Dr. Martin
Luther BIBLE
The little Horn 1
Daniel 7
VERSE
21.
„I
beheld,
and
the
same
horn
made
war
with
the
saints,
and
prevailed
against
them;
22.
Until
the
Ancient
of
days
came,
and
judgment
was
given
to
the
saints
of
the
Most
High;
and
the
time
came
that
the
saints
possessed the kingdom.“
„Daniel
and
the
Revelation“
by
Uriah
Smith,
1897
(1907), pp. 140, 141 (131, 132)
The
relentless
wrath
of
this
little
horn
against
the
saints
particularly
attracted
the
attention
of
Daniel.
The
rise
of
the
ten
horns,
or
the
division
of
Rome
into
ten
kingdoms,
between
the
years
A.D.
351
and
483,
has
already
been
noticed.
As
these
horns
denote
kingdoms,
the
little
horn
must
denote
a
kingdom
also,
but
not
of
the
same
nature,
because
it
was
diverse
from
the
others.
They
were
political
kingdoms.
And
now
we
have
but
to
inquire
if
any
kingdom
has
arisen
among
the
ten
kingdoms
of
the
Roman
empire
since
A.D.
483,
and
yet
diverse
from
them
all;
and
if
so,
what
one?
The
answer
is,
Yes;
the
SPIRITUAL
KINGDOM
OF
THE
PAPACY.
This
answer
to
the
symbol
in
every
particular,
as
is
easily proved; and nothing else will [do it].
Daniel
beheld
this
horn
making
war
upon
the
saints.
Has
such
a
war
been
waged
by
the
PAPACY?
Fifty
millions
of
martyrs
[editor:
150
until
250
millions
of
martyrs;
ex-priest
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
Gregor
Dalliard:
200
millions
of
martyrs],
with
a
voice
like
the
sound
of
many
waters,
answer,
YES.
Witness
the
cruel
persecutions
of
the
Waldenses,
the
Albigenses,
and
Protestants
in
general,
by
the
PAPAL
POWER.
It
has
been
asserted
that
the
persecutions,
massacres,
and
religous
wars
excited
by
the
CHURCH
AND
BISHOP
OF
ROME,
have
occasioned
the
shedding
of
far
more
blood
of
the
saints
of
the
Most
High
than
all
the
enmity,
hostility,
and
persecutions
of
professed
heathen
from
the
foundation of the world.
Daniel 7
VERSE
23.
„Thus
he
said,
The
fourth
beast
shall
be
the
fourth
kingdom
upon
earth,
which
shall
be
diverse
from
all
kingdoms,
and
shall
devour
the
whole
earth,
and
shall
tread
it
down,
and
break
it
in
pieces.
24.
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.
25.
And
he
shall
speak
great
words
against
the
most
High,
and
shall
wear
out
the
saints
of
the
Most
High,
and
think
to
change
times
and
laws:
and
they
shall
be
given
into
his
hand
until
a
time
and
times
and
the
dividing
of
time.
26.
But
the
judgment
shall
sit,
and
they
shall
take
away
his
dominion,
to
consume
and
to
destroy
it
unto the end.“
„Daniel
and
the
Revelation“
by
Uriah
Smith,
pp.
132-134, 141-145
We
have
here
further
particulars
respecting
the
fourth beast and the little horn.
Perhaps
enough
has
already
been
said
respecting
the
fourth
beast
(Rome)
and
the
ten
horns,
or
ten
kingdoms,
which
arose
therefrom.
The
little
horn
now
more
particularly
demands
attention.
As
stated
on
verse
8,
we
find
the
fulfilment
of
the
prophecy
concerning
this
horn
in
the
rise
and
work
of
the
papacy.
It
is
a
matter
of
both
interest
and
importance,
therefore,
to
inquire
into
the
causes
which
resulted
in
the
development of this anti-Christian power.
The
first
pastors
or
bishops
of
Rome
enjoyed
a
respect
proportionate
to
the
rank
of
the
city
in
which
they
resided;
and
for
the
first
few
centuries
of
the
Christian
era,
Rome
was
the
largest,
richest,
and
most
powerful
city
in
the
world.
It
was
the
seat
of
empire,
the
capital
of
the
nations.
"All
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
belong
to
her,"
said
Julian;
and
Claudian
declared
her
to
be
"the
fountain
of
laws."
"If
Rome
is
the
queen
of
cities,
why
should
not
her
pastor
be
the
king
of
bishops?"
was
the
reasoning
these
Roman
pastors
adopted.
"Why
should
not
the
Roman
Church
be
the
mother
of
Christendom?
Why
should
not
all
nations
be
her
children,
and
her
authority
their
sovereign
law?
