The use of forgery by the Papists and the Pseudo Isidorian Orders.

By Achilleas V. Pitsilkas, The true ROCK OF FAITH AND OF IF! Pu"lishe# "y Orth$#$% Ki&seli. The completely unsupportable, anti-evangelical, anti-patristic and contrary to every dogmatic understanding of the primacy of jurisdiction of the Pope, based on the false interpretation of the word petra spoken by the Lord to the postle Peter, it finally becomes obvious by the use of forgery by the papists! "amely, when the papists saw that their claims on domination were not at all well received by the #ast, they decided to use the anti-$hristian method of historical forgery, with which after a certain time they arrived at the so called Pseudo-$onstantinian %ift and later the so called Pseudo-&sidorian 'rders, which aimed at supporting the perceptions of the jurisdictional primacy of the Popes and at the same time to combat the theocratic ideas of the emperors! (ecause of this, according to )tephanidis, they were likened to the huge magical sword of the legendary *iegrfried which was forged in the mid- +th century to be used in the battles of the Popes as a potent weapon, turned against every other ecclesiastical authority! ,-rom the book of .! )tephanidis, #cclesiastic /istory, thens 0+1+, p2334! The Pseudo-Constatinian Gift. The forgery was characteri5ed as the pseudo-$onstantinian %ift made ostensibly by the %reat $onstantine when he departed from the west, ceding to the then Pope )ilvester, who healed the emperor from the disease of leprosy, the rule of the western nation, imperial authority, imperial honours and imperial insignia ,6! 7uratidis, 8elations of the $hurch and )ociety, from the 'rthodo9 viewpoint and the recent directions in the ecclesiology and sociology, thens 0+:1, p! 0;34! When did it first appear in the limelight of history? The so called %ift of %reat $onstantine to Pope )ilvester was used for the first time as truth, by Pope drian in the letter he sent to the %reat $harles ,$harlesmagne4 in the latter part of the <th century ,==0-=+14, so that he may recogni5e and attribute to his person all the privileges and rights that it comprises! -rom that period and for more than <33 years, this %ift was presented by the papists as truth, despite the obvious fakeness it comprised, until the fakeness and forgery was proved by the west>s researchers! s much as the deceit was inept, notes the historian -leury, it however deceived the Latin $hurch and for a period of <33 years they considered this as the truth as soon as they let it go during the past century, yet today every one, no matter how well brought up, is easily convinced of this deceit! The content of the pseudo-Constantinian Gift ccording to this myth, the Pope of 8ome )ilvester ,202-2214 healed, as we said earlier, the %reat $onstantine, from the disease of leprosy he suffered from, and bapti5ed him $hristian! -or this reason, allegedly the %reat $onstantine gave as a gift, the rule over the whole $hurch, which contained these main items? 0! The primacy of the Pope, above all kingdoms and worldly thrones @! The jurisdictional primacy over all ecclesiastic thrones of the #ast, namely above the le9andrian throne, as well as ntioch>s, Aerusalem>s and $onstantinople>s and in general over all the $hurches in the Borld! 2! The gift of the Lateran Palace, the royal diadem, of the umbilical rope and of the omophorion that surrounds the royal neck, of the purple robe, of the red tunic and of the royal raiment and the rights over the royal horses! 'ver the above are included much more, and even the 8oyal scepter, the seals and the other royal decorations of highness!

;! The possibility of the Pope to wear the royal diadem, namely the golden crown, decorated with priceless pearls to the pleasure of %od and honour of the holy and highest of the postles! 1! The duty of the kings and rulers of nations to hold the reins of his horse so that it be glorified beyond the earthly kingdom and decked in the nation>s glory! :! The transfer of the kingdom to areas of the east, because it was felt unjust to have the worldly king his headCuarters there, where the hierarchy of clergy and the head of the true religion was locatedD ,-rom the book by 8alli and Potli, )yna9is of the /oly $anons, :th .ol, p @:04!

How the forgery of the pseudo Constantinian Gift is proved.

The lie and forgery of this gift becomes obvious through a large number of reasons especially from the following? From historical errors. Bith this gift reference was made of the Patriarch of $onstantinople during the period of the %reat $onstantine, yet not only there was no Patriarch but even the $ity of $onstantinople did not then e9istD &t is also said that this gift was in accordance with the knowledge and consent of the senators of the #mperor, when during that period the )enate was still idolatric and until then the #mperor .alentian offered sacrifices to the idols ,)t! "ectarios of #gina4! The %reat $onstantine, according to this gift, distributed to his three sons the regions they took over to govern, donating to the Pope the referred to in the gift regions, when during the reign of the #mperor Austinian ,1@=-1:14 the regions of )outh &taly, )icily etc were under the rule of the emperorD #9actly because of these historical errors it was later noted that nothing is greater lie than the fantastic gift of 8ome and of the western kingdom to Pope )ilvester 0st by %reat $onstantine ,"ectarios Pentapoleos, /istorical reasons that led to the )chism, &ssue 0, thens 0+++, p0++4! y the early historians who refute the arguments of the pseudo Constantine gift. ccording to the historian #usebio of $aesaria, %reat $onstantine was not bapti5ed by the Pope )ilvester ,20;-2214 but by the cousin of the emperor #usebio of "ikomedia, with the co-attendance of other bishops at a suburb of "ikomedia, a little before his death ,on the life of %reat $onstantine, .ol ;, $haps! :0,:@,:24, by the historian )o5omeno ,#cclesiastic /istory, .ol @, $hap 2@4, by historian )ocrates ,#cclesiastical /istory, .ol! 0, chap 2+4 etc! ccording to the above mentioned historians, %reat $onstantine>s baptism did not occur before the transference of the $apital from the Best to the #ast, but after and more accurately before the end of his life! s concerns his sickness, he was never cured from it, since he died from it in 22=! ll these arguments that refer to the so called $onstantinian %ift were erroneous and for this they are justly characteri5ed as Pseudo-$onstantinian! From the more recent researchers who deny the validity of the Pseudo-Constantinian Gift. The first of the more recent researchers of the Best who denied the validity of the Peudo-$onstantinian %ift was Laurence .alla, who lived during the 01th century! )ubseCuently many more others wrote about this fallacy or more accurately this forgery and even the famous Eollinger who published his work, 'n the Papist>s myths of the middle ages in 0<:2 in 7onaco, separating his position from Papism mainly due to the issue of primacy!

