William Cooper's Mystery Babylon: Part 07 Ecumenism (aired February 21st, 1993)

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**FINAL TRANSCRIPTION**
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Reference links:
PDF copy of [i]The Great Controversy[/i]: http://www.sabbathtruth.com/history/th
e_great_controversy.pdf
PDF copy of [i]The Present Truth[/i], written by Bishop Stephen D. Lewis:
http://www.thepresenttruth.org/How%20Can%20I%20Endure%20The%20Thought%2005-31-08
.pdf
[i]Is the Virgin Mary Dead or Alive[/i], written by Danny Vierra:
http://www.benabraham.com/html/is_the_virgin_mary_dead_or_ali.html
Additional links:
http://www.preparingforeternity.com/gc/gc03.htm
http://www.ellenwhite.info/future-of-protestantism-3a.htm
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Good evening, folks, and once again, welcome to the Hour of the Time. I'm Willia
m Cooper.

(opening music: [i]The Great Pretender[/i], performed by The Platters)

Don't forget, folks, don't forget. March 15th, 8pm, Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Caj
on Blvd, San Diego. I'll be there...
(William Cooper plugs an appearance and asks for donations to stay on the air)

Now folks, the [i]Dallas Morning News[/i] on October 1st, 1989 published this st
ory: "Anglican Leader Calls For Unity Under Pope." The byline is, "Associated Pr
ess - ROME: Anglican leader Archbishop Robert Runcie called Saturday for all Chr
istians to accept the Roman Catholic Pope as a common leader, presiding in love.
'For the Universal Church, I renew the plea,' he said. 'Could not all Christian
s come to reconsider the kind of primacy the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, exercised
within the early church?'" Again, folks, that was the [i]Dallas Morning News[/i
], October 1st, 1989.
This story appeared in the [i]Bakersfield Californian[/i], August 27th, 1989: "B
aptist and Catholic Theologians Find Common Ground. Associated Press - NEW YORK:
Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics, the nation's two largest denominations,
generally have been regarded as doctrinally far apart, but their scholars find t
hey basically agree. The 163-page report is seen as the most full scale mutual e
xamination of respective positions of the two traditions. Achieving it was an un
precedented experience for Southern Baptists, commonly averse to accumentical af
fairs. The talks, sponsored by the Catholic Bishop's Committee on Accumentical a
nd Inter-religious Affairs and the Southern Baptists Department of Interfaith Wi
tness, involved eighteen meetings between 1978 and 1988." Again, that appeared i
n the [i]Bakersfield Californian[/i], August 27th, 1989.
Now, I want you to listen to me very carefully during this broadcast, for the me
ssage tonight is extremely important, and understand that I am not attacking Cat
holics or anyone else. I am merely giving you the results of our research, and s
ometimes the results of this research is disturbing. It shows how we've been mis
led and deceived over hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of years. You see, folk
s, more wars have been fought and more blood has been shed in the name of religi
on than any other cause - perhaps [i]all[/i] other causes. Countless millions ha
ve been slaughtered in the name of God, Allah, Buddha, Mohamed, Christ, for thou
sands of years. Christian killing Jew, Jew hating Muslim, the Muslim against the
Hindu, Christian fighting Christian, Shiite versus Suni, Sikh against Hindu. En
dless rivers of blood, supposedly shed to rid the world of evil men and make way
for peace. And, of course, it never happens.
And that's what they say about this New World Order, that's it going to rid the
world of evil men and make way for a thousand years of peace. Well, is it possib
le for people of varied faiths and cultures to live at peace in this world? When
one considers the fragmentation and division, even among Christians, or the nev
erending conflict between Palestinian and Jew, prospects for peace seem very, ve
ry dim. Some, aware of the dark record of history, would abolish all religion. S
ome would [i]combine[/i] all religion, as is the intent in the New World Order,
and anyone who refused will simply be exterminated.
Today, something unmatched in history is taking place. Leading statesmen and rel
igious leaders are proposing a New World Order, a plan that many sincerely belie
ve can bring peace on earth. A unity is envisioned that will transcend instincti
ve barriers that have long separated cultures and religions.
Significant progress toward a New World Order is seen in the spirit of [i]ecumen