It
was
easy,"
says
D'Aubigne,
from
whom
we
quote
these
words
("History
of
the
Reformation,"
Vol.
I,
chap.
1),
"for
the
ambitious
heart
of
man
to
reason
thus.
Ambitious
Rome
did so."
The
bishops
in
the
different
parts
of
the
Roman
empire
naturally
yielded
to
the
Bishop
of
Rome
some
portion
of
that
honor
which
Rome,
as
the
queen
city,
received
from
the
nations
of
the
earth.
There
was
originally
no
dependence
implied
in
the
honor
thus
paid.
"But,"
continues
D'Aubigne,
"usurped
power
increased
like
an
avalanche.
Admonitions,
at
first
simply
fraternal,
soon
became
absolute
commands
in
the
mouth
of
the
pontiff.
The
western
bishops
favored
this
encroachment
of
the
Roman
pastors,
either
from
jealousy
of
the
eastern
bishops,
or
because
they
preferred
submitting
to
the
supremacy
of
a
Pope
rather
than
to
the
dominion of a temporal power."
Such
were
the
influences
clustering
around
the
bishop
of
Rome,
and
thus
circumstances
tended
toward
his
speedy
elevation
to
the
supreme
spiritual
throne
of
Christendom.
But
the
fourth
century
was
destined
to
witness
an
obstacle
thrown
across
the
path
of
this
ambitious
dream.
Arius,
parish
priest
of
the
ancient
and
influential
church
of
Alexandria,
sprung
his
doctrine
upon
the
world,
occasioning
so
fierce
a
controversy
in
the
Christian
church
that
a
general
council
was
called
at
Nicaea,
by
the
emperor
Constantine,
A.D.
325,
to
consider
and
adjust
it.
Arius
maintained
"that
the
Son
was
totally
and
essentially
distinct
from
the
Father;
that
he
was
the
first
and
noblest
of
those
beings
whom
the
Father
had
created
out
of
nothing,
the
instrument
by
whose
subordinate
operation
the
almighty
Father
formed
the
universe,
and
therefore
inferior
to
the
Father
both
in
nature
and dignity."
Editor:
„Yahshua
the
Messiah
(greek.:
Jesus
Christ)
was
the
only
begotten
Sohn.
Arius,
later
he
was
murdered
through
poison,
said,
that
is
only
one
God
in
heaven,
the
Father,
and
not
a
second God (and more).
Yahshua
says:
for
my
Father
is
greater
than
I.
(John
14:28.)
Yahshua
had
also
a
beginning
of
his
life (Proverbs 8:22-31).
Emperor
Constantin
pass
a
resolution
at
the
council
of
Nicea
in
A.D.
325,
that
Jesus
Christ
is
god!
Also
emperor
Theodosius
on
his
council
in
A.D.
381
said,
that
the
holy
Spirit/Ghost
is
truly
god.
If
anyone
was
against
the
resolutin
and
all
other
people,
which
had
no
faith
on
this
resolution,
they
get
persecutions
etc.
The
doctrine
of
the
trinity
is
not
written
in
the
Sacred Scriptures:
What
say
the
Sacred
Scriptures
to
this
point:
„First
commandment
of
the
Ten
Commandments
(Exodus
20):
You
shall
have
no
other
gods/elohim
beside
me
(nor
two,
nor
three:
nor
God
Jesus
Christ,
nor
God
Holy
Ghost/Spirit)!!“
Go
on
with
„Daniel
and
the
Revelation“:
This
opinion
was
condemned
by
the
council,
which
decreed
that
Christ
was
of
one
and
the
same
substance
with
the
Father.
Hereupon
Arius
was
banished
to
Illyria,
and
his
followers
were
compelled
to
give
their
assent
to
the
creed
composed
on
that
occasion.
(Mosheim,
cent.4,
part
2,
chap.4:
Stanley,
History
of
the
Eastern
Church, p.239.)
The
controversy
itself,
however,
was
not
to
be
disposed
of
in
this
summary
manner,
but
continued
for
ages
to
agitate
the
Christian
world,
the
Arians
everywhere
becoming
the
bitter
enemies
of
the
pope
and
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church.
From
these
facts
it
is
evident
that
the
spread
of
Arianism
would
check
the
influence
of
the
Catholics;
and
the
possession
of
Rome
and
Italy
by
a
people
of
the
Arian
persuasion,
would
be
fatal
to
the
supremacy
of
a
Catholic
bishop.
But
the
prophecy
had
declared
that
this
horn
would
rise
to
supreme
power,
and
that
in
reaching
this
position
it
would
subdue
three kings.