Appointed Quote by Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.

— Pope Pius V

God has set popes over kings and kingdoms.

— Pope Boniface VIII

“The Roman church’s unmistakable claim is that there is only one church and only one faith and that Christendom needs a visible head, a…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one…

— Isaac Backus

There are only three great powers in the universe: God in heaven, the pope in the Vatican and Dadá in the great box.

— Dada Maravilha

“Even if there were 10 Popes or a thousand Popes, there would be no schism. The Unity of Christendom could be preserved under numerous…

— Martin Luther

The tribunal of God and of the pope is one and the same.

— Ignaz von Dollinger

The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

— Saint Ambrose

“Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely…

— Frank Herbert

Out of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States.

— Pope Gregory XVI

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing else: and yet those who deem that there are…

— Lactantius

The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.

— Ambrose