"I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;" Daniel 7:21, 25

That the church did persecute is a well-known fact. The papacy clearly admits doing so. Upon searching the historical record you will find many references to "Judiazers." In most cases, these references were to Christians who kept the Seventh Day Sabbath of the Bible.

Much supportive evidence of the persecution exists. Even conservative historians claim that the Roman Catholic Church probably destroyed at least 50 million people over matters of religious conviction. We will quote here from several sources:

"That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a competent knowledge of history. W. E. H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Volume 2, p. 40.

"From the birth of popery to the present time, it is estimated by careful and credible historians, that more than fifty millions of the human family, have been slaughtered for the crime of heresy by popish persecutors..." John Dowling, The History of Romanism, pp. 541-542

In The History of the Inquisition of Spain, D. Ivan Antonio Llorente provides these figures from the Spanish Inquisition alone:

31,912 persons were condemned and perished in the flames.
241,450 persons were condemned to severe penalties.

For information on the inquisition visit the Museo de Inquisicion in Lima Peru.

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