ism[/i], or togetherness, now being urged by prominent religious leaders, and be
ing brought to reality, to fruition, by the World Council of Churches [WCC]. In
the ecumenical plan, basic theological or ideological differences are set aside,
while emphasis is instead placed upon those elements common to most religions.
And I can tell you that the new world religion will be a religion that serves ma
n, because man is to become god in the New World Order. And the religion will ch
ange with the needs of man. Could the long, desired universal peace be just arou
nd the corner? Could this succeed? Is it actually possible for man to forge a la
sting peace on the anvil of compromise? Or could it be that we are naively forgi
ng not a New World Order, but rather the one-world order of apocalyptic prophecy
? Or is it all an invention of the mind of man throughout the ages to manipulate
large masses and populations of people?
I make no judgment, and I do not try to answer all of these questions. You must
do that in your own mind, but I must ask those questions, for many of you have n
ever even thought to ask them. While controversial, folks, it is not the purpose
of this program, the Hour of the Time, to disparage or attack the honest convic
tions of any sincere persons, whatever their politic or faith, for am I true Con
stitutionist, and I believe that we each have the right to believe whatever we w
ish, no matter who likes it or dislikes it, and worship at the altar of whicheve
r god we choose, no matter who likes it or who dislikes it. It happens to be one
of the precepts of living in freedom. You must understand that. No one's right
to believe what they want or practice the religion that they want can be hindere
d until the practice of that religion, or the activation of those beliefs, infri
nge upon the freedom of someone else. Now, I sincerely, in my heart and in my so
ul, believe this. Without this belief, man cannot live in freedom; it must be su
bjected to slavery, and any intelligent, free-thinking person can quickly make t
hat connection. That is why, even if you do not like the ravings of the Nazi spe
aker standing on the street corner, he must be allowed to stand and rave. And if
you wish to listen, that is your business. If you wish to close your ears and w
alk away, that also is your business. But when you shut him up, you shut yoursel
f up, no matter who you are or what it is that you say. For what we do to one, w
e do to all. Therefore, understand that this is a program bringing you informati
on and, we hope, education. It is not designed to attack anyone, but merely to s
hine some light in the dark corners of history, where light has not been found b
efore.
You see, our purpose is bring out facts and principles, which have a bearing upo
n coming events. For those of you who may not realize it, this is [i]not[/i] a r
eligious show. This is [i]not[/i] a religious show. This is a show that is desig
ned to educate. Illuminate, if you will, and that's very ironic, because we are
illuminating those who call themselves, "Illumined," who have been causing us mi
sery for thousands of years. We're trying to reveal the hidden agenda behind the
New World Order, and along with it the ecumenical movement that almost no one d
ares to discuss, which is a part of the bringing about of the New World Order.
But you see, folks, these issues must be freely discussed no matter who you are
or what you believe, for those who know history know that history repeats. And t
hose who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat the history. As Wins
ton Churchill once observed, folks, "The farther backward you can look, the fart
her forward you can see." And that is really the secret why my predictions have
been so accurate, so accurate that, at this moment, I am the most successful and
accurate prophet on the face of this earth. But I am not really a prophet, I am
a messenger. And they're not prophecy that I give you, they're predictions base
d upon actual study, research, of history, and of the plan of those who call the
mselves the "Guardians of the Secrets of the Ages," the practicers of that relig
ion called Mystery Babylon. And it is real, and it doesn't matter whether you be
lieve in any of this or not. If the practitioners believe it, it will affect you
, especially if they hold powerful positions in the world, and I can assure you
that they do. So, this is not a religious program, folks, it just happens to be
true that the New World Order is founded upon the religious history of the past.
And it is [i]all[/i] about religion, as you will soon see.

[Reading from [i]The Great Controversy[/i], written by Ellen White]:

