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Afterward, in the 9th century, the Vatican Hill was finally included within the city limits of Rome during the reign of [[Pope Leo IV]], who, between A.D. 848 and 852, expanded the city walls to protect St. Peter's Basilica and the [[Vatican]].

Afterward, in the 9th century, the Vatican Hill was finally included within the city limits of Rome during the reign of [[Pope Leo IV]], who, between A.D. 848 and 852, expanded the city walls to protect St. Peter's Basilica and the [[Vatican]].

With the rise of the [[Protestant Reformation]] in the 16th century, many militantly anti-Catholic writers then and now have consistently argued (''falsely'') that one of the "''[[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|proofs]]''" that the [[Catholic Church]] was the very "[[Whore of Babylon]]" described in the ''Book of Revelation'' lies in the fact that the center of Catholicism, ''the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica'', was and is situated directly on the Vatican Hill, which they firmly assert (''falsely'') was and is one of the famous "seven hills of Rome". This assertion is historically untrue and has no basis in fact, which seriously damages the credibility of the writers. Yet many [[Evangelical Christianity|evangelical]] and [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestant Christians]], even now, taking this charge as truth, without examining and testing it, and not knowing the documented facts of the history of Rome, sincerely believe on this basis (among others) that Catholicism is [[Satan]]ic and that the Catholic Church is the "''Harlot of Babylon''" seated on "''the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her''". (See 1 Peter 3:16-17 and 1 John 2:18-19, 4:1.)

With the rise of the [[Protestant Reformation]] in the 16th century, many militantly anti-Catholic writers then and now have consistently argued (''falsely'') that one of the "''[[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|proofs]]''" that the [[Catholic Church]] was the very "[[Whore of Babylon]]" described in the ''Book of Revelation'' lies in the fact that the center of Catholicism, ''the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica'', was and is situated directly on the Vatican Hill, which they firmly assert (''falsely'') was and is one of the famous "seven hills of Rome". This assertion is historically untrue and has no basis in fact, which seriously damages the credibility of the writers. Yet many [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical]] and [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Protestantism|Protestant Christians]], even now, taking this charge as truth, without examining and testing it, and not knowing the documented facts of the history of Rome, sincerely believe on this basis (among others) that Catholicism is [[Satan]]ic and that the Catholic Church is the "''Harlot of Babylon''" seated on "''the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her''". (See 1 Peter 3:16-17 and 1 John 2:18-19, 4:1.)

== See also ==

== See also ==