 2. What attitude of rivalry was the Papacy, represented by the little horn, to assume toward the Most High? “And he shall _speak great words against the Most High_.” Verse 25, first clause. 3. How does Paul, speaking of the man of sin, describe this same power? “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thess. 2:4. NOTES.—The following extracts from authoritative works, most of them by Roman Catholic writers, will indicate to what extent the Papacy has done this:— “All the names which are attributed to Christ in Scripture, implying His supremacy over the church, are also attributed to the Pope.”—_Bellarmine, __“__On the Authority of Councils__”__ book 2, chap. 17._ “For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director, thou art the husbandman; finally thou art another God on earth.”—_From Oration of Christopher Marcellus in fourth session of Fifth Lateran Council, Labbe and Cossart’s __“__History of the Councils,__”__ published in 1672, Vol. XIV, col. 109._ “For not man, but God, not by human but rather by divine authority, releases those whom, on account of the need of the churches or what is regarded as a benefit, the Roman pontiff (who is vicegerent on earth, not of mere man, but of the true God) separates [from their churches].”—_“__The Decretals of Gregory IX,__”__ book 1, title 7, chap. 3._