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Quoting Mr. Larkin: "When Attalus, the Pontiff and King of Pergamos, died B.C. 133, he bequeathed the Headship of the Babylonian Priesthood to Rome. When the Etruscans came to Italy from Lydia (The region of Pergamos), they brought with them the Babylonian religion and rites. They set up a Pontiff who was head of the Priesthood. Later the Romans accepted this Pontiff as their civil ruler. Julius Caesar was made Pontiff of the Etruscan Order in B.C. 74. In B. C. 63, he was made Supreme Pontiff of the "Babylonian Order," thus becoming heir to the rights an title of Attalus, Pontiff of Pergamos…Thus the first Roman Emperor becomes head of the "Babylonian Priesthood" and Rome the successor of Babylon (p. 151-152)."
The Emperor Gratain in A.D. 376, for Christian reasons, refused this title. And in 378 A. D Bishop Damasus of the Church at Rome became the head of the "Babylonian Order," and ruler of the "Roman Catholic Church."
The Catholic Encyclopedia (Thomas Nelson, 1976) states: "It is within the city of Rome, called the city of seven hills, that the entire area of Vatican State proper is now confined." Catholic apologist Karl Keating writes: "Babylon is a code word for Rome."
The Emperor Gratain in A.D. 376, for Christian reasons, refused this title. And in 378 A. D Bishop Damasus of the Church at Rome became the head of the "Babylonian Order," and ruler of the "Roman Catholic Church."
The Catholic Encyclopedia (Thomas Nelson, 1976) states: "It is within the city of Rome, called the city of seven hills, that the entire area of Vatican State proper is now confined." Catholic apologist Karl Keating writes: "Babylon is a code word for Rome."