"When Jesus revealed to His disciples the fate of Jerusalem and the scenes of th
e second advent, He foretold also the experience of His people from the time whe
n He should be taken from them, [until] His return in power and glory for their
deliverance."
[William Cooper]: [i]This[/i] is what the Bible says.
"In a few brief utterances of awful significance, Jesus foretold the portion whi
ch the rulers of this world would mete out to the church of God in Matthew chapt
er 24, verse 9, verse 21 and verse 22."
[William Cooper]: Now, the reason I am quoting this is because, if what is happe
ning is being brought about by religious history, then we must understand the re
ligious history, and the books, and the chapters, and the verses that this relig
ious history is based upon. For whatever belief is driving the minds of the men
that are bringing about the New World Order, and the minds of the men who are fi
ghting the New World Order, it must be understood by all the rest of us who don'
t understand any of this, or we are surely lost.
"The history of the early church testified to the fulfillment of Jesus' words...
[As] the fires of persecution were kindled, Christians were stripped of their po
ssessions and driven from their homes...Great numbers sealed with their testimon
y in blood. Noble and slave, rich or poor, [it didn't matter] learned and ignora
nt, were alike slain without mercy."
[William Cooper]: And unless what is coming is stopped, this will repeat itself.
"These persecutions, beginning under Nero the emperor of Rome, A.D. 55 to 68, ab
out the time of martyrdom of Paul, continued with greater or less fury for centu
ries. Christians were falsely accused of the most dreadful crimes, and declared
to be the cause of all the calamities--famine, pestilence, and earthquake...They
were condemned as rebels against the empire as enemies of religion and pests to
society. Great numbers were thrown to wild beasts or burned alive in the amphit
heaters. Some were crucified; others were covered with the skins of wild animals
and thrust into the arena to be torn by dogs...Vast multitudes assembled to enj
oy these sights and greeted their dying agonies with laughter and applause."
[William Cooper]: For, in that day, it was known as the great Roman Circus [Maxi
mus] -- the football, the Super Bowl of that era.
"[Because they] were hunted like beasts of prey, [the early Christians were] for
ced to seek concealment in desolate and solitary places...Beneath the hills outs
ide the city of Rome, long galleries were tunneled through earth and rock; the d
ark and intricate network of passages extended for miles beyond the city walls.
In these underground retreats the followers of Christ buried their dead...When t
he Life-giver shall [return to] awaken those who fought the good fight, many a m
artyr for Christ's sake will come forth from those gloomy [catacombs].
[William Cooper]: In vain were Satan's, or Lucifer's efforts to destroy the chur
ch of Christ by violence. You see, God's workmen were slain, but his work went s
teadily forward. Said a Christian, "You may torment, afflict and vex us. The mor
e we are mowed down, the more we spring up again. The blood of Christians is see
d [Tertullian, in his Apology, paragraph 50]."
"Thousands were imprisoned and slained, but others sprang up to fill their place
...[Now the] Great Adversary [who Christians believe is Satan, also known as Luc
ifer, but whom the Mystery Schools believe is Jehovah or Yahweh, through adversa
ry] endeavored to gain by artifice what he had failed to secure by force. Persec
ution ceased, and in its [place] were substituted the dangerous allurements and
temporal prosperity and worldly honor."
[William Cooper]: For if it they could not stamp out the Christians by violence,
by killing them, by crucifying them, by throwing them to the lions and to the d
ogs and to the gladiators...if they could not get rid of them in that manner, an
d if the empire was threatened by them, then there had to be a way to save the R
oman Empire, to save the emperor from that pestilence known as Christianity.
"Idolaters were led to receive a part of the Christian faith, while they rejecte
d other essential truths. They professed to accept Jesus as the Son of God and t
o believe in His death and resurrection, but they had no conviction of sin and f
elt no need of repentance or of a change of heart. [And] with some concessions o
n their part, they proposed that Christians should make concessions, that all mi
ght unite on the platform of belief in Christ.
"Now, the church was in fearful peril. Prison, torture, fire and sword were bles
sings in comparison with this. Some of the Christians stood firm, declaring that
they could make no compromise. Others were in favor of yielding or modifying so
me features of their faith and uniting with those who accepted a part of Christi
anity, urging that this might be the means of their full conversion...[And] that
was a time of deep anguish [for] the faithful followers of Christ [William Coop
er: according to the written history of the Christian religion]...
"...This compromise between Paganism and Christianity resulted in the developmen
t of 'the man of sin', foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself abo
ve God...
"The apostle Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, foretold the great
apostasy which would result in the establishment of the papal power. He declare
d that the day of Christ should not come, 'except there come a falling away firs
t, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalt
eth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as Go
d sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.'"
[William Cooper]: 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, and that prophecy
has come true. As man stands in the temple of the body today and declares himsel
f to be God. And furthermore, the apostle warned his brethren, that the mystery
of iniquity doth already worked. And what is the mystery of iniquity? It is the
Mystery Religion of Babylon, the worship of the heavens, the Osirian cycle, of w
hich the sun is the symbol of the intellect.
"Even at that early date he saw, creeping into the church, errors that would pre
pare the way for the development of...[that] gigantic system of false religion,
a masterpiece of Satan's power--a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon t
he throne and rule the earth according to his will...
"...The nominal conversion of [the Roman emperor] Constantine, in the early part
of the fourth century, caused great rejoicing; and the world, cloaked with a fo
rm of righteousness, walked into the church. Paganism, while appearing the be va
nquished, became the conqueror...[Pagan doctrine], ceremonies, and superstitions
were incorporated into the faith and worship of the professed followers of Chri
st."
[William Cooper]: And the ten commandments were changed to permit idols in the c
hurch, and other changes were made. You see, the day of rest was changed from th
e seventh day to the first day. Why? Because the first day was the date that the
pagan religion worshiped the Sun: Osiris, the Light, Lucifer, the intellect. An
d so, the pure and simple teachings of Christ were corrupted beyond recognition.

