Politics had always been front and center in religion and religion front and center in politics from the very earliest days.
According to this booklet, one "mark of the beast" is the alteration of God's Commandments. The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven ...
A. The second Commandment is: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Q. 1218. What do you mean by taking God's name in vain? A. By taking God's name in vain I mean taking it ...