John XII(955-64): "He was hardly eighteen, and contemporary reports agree about his disinterest in spiritual things, addiction to boorish pleasures, and uninhibitedly debauched life." - The Oxford Dictionary of Popes.
Benedict IX (1032-44; 1047-48): "He was notorious for selling the papacy to his godfather and then subsequently reclaiming the office twice." The New Encyclopedia.
Thus, rather than following the example of faithful Peter, these and other popes were and evil influence. They allowed bloodguilt, and spiritual and physical fornication, as well as a Jezebel influence, to corrupt the church they ruled. (James 4:4) In 1917 the Bible Students' book The Finished Mystery set out many of these facts in stark detail. This was one way that the Bible Students in those days "struck the earth with every sort of plagues. - REVELATION 11:6; 14:8; 17:1, 2, 5.
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