[reading from [i]The Present Truth[/i], written by Bishop Stephen D. Lewis]:

"[As Christians] consented to lower their standards, a union was formed between
Christianity and paganism. Though the worshipers of idols professed to be conver
ted, [they] united with the church [still clinging] to their idolatry, only chan
ging the objects of their worship to images of Jesus, and even of Mary and the s
aints."
[William Cooper]: But they still worshiped the same gods, and they always have.
If you look at an aerial view of the Vatican, you will see that the outer court
yard is a round temple of the sun, exactly as the druids and the Celts built. An
d that in the center of this temple to the sun, to Osiris, stands the symbol of
the Lost Word of Freemasonry: the phallus, the generative force, the penis of Os
iris, the obelisk. You see, folks, the Roman Empire never fell. It just became t
he Catholic church. And the Roman emperor merely changed his name from "emperor"
to "pope". Now, for those of you who may think that I'm crazy and that I have l
ost my mind, I'm going to read you verbatim from a book, entitled [i]Dungeon, Fi
re and Sword[/i]. It is the complete history of the Knights Templar and the Crus
ades, written by John J. Robinson, author of [i]Born in Blood[/i]. And I'm going
to start at the second -- third paragraph on page 414, in the chapter entitled,
[i]Jesus Wept (1292-1305)[/i]. That's a date -- those are dates, folks.
"In London, Edward sent for the master of the Knights Templar in England, Brian
De Jaye. He told the master of his plans to chastise the upstart William Wallace
in Scotland and ask that the Templar Knights go with him to fight for England.
The temple master saw no barrier to committing his knights to a totally secular
war that had nothing to do with religion or the true cross. It had been years si
nce the fighting men of the temple had had anyone to fight. The calls for men an
d money no longer came from the headquarters in the east. They had no need for t
hem. No monarch they knew in Europe was going to go on a Crusade, even if the Po
pe should call it, which he wouldn't, because the Pope had something much more i
mportant on his mind. Boniface VIII had came up with a way to increase the papal
treasury, a way that could only come up once in a hundred years. The following
year of 1299 marked the turn of a century, and Boniface would turn the usual sec
ular celebration into a jubilee of joy for all Christians. Now there would be ne
w pathways to the total remission of sins, much easier than going off on Crusade
s. Full absolution was offered to any pilgrim who would come to Rome for fifteen
days with his offering for the church, and thus he could fill his coffers.
"Even at his most optimistic, the Pope had not foreseen the flood of pilgrims th
at would bring new prosperity to Rome. The local merchants and innkeepers were d
elighted with the business generated by almost two million pilgrims. Two priests
stood all day and night behind the altar at the church of St. Paul, using rakes
to drag away the steady stream of gold and silver offerings placed there by pil
grims who pushed their way through the mob to leave their gifts.
"Boniface VIII was ecstatic He remembered the words said to him as the papal cro
wn had been placed on his head: 'Take the tiara, and know that thou art the fath
er of princes and kings, the ruler of the world, the vicar on earth of our savio
r, Jesus Christ.' Now, he indeed felt like the ruler of the world as he staged a
regal pageant He put on the dress and the insignia of the ancient Roman emperor
s and went out into the streets with two swords, held high in front of him, indi
cating his supreme authority over both the secular and the spiritual worlds, wit
h heralds crying out, 'Behold! I am Caesar!'"
[William Cooper]: And this is just one example, because all through history, the
Popes have, on occasion, made public admittance of the fact that Rome just beca
me the church. Displayed on the walls of the Vatican is the double-headed eagle,
the insignia of only one man who has ever lived: the emperor of Rome. Now so I
may not be accused of invention, folks, everything that I am giving you in this
broadcast is coming right out of the writings of the historians of the Catholic
church, of the Protestant church, of the Roman Empire, of the Knights Templar, a
nd many others. You see, I'm not inventing any of this; it happens to be histori
cal fact. And if you have eyes and can see, the emperor, now the Pope, to gain c
onverts from heathenism, unsounded doctrine, superstitious rites, and the adorat
ion of images and relics, were gradually introduced into Christendom worship.

