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The WORLD TOMORROW
A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
Proclaims to the World the
GOOD NEWS OF THE WORLD TOMORROW
BOX 111, Pasadena, Calif. 91109
Publishing:
The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of UNDERSTANDING
October 29, 1967
Dear Co-Worker with Christ:
NEWS FLASH: The Pope at Rome and the Patriarch of the Greek
Orthodox Catholic Church vowed last Thursday to reunite their two
Churches, which have been divided for 900 years.
This is significant news. Far more significant than the
world realizes.
It means events leading to the unprecedented Great
Tribulation, and the Coming of CHRIST -- the END OF THIS WORLD, and
the beginning of THE WORLD TOMORROW -- will now speed up greatly!
Greek Catholic Patriarch Athenagoras traveled to Rome. He
and Pope Paul VI exchanged the "kiss of peace" and made their vows
to unite, in St. Peter's Basilica.
In all the 900 years of hostility and division, no leader
of the Eastern Catholic Church had ever before made a pilgrimage to
the headquarters of the Roman Church. Previously, in January 1964,
the two leaders met and embraced in Jerusalem. Then Pope Paul
traveled to Istanbul in July of this year.
Patriarch Athenagoras recognized that Rome is "the seat
which is first by honor and order in the organism of Christian
churches around the world." Do you catch the significance of that?
It signifies that the Patriarch is ready to capitulate and to
recognize the SUPREMACY OF THE POPE!
It is not generally known today, but anciently the Head of
a pagan religion was titled the "Peter," or "Pater" or, sometimes
"Patre." Spanish priests are still called "Padre." The word means
"Father," or "Papa," or "Pope." The title "Pope" means "Papa," or
"Pater" or "Peter" as it customarily was called.
When the Pope shows himself before huge crowds in Rome, the
people stretch their hands toward him, and, in wild-eyed,
worshipful, superstitious frenzy cry out "VIVA PAPA! VIVA PAPA!
VIVA PAPA!" They do not say "Pope" as we English-speaking people
do, but "Papa." Anciently they used the title "Peter."
The title "Patriarch," used by the head of the Greek
Catholic Church is derived from "Arch-Pater," or, "Patriarch,"