Pope's Name in Numerals
Historical AccountAnalogy★★★★The papacy fits the identification point. The beast with the mark is the papacy. No other power in history could possibly fit these descriptive points given in the Bible. This verse says, it is the number of a man.
In Revelation chapter 15 refers to the number of his name. What man do you think of when you think of the papacy?
Naturally, we think of the Pope. What is his official name? Here is a Catholic quote from the publication Our Sunday Visitor. Quote, The title of the Pope of Rome is Vicarius Philidae.
In English this means Vicar of the Son of God. Malachi Martin in The Keys of This Blood uses the same title for the Pope on page 114. A footnote for the verse which we just read is that some Douay versions of the Bible say, quote, the numeral letters of his name shall make up this number, end quote. So what happens when we total up the Roman numeral value of the letters of the name?
They add up to 666.
Also attributed to: Our Sunday Visitor, Unknown
Audio, Amazing Facts, “20 The Mark of The Beast” (AudioVerse teaching 29483).
The point
An explanation linking the Pope's title 'Vicarius Filii Dei' to the biblical number 666, suggesting a connection between papal authority and apocalyptic prophecy.