From the silence of the Popes until the !th century "#. ll the Popes, successors of )ilvester, who were active until the reign of drian 0st ,==0-=+14 never used nor did they ever mention the so called %reat $onstantinian %ift, despite their discords and frictions with many emperors! &f for e9ample, this gift had some historical basis, some snobbish popes would have surely used it, as a weapon, in their arguments they had every so often with the (y5antine #mperors! From the anti-evangelical content and e$pression. Bhen the papist forgers created the Pseudo-$onstaninian %ift, they did not consider that with their creation they subverted in reality the whole teaching of the Lord, when /e declared uneCuivocally the learn from 7e that & am meek and humble in the heart and find comfort in your heart ,7att 00?00?@+4! "amely, if a faithful studies the (ible and then the so called $onstantinian %ift he will immediately discover from the content and style of the latter that ever since the Popes armoured themselves with this %ift they were not able henceforth to live, as the Lord had preached to /is disciples as sheep among wolves in other words without being based on finances and on rods for their defense! -or this 6! 7uratides noted that such adulteration of nature of the basically spiritual and other worldly organi5ation of the $hurch constitutes complete aberration from the golden rule upon which the relationship with the )tate of the early $hurch was regulated ,8elationships between $hurch and )tate from the 'rthodo9 perspective, .ol! 0, thens 0+:1, p0;04! The adulteration of the evangelical teaching, according to the above author, resulted in the beginning of the longstanding tragedy inducing the (ishop of 8ome to become swamped by worldly cares and depart from his main mission! "%out the so called &legali'ation( of the primacy) apparently %y the Great Constantine. ccording to this gift the Pope did not receive the primacy either from the postle Peter or from the $hurch but from a worldly ruler! %reat $onstantine however, as emperor, could not grant such primacy, for in reality he did not receive from %od such authority! The Pseudo-*sidorian +rders. s if one blooper was not enough, in which the papists stumbled, to support the unsupportable, they unfortunately proceeded with another similar fabrication by mi9ing truths and lies, as will become apparent below, with the creation of the Pseudo-&sidorian 'rders! Why they are called Pseudo-*sidorian +rders. The collection of adulterated papist orders was characteri5ed as the Pseudo&sidorian 'rders, their drawing up being assigned to the )paniard &sidor 7ercator! This name was derived by the union of two authors, &sidor of )eville and from the author of translations of ecclesiastical decisions, 7ario 7ercator ,.! )tephanides , $hurch /istory, thens 0+1+ p@++4! Bith the name of &sidor of )eville ,1:3-:2:4, there e9isted an earlier collection of genuine canons and papist orders! &n that collection, during the +th century, +; false decratelia were mi9ed with the truth in a satanic manner such as to reinforce the authority of the Popes against that of the emperors and the leaders of the other $hurches! -or this reason, historian .! )tephanides states, "o other adulteration in the global history was created with such a skill and no other had such great results! -rom the said study, namely of the theological sources, according to the previous author, elements were used which were distorted in such a way to fit the desired by the papists meaning, without their terrible adulteration becoming easily perceptible!

The contents of the forged +rders. ccording to the te9ts of the pseudo-&sidorian 'rders, the priesthood is the visible head of the $hurch, namely caput totius orbi ,head of all ecumenism4 having the total authority not only ecclesiastically but also over political matters! lso every bishop is the representative of the Pope from whom he receives his authority! -or this reason from every bishop and whatever synod it is possible to reCuest the Pope to resolve any argument, because him being the so called vicar of $hrist on earth, has the prerogative to judge and to resolve every difference! 7oreover, no synod can possibly convene or occur, whether local or ecumenical, without the e9press permission of the PopeD The decisions of the )ynods however, have no validity if they are not finally approved by the officiating Pope, who is the highest judge and governor of the $hurch and above all )ynods! When they appeared. The Pseudo-&sidorian 'rders appeared and used the first time by the Pope "ikolas 0st ,<1<-<:=4 about whom it was said, he made himself emperor of the whole world! The Pope himself arrogantly declared that the emperor received his authority from the apostle Peter and for this he is absolutely subordinate to him! -or this reason in fact, according to 6! 7uratidis, he considered its use so imperative and necessary, the crowning and validation of the emperor by the Pope, as was the royal lineage for the kings,8elationship between $hurch and )tate, thens 0+:1, p! 02<4 What these forgeries and false +rders prove. The false and forged Pseudo-&sidorian 'rders are apparent from many reasons and especially the following! The reference of the papist encyclicals of the ,st) -nd) and .rd century "# The forger of the 'rders erred in including the papist encyclicals of the 0st, @nd, and 2rd centuries E namely those of $lements, nenglitus, #uvarestus etc, while no one of the early historians made any mention of these! Eionysios the )