(continuing from [i]The Great Controversy[/i], written by Ellen White):

"The decree of a general council [the second council of Nice, A.D. 787] finally
established this system of [Christian] idolatry. To complete the sacrilegious wo
rk, Rome presumed to [erase] the second commandment forbidding image worship [fr
om the law of God], and to divide the tenth commandment...to preserve the number
..."
"[According to Christian historians and the Protestant church] Satan...tampered
with the fourth commandment also, and [purposed] to set aside the ancient Sabbat
h, the day which God had blessed and sanctified [in Genesis, chapter 2, verse 2
and 3], and in its stead to exalt the festival observed by the heathen as 'the v
enerable day of the sun.' This change was not at first attempted openly. In the
first centuries the true Sabbath had been kept by all Christians. They were jeal
ous for the honor of God, and...they zealously guarded the sacredness of its pre
cepts. But with great subtlety Satan worked through his agents to bring about hi
s object."
[William Cooper]: Now don't go away folks, we've got to take a short break. We'l
l be right back after this short pause.

(break music: [i]Ain't No Sunshine[/i], written by Bill Withers)

[continuing from [i]The Great Controversy[/i], written by Ellen White]:

"[Early in] the fourth century the emperor Constantine issued a decree making Su
nday a public festival throughout the Roman Empire. The day of the sun was rever
enced by his pagan subjects and was honored by Christians; it was the emperor's
policy to unite the conflicting interests of heathenism and Christianity [to sav
e the Roman Empire]. He was urged to do this by the bishops of the church, who..
.perceived that if the same day was observed by both Christians and [the] heathe
n, it would promote the nominal acceptance of Christianity by pagans and thus ad
vance the power and glory of the church."

(reading from [i]Is the Virgin Mary Dead or Alive[/i]):

"But while [most] Christians were gradually regard Sunday as possessing a degree
of sacredness, [some] still held the true Sabbath...holy [and they continued to
observe] it in obedience to the fourth commandment...
"[Now, they believe that] Satan had led the Jews, before the advent of Christ, t
o load down the Sabbath with the most rigorous exactions, making its observance
a burden...[He casts] contempt upon it as a Jewish institution...[until finally
the pagan Sunday came] to be honored as a divine institution...While the Bible [
Sabbath] was pronounced as a relic of Judaism, and its observers were [at last]
declared to be accursed."
[William Cooper]: And the outcome of this, is that the Jews had been persecuted
throughout history. [i]They[/i] had become the scapegoat that you learned about
in an earlier broadcast.
"The spirit of concession to paganism opened the way for a still further disrega
rd of Heaven's authority."

(reading from [i]The Great Controversy[/i]):

