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A NATION THAT ARISES AFTER THE
DIVISION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
 "And
the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them ;
and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings." Daniel
7:24
Does the Papacy fit this point too?
Yes, according to historians, the Roman empire was divided up by
barbarian tribes by the year 476 A.D.
"Though new states emerged to take the place of Rome in western Europe almost
as soon as the West Roman Empire finally collapsed in 476... Europe remained
politically fragile." John B. Teeple Timelines of World History,
p. 111, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, New York, New York, 2002
The Papacy came into power in 538 A.D, a few years after an official decree by
Emperor Justianian in 533 A.D., the delay was due to the resistance and occupation
of Rome by the Ostrogoths.
For more information on this subject look up the Justinian Code and also the
war against the Ostrogoths by Belisarius in older history books and encyclopedias.
"Vigilius... ascended the papal chair (538 AD) under the military protection
of Belisarius." History of the Christian Church, vol. 3, p. 327
See also The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
or any older encyclopedia for more information.
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