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== <small>VICARIUS FILII DEI</small> ==

== <small>VICARIUS FILII DEI</small> ==

According to the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist]] author of the article, "False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years", compiled by Rev. Stephen L. Testa<ref>The first [[heresy]] that Pastor Testa lists is ''"Wax candles introduced into the church"'' in the year 320. The selective use of [[Cafeteria Christians#Proof texts|Proof texts]] in the article is a classic example of [[Confirmation bias]] for the purpose of [[Polemic]].'' </ref>, the number of the Beast 666 is the number of the title VICARIUS FILII DEI "''Vicar of the Son of God''".  

According to the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist]] author of the article, "False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years", compiled by Rev. Stephen L. Testa,<ref>The first [[heresy]] that Pastor Testa lists is ''"Wax candles introduced into the church"'' in the year 320. The selective use of [[Cafeteria Christians#Proof texts|Proof texts]] in the article is a classic example of [[Confirmation bias]] for the purpose of [[Polemic]].''</ref> the number of the Beast 666 is the number of the title VICARIUS FILII DEI "''Vicar of the Son of God''".  

However, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666:  

However, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666:  

:E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in DIVS JVLIVS CÆSAR ''[[Julius Caesar|Dios Julius Caesar]]'')<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 (Latin W is "double-U" UU - VV = 5+5 = 10)<br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11.  

:E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in DIVS JVLIVS CÆSAR ''[[Julius Caesar|Dios Julius Caesar]]'')<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 (Latin W is "double-U" UU - VV = 5+5 = 10)<br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11.  

Many names and titles total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Neron Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not (''it totals'' 1723)<ref>VICARIUS — V upsilon Υ = 400 — I iota Ι = 10 — C kappa Κ = 20 — A alpha Α = 1 — R rho Ρ = 100 — I iota Ι = 10 — U upsilon Υ = 400 — S sigma Σ = 200: = 1141 <br> FILII — F phi/fee Φ = 500 — I iota Ι = 10 — L lambda Λ = 30 — I iota Ι = 10 — I iota Ι = 10: = 560 <br> DEI — D delta Δ = 4 — E eta Η = 8 — I iota Ι = 10: = 22 <br> 1141 + 560 + 22 = 1723 </ref>.

Many names and titles total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Neron Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not (''it totals'' 1723).<ref>VICARIUS — V upsilon Υ = 400 — I iota Ι = 10 — C kappa Κ = 20 — A alpha Α = 1 — R rho Ρ = 100 — I iota Ι = 10 — U upsilon Υ = 400 — S sigma Σ = 200: = 1141 <br> FILII — F phi/fee Φ = 500 — I iota Ι = 10 — L lambda Λ = 30 — I iota Ι = 10 — I iota Ι = 10: = 560 <br> DEI — D delta Δ = 4 — E eta Η = 8 — I iota Ι = 10: = 22 <br> 1141 + 560 + 22 = 1723</ref>  

:“This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss, "The Secret of the Number 666"]  

:“This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss, "The Secret of the Number 666"]  

This raises the question of which (''if any!'') of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. And since according to the text of the Bible it is '''a''' man, '''one''' man, a particular individual, it cannot be an organization or institution represented or headed by a multiplicity of men, or an indefinite succession of men. (See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/revelation/13-18.htm multiple versions of Revelation 13:18] and [http://www.biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-18.htm interlinear text of Revelation 13:18].)

This raises the question of which (''if any!'') of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. And since according to the text of the Bible it is '''a''' man, '''one''' man, a particular individual, it cannot be an organization or institution represented or headed by a multiplicity of men, or an indefinite succession of men. (See [http://www.biblehub.com/multi/revelation/13-18.htm multiple versions of Revelation 13:18] and [http://www.biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-18.htm interlinear text of Revelation 13:18].)

==External links==

==External links==

[https://carm.org/greek-and-hebrew-alphabets-numeric-equivalents '''Greek and Hebrew Alphabets with Numeric Equivalents''' by Matt Slick - CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (carm.org)]

* [https://carm.org/greek-and-hebrew-alphabets-numeric-equivalents '''Greek and Hebrew Alphabets with Numeric Equivalents''' by Matt Slick - CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (carm.org)]

 

* [http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/catholic_heresies-a_list.htm '''False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years''', By Rev. Stephen L. Testa (jesus-is-savior.com)].  

[http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/catholic_heresies-a_list.htm '''False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years''', By Rev. Stephen L. Testa (jesus-is-savior.com)].  