"[The visible head of the church, the pope] came to be almost universally acknow
ledged as the [vicegerent] of God on earth, [and he was] endowed with authority
over church and state...More than this, the pope [appropriated] the very titles
of Deity. [He styled himself] 'Lord God the Pope,' [assumed infallibility, and d
emanded that all men pay him homage]...
"...Faith was transferred from Christ, the true foundation [of the Christian chu
rch], to the pope of Rome. Instead of trusting in [Christ] for forgiveness of si
ns and for eternal salvation, people looked to the pope, and to the priests and
prelates to whom he delegated authority. They were taught that the pope was thei
r earthly mediator and that none could approach God except through him; and, fur
ther, that he stood in the place of God to them and was therefore to be implicit
ly obeyed. A deviation from his requirements was [sufficient] cause for the seve
rest punishment to be visited upon the bodies and souls of the offenders. [Throu
gh this error] the people were turned from God to fallible, erring...men."
[William Cooper]: Blasphemous titles claimed for the Pope had embellished and en
larged over the centuries, but a few of these boastful claims appear in an eccle
siastical Roman Catholic dictionary. I'm taking this right out of a Roman Cathol
ic dictionary by Lucius Ferraris, entitled [i]Prompta Bibliothecca Canonica[/i],
volume 6, pages 438 and 442, article, Pope, the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1813 edi
tion, volume 6, page 48, speaks of this book as "a veritable encyclopedia of rel
igious knowledge and a precious mine of information." Those are the words of the
Vatican. "The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere
man, but as it were, God and the vicar of God." Remember, the Roman emperors wer
e deified. "Hence, the pope is crowned with a triple crown as King of heaven and
of earth and of the lower regions." That is an exact word-for-word description
of Osiris. "So that if it were possible that the angels might err in the faith o
r think contrary to the faith, they could be judged and excommunicated by the po
pe."
[William Cooper]: "The pope is, as it were, God on earth, sole sovereign of the
faithful of Christ, chief King of Kings, having plenitude of power to whom has b
een entrusted by the omnipotent God direction, not only of the earthly, but also
of the heavenly kingdom." If that's not blasphemy, according to the definition,
then I don't know what is, folks.
[William Cooper]: "The Pope can modify divine law, as since his power is not of
man, but of God." The Pope can modify divine law? Well, you see that he did. He
changed the day of rest dictated by God from the seventh day to the first day, a
nd he changed the ten commandments to allow the worship of idols. But the doctri
ne of papal supremacy is directly opposed to the teachings of any scripture that
I am able to find. "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou
serve." That's in Luke, chapter 4, verse 8. God has never given a hint in His w
ord that He appointed any man but Christ to be the head of the church. The bible
exalts God, and places finite man in their true position. The Pope has no power
over Christ's church except by usurpation, and that's true only if you are a Ch
ristian. If you are Jew, if you are a Muslim, if you are a Buddhist, [i]none[/i]
of that is true, is it?
"[By the] sixth century [folks] the papacy [was] firmly established. Its seat of
power was fixed in the imperial city, and the bishop of Rome was declared to be
head over the entire church...[William Cooper: Pagan Rome had given place to th
e papal Rome]...The accession of the Roman church to power marked the beginning
of the Dark Ages. As her power increased, the darkness of superstition and error
deepened...
"Those were days of peril for the church of Christ. Faithful standard-bearers we
re few...at times it seemed that error and superstition would wholly prevail, an
d true religion would be banished from the earth. The gospel was lost sight of,
but the forms of religion were multiplied...
"[People] were taught not only to look to the pope as their mediator, but to tru
st to works of their own for sin. Long pilgrimages, acts of penance, the worship
of relics, the erection of churches, shrines, and altars, the payment of large
sums to the church--these and many similar acts were enjoined to appease the wra
th of God or to secure His favor; as if God were like men, to be angered at trif
les, or pacified by gifts or acts of penance!"
[William Cooper]: And even then, the church still worshiped the old gods. For in
dismantling churches for renovation throughout Europe, throughout Europe, witho
ut exception, and the older the church, the more likely it was to be true. Enshr
ined within the altar, out of sight of the priests and the worshipers, were foun
d stone penises, symbols of the Lost Word of Freemasonry, the phallus of Osiris,
the generative force of the pagan religion of the worship of the sun, the light
, Lucifer, the intellect. This is historic fact. This is not invention, but fact
.
"About the close of the 8th century, papists put forth the claim that in the fir
st ages of the church the bishops of Rome had possessed the same spiritual power
which they now assumed. To establish this claim...Ancient writings were forged
by monks [William Cooper: and it has been proven they were forged]. Decrees of c
ouncils before unheard of were discovered, establishing the universal supremacy
of the pope from the earliest times. And a church that had rejected the truth gr
eedily accepted these deceptions...
"...Another step in papal assumption was taken, when, in the eleventh century, P
ope Gregory VII proclaimed the perfection of the Roman church. Among the proposi
tions which he put forth was one declaring that the church had never erred, nor
would it ever err, according to the Scriptures."
[William Cooper]: But I wonder what they told Galileo when they imprisoned him f
or being right that the Earth revolved around the sun, and that the Earth was no
