Look for these words in the below facsimilie...
The words referred to are these "Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is a the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six." The Title of the Pope in Rome is Vicarius Filii Dei. This is inscribed on his mitre[*]; and if you take the letters of his title which represent Latin numerals and add them together they come to 666.
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A |
R |
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V |
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L |
I |
I |
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1 |
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50 |
1 |
1 |
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Add these together and the result will be 666.
This "argument" was submitted to Rev. Ernest R. Hull, and answered in the following manner: "Almost every eminent man in Christendom, who has enjoyed the privilege of possessing enemies, has had his mane turned and twisted till they could get the number 666 out of it. In past history there have been numberless beasts or Anti-Christs, all of whose names counted up to 666. I fancy that my own name, especially in Latin form, might give the number of the beast:
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R
N
E
S
T
V
S
R
E
G
I
N
A
L
D
V
S
H
V
L
L
5
1
50
500
5
5
50
50
=666
Quod erat demonstrandum, namely, that Rev. Ernest R. Hull is Anti-Christ, or the Beast of the Apocalypse!"
Perhaps a little ingenuity with your name will show that you are the beast of the Apocalypse too.
Notice he is NOT refuting the title, nor is he refuting the fact that the name IS inscribed in the Pope's mitre. He is only trying to belittle the fact that "Vicarius Filii Dei" actually equals 666.