* [http://www.equip.org/bible_answers/what-is-the-meaning-of-666/ '''What is the Meaning of 666?''' - CRI Christian Research Institute (equip.org)] This article is from Hank Hanegraaff, ''The Complete Bible Answer Book''—Collector’s Edition (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004)

 

* [http://www.fivedoves.com/rapture/2009/Obama_Rev1318.html '''John Tng (21 May 2009) Revelation 13:18 Decoded: The 666 riddle solved!'''] ''The author's demonstration by numbers that the Beast is [[Barack Hussein Obama]].''

[http://www.equip.org/bible_answers/what-is-the-meaning-of-666/ '''What is the Meaning of 666?''' - CRI Christian Research Institute (equip.org)] This article is from Hank Hanegraaff, ''The Complete Bible Answer Book''—Collector’s Edition (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004)

* [http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/charts/GEMATRIA%20IN%20SCRIPTURE.htm '''Gematria in Scripture''' - Agape Bible Study (agapebiblestudy.com)] ''The author's demonstration by numbers that the Beast is Nero.''

 

* [http://sickleoftruth.com/REV17/Rev17P1.html '''Sickle of Truth - Revelation 17''' (sickleoftruth.com)] ''A demonstration by the author that no one individual could possibly be the Beast 666, but rather that the Beast is instead the whole of the Roman Catholic Church''. — "The following view of Chapter 17 is one which I personally believe to be the most scripturally sound; it is taken primarily from the “New Albany Notes on Revelation” along with excerpts from Brother Frank Shallieu’s work “The Keys to Revelation” ... Note also that this is NOT Papacy riding the beast."

[http://www.fivedoves.com/rapture/2009/Obama_Rev1318.html '''John Tng (21 May 2009) Revelation 13:18 Decoded: The 666 riddle solved!'''] ''The author's demonstration by numbers that the Beast is [[Barack Hussein Obama]].''

 

[http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/charts/GEMATRIA%20IN%20SCRIPTURE.htm '''Gematria in Scripture''' - Agape Bible Study (agapebiblestudy.com)] ''The author's demonstration by numbers that the Beast is Nero.''

 

[http://sickleoftruth.com/REV17/Rev17P1.html '''Sickle of Truth - Revelation 17''' (sickleoftruth.com)] ''A demonstration by the author that no one individual could possibly be the Beast 666, but rather that the Beast is instead the whole of the Roman Catholic Church''. — "The following view of Chapter 17 is one which I personally believe to be the most scripturally sound; it is taken primarily from the “New Albany Notes on Revelation” along with excerpts from Brother Frank Shallieu’s work “The Keys to Revelation” ... Note also that this is NOT Papacy riding the beast."

[http://www.biblelight.net/666.htm '''VICARIUS FILII DEI 666, The Number of the Beast''' (biblelight.net)] ''In this article, Greek ''Paradosis'' "Tradition" also adds up to 666—which makes Paul's word in 2 Thessalonians 2:17 a command to us to "stand firm and hold to the" Beast'''<big>!</big>''''' (See 2 Peter 3:15-18)

[http://www.biblelight.net/666.htm '''VICARIUS FILII DEI 666, The Number of the Beast''' (biblelight.net)] ''In this article, Greek ''Paradosis'' "Tradition" also adds up to 666—which makes Paul's word in 2 Thessalonians 2:17 a command to us to "stand firm and hold to the" Beast'''<big>!</big>''''' (See 2 Peter 3:15-18)

 

* [http://www.thecatholictreasurechest.com/apostasy.htm '''The So-called "Great Apostasy" Has Already Come to Pass! But it did not happen when non-Catholics claim it happened. And Holy Scripture teaches that it could not be the Church which Jesus Christ founded.''' (thecatholictreasurechest.com)] ''The author's demonstration from scripture and the history of the Reformation that the "man of sin" was [[Martin Luther]], who set himself above God's authority''. — "Apostates in criticizing the Word of GOD are in fact setting themselves up as critics of GOD Himself. Martin Luther is guilty of criticizing the Word of GOD by removing Old Testament books from the Bible and writing against several New Testament books such as James, and Revelation."  

[http://www.thecatholictreasurechest.com/apostasy.htm '''The So-called "Great Apostasy" Has Already Come to Pass! But it did not happen when non-Catholics claim it happened. And Holy Scripture teaches that it could not be the Church which Jesus Christ founded.''' (thecatholictreasurechest.com)] ''The author's demonstration from scripture and the history of the Reformation that the "man of sin" was [[Martin Luther]], who set himself above God's authority''. — "Apostates in criticizing the Word of GOD are in fact setting themselves up as critics of GOD Himself. Martin Luther is guilty of criticizing the Word of GOD by removing Old Testament books from the Bible and writing against several New Testament books such as James, and Revelation."  

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