t the center of the universe, and that the universe did not revolve around the E
arth. I wonder what they told Galileo. How did they justify being right, when th
ey were obviously wrong? And not only with Galileo, but Giordano Bruno and many
others. Many, many others as a matter of fact, many of whom were burned at the s
take for daring to disagree with was then considered to be politically correct.
For many of them had discovered scientific truths, and when they espouse these t
ruths, were declared to be heretics, and were burned at the stake because the po
pe declared these truths to be falsehoods. And that, folks, was the birth of the
doctrine known as "political correctness." And you see it reappearing now, wher
e truths are again declared to be false, because they are not politically correc
t. What are you going to accept in this world?
[William Cooper]: Now, once again, I want to tell you: we're not attacking anyon
e. I care not what you believe. I care not what altar you worship at, for I am a
true Constitutionist. It makes no difference to any of you what my religion is,
although I will freely tell you that I attempt in my daily life to follow the t
rue words of Christ, not the doctrine or the preachings of any church or any eva
ngelist or any book, but those words attributed to Christ and only to Christ. An
d, as the rock upon which those words stand, the ten commandments as given to Mo
ses by God. That is the sum total of my religion, of my beliefs, of what I pract
ice in my daily life. I'm not asking you to do that at all, but I [i]am[/i] aski
ng everyone to quit accepting what they are told. To begin an honest, individual
, personal search for the truth.
[William Cooper]: For we can no longer live in deception, we can no longer live
the lies of the past. Great change lies ahead of us, folks. Change will come, wh
ether we want it or not, for that is the way of the world and the way of the uni
verse. And if we are still living in lies and deceptions and manipulations, then
that change will be for the bad, just as it has as always been throughout the h
istory of the world. And blood with flow and people will suffer all in the name,
once again, of religion. And I, for one, am sick of it. Sick of it! We must dis
cover the truth and we must lead our lives by the truth, and we must take the tr
uth into the future, and we must determine the future from the truth, and nothin
g else. Nothing else. For if we do not, those who have decided that they are the
only truly mature minds and, thus, the only ones capable of rule because the re
st of us do not use our intelligence and, thus, are beasts of burden and steaks
on the table by choice and consent -- no better than animals who do not have int
elligence...they have determined that they are going to shackle us, once again,
in slavery because we cannot control ourselves, or rule ourselves, or live by th
e truth. This is what they have determined, right or wrong, whether you believe
them or whether you believe that they know what they claim that they know, or no
t. It is what they have determined and, I assure you, they are in control right
now. Right now, right this moment. And in this country, their headquarters is in
a temple without windows exactly thirteen blocks from the White House: the head
quarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
"[Now, when the pope declared] that the church never erred, nor would it ever er
r according to the scriptures...the [Scriptural] proofs did not accompany the as
sertion. [Next, the] proud pontiff also claimed the power to depose emperors, an
d declared that no sentence which he pronounced could be reversed by anyone, but
that it was his prerogative to reverse the decisions of all others...
"...The advancing centuries witnessed a constant increase of error in the doctri
nes put forth from Rome. Even before the establishment of the papacy the teachin
gs of heathen philosophers had received attention and exerted an influence in th
e church...Prominent among these was the belief in man's natural immortality and
his consciousness in death. This doctrine laid the foundation upon which Rome e
stablished the invocation of saints and the adoration of the Virgin Mary. From t
his sprang also the heresy of eternal torment for the finally impenitent, which
was early incorporated into the papal faith."
[William Cooper]: And thus, once again, the worship of Osiris, and Mary, and the
child, Horus, disguised under different names, emerged as a religion from the v
eil out into the open. The only thing that has changed is the names.
"Then the way was prepared for the introduction of still another invention of pa
ganism, which Rome named purgatory, and employed to terrify the credulous and su
perstitious multitudes. By this heresy is affirmed the existence of a place of t
orment, in which the souls of such as have not merited eternal damnation are to
suffer punishment for their sins, and from which, when freed from impurity, they
are admitted to heaven...
"...The Scriptural ordinance of the Lord's Supper had been supplanted by the ido
latrous sacrifice of the mass. Papal priests pretended, by their senseless mumme
ry, to convert the simple bread and wine into the actual 'body and blood of Chri
st.' [William Cooper: And those are the exact words, 'body and blood of Christ,'
written by Cardinal Wiseman], [i]The Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Our
Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist, Proved From Scripture[/i], lecture
8, sec. 3, par. 26."
[William Cooper]: But no scripture is quoted.
"With blasphemous presumption, they openly claimed the power of creating God, th
e Creator of all things. [All] Christians were required, on pain of death, to av
ow their faith in this horrible, Heaven-insulting heresy. Multitudes who refused
were given to the flames [were burned at the stake]..."
[William Cooper]: Is it any wonder that the invisible college, the, worshipers o
f Mystery Babylon, those who call themselves the "Guardians of the Secrets of th
e Ages," hate Christianity?
"...Still another fabrication was needed to enable Rome to profit by the fears a
