APOSTASY

OF THE

CHURCH OF ROME,

AND THE

IDENTITY

OF THE

PAPAL POWER,

WITH

The Man of Sin and Son of Perdition

OF

ST. PAUL'S PROPHECY,
IN THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS,

PROVED FROM THE TESTIMONY.

OF

Scripture and History.

BY WILLIAM CUNINGHAME, Esq.

AUTHOR OF A DISSERTATION ON THE SEALS AND TRUMPETS OF THE APOCALYPSE,
AND THE PROPHETICAL PERIOD OF 1260 YEARS.

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« Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold
“ of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”......

Rev. xviii. 2.
« Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not

" of her plagues. "...........................................................................Ibid, ver 4.

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CONTENTS.

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Page

PREFACE,

CHAP. I. Introductory Observations-General Statement

of the Subject,