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IV. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, in whom by the appointment of the Father, [1] all power for the calling,
institution, order, or Government of the Church, is invested in a supreme & sovereign manner, neither can the Pope of Rome
in any sense be head thereof, but is [2] that Antichrist, that Man of sin, and Son of perdition, that exalteth himself
in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
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Col 1:18 - "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Matt 28:18-20 - "18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
Eph 4:11-12 - "11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:"
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2 Thess 2:3-9 - "3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that
is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that
he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let,
until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
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