Which event marks the end of papal rule according to the prophecy?

Which event marks the end of papal rule according to the prophecy?

• A. The Council of Trent
• B. The signing of the Peace of Westphalia
• C. The Edict of Milan
• D. Napoleon taking the pope captive

Answer: (D)

The event that ends papal rule in this prophetic view is seen as the moment when the papacy loses its temporal, political authority, a turning point often pinpointed to Napoleon's capture of the pope in 1798. In historicist Adventist interpretation of Daniel and Revelation, this act inflicts the literal “deadly wound” on the papacy’s worldly power and marks the end of its sovereignty over territories. The other events don’t signify that end: the Council of Trent was a reform-and-reaffirmation council, not a loss of temporal power; the Edict of Milan long before granted tolerance to Christians and didn’t end papal rule; the Peace of Westphalia recognized secular state sovereignty and limited church power, but it did not terminate the papacy’s political authority.

The event that ends papal rule in this prophetic view is seen as the moment when the papacy loses its temporal, political authority, a turning point often pinpointed to Napoleon's capture of the pope in 1798. In historicist Adventist interpretation of Daniel and Revelation, this act inflicts the literal “deadly wound” on the papacy’s worldly power and marks the end of its sovereignty over territories. The other events don’t signify that end: the Council of Trent was a reform-and-reaffirmation council, not a loss of temporal power; the Edict of Milan long before granted tolerance to Christians and didn’t end papal rule; the Peace of Westphalia recognized secular state sovereignty and limited church power, but it did not terminate the papacy’s political authority.