nd the vices of her adherents. This was supplied by the doctrine of indulgences.
Full remission of sins, past, present, and future, and release from all the pai
ns and penalties incurred, were promised to all who would enlist in the pontiff'
s wars to extend his temporal dominion, to punish his enemies, or to exterminate
 those who dared deny his spiritual supremacy. The people were also taught that
by the payment of money to the church they might free themselves from sin, and [
also] release the souls of their deceased friends who were confined in the torme
nting flames. By such means [did] Rome fill her coffers and sustain the magnific
ence, luxury, and vice of the pretended representatives of Him who had not where
to lay His head."
[William Cooper]: And the old Roman Empire flourished under the guise of the Vat
ican, the papacy, the Catholic church.
"...In the thirteenth century was established that most terrible of all the engi
nes of the papacy--the Inquisition. The prince of darkness wrought with the lead
ers of the papal hierarchy. In their secret councils Satan and his angels contro
lled the minds of evil men [who invented tortures] too horrible to appear to hum
an eyes. 'Babylon the great' was 'drunken with the blood of the saints.' The man
gled forms of millions of martyrs cried to God for vengeance upon that apostate
power."
[William Cooper]: This is word to word [sic] from history, folks.
"Popery had become the world's despot. Kings and emperors bowed to the decrees o
f the Roman pontiff. The destinies of men, both for time and for eternity, seeme
d under his control. For hundreds of years the doctrines of Rome had been extens
ively and implicitly received, its rites reverently performed, [and] its festiva
ls generally observed. Its clergy were honored and liberally sustained...But 'th
e noon of the papacy was the midnight of the world.' [That was written by] J. A.
Wylie, The History of Protestantism[, b. 1, ch. 4.]"
[William Cooper]: Now, Protestantism is not lily-white, either. I use that term,
"lily-white," because throughout history it's been used to describe good, when
in fact, in many instances, there's nothing good about it whatsoever. Protestant
ism, folks, began in the Reformation, when Martin Luther rebelled against the Po
pe. But did you know that Martin Luther used, as his personal seal, the rose and
the cross? Revealing that he, himself, he himself was an initiate of the Myster
y School, the ancient religion of Babylon. You see, I'm not attacking anyone, an
d I'm not putting anyone on a pedestal I'm not tearing down the Vatican in order
to build up the Protestant church, for they are equally guilty. Protestantism h
as fractured the teachings of Christ into thousands of sects and cults and littl
e groups, all of them professing to know the truth. None of them really do.
"The Holy Scriptures were almost unknown, not only to the people, but to the pri
ests...God's law, the standard of righteousness [in those days], having been rem
oved, [papist leaders] exercised power without limit, and practiced vice without
restraint. Fraud, avarice, and profligacy prevailed. Men shrank from no crime b
y which they could gain wealth or position. The palaces of popes and prelates we
re scenes of the vilest debauchery. Some of the reigning pontiffs were guilty of
crimes so revolting that secular rulers endeavored to depose these dignitaries
of the church as monsters too vile to be tolerated. For centuries Europe had mad
e no progress in learning, arts, or civilization. A moral and intellectual paral
ysis had fallen upon [the world]."
[William Cooper]: "The noon of the papacy," according to history, "was the midni
ght of the world."
"...Foremost among those who were called to lead the church from the darkness of
popery into the light of a purer faith, stood Martin Luther."
[William Cooper]: And this is what people believe, but Martin Luther himself was
an initiate of the Mystery Schools, a follower of the faith of Mystery Babylon,
as was the Pope and the hierarchy of the Catholic church. You see, but they wer
e vying for the rulership of the world, and up until not too long ago, have alwa
ys had throughout history. For the Vatican practices the corrupted worship of My
stery Babylon, the combination of Christianity and the worship of Mystery Babylo
n, whereas the Mystery Schools retained the pure form of Mystery Babylon. And th
is is the only difference between the two, folks, and they have been vying throu
ghout history for the rulership of the world: Mystery Babylon attempting to dest
roy the Pope and Christianity, and the Pope attempting to persecute and burn awa
y the followers, the initiates of Mystery Babylon. And it has always been the go
al of worshipers of Mystery Babylon to seat one of their own upon the throne of
the Vatican, and they have succeeded. They have succeeded, folks, and now you ar
e seeing the beginning of the combination of all religions into one-world religi
on. And while the world and the New Age movement may be waiting for the emergenc
e of Maitreya, I tell you now here -- and remember that I have been the most acc
urate in making predictions about future world events then anyone in the history
of the world -- based upon study and knowledge, not psychic ability, not any gi
ft from God, although I am a messenger, I can assure you of that. I tell you tha
t, in the New World Order, the one-world charismatic and religious leader will b
e seated upon the throne of Rome. Mark my words. And for those of you who do not
understand yet, the Protestant religion was created by the Mystery Schools to b
ring down, bring down the authority of the Pope, just as this nation, the United
States of America was created by the Mystery Schools to topple the monarchs, th
e kings and queens from their thrones.
[William Cooper]: You see, whatever you want to believe even, folks, is OK with
me. Let's just believe from a position of knowing the truth.
Good night, and God bless each and every one of you.

(closing music: [i]That Old Black Magic[/i], music by Harold Allen, lyrics by Jo
hnny Mercer, performed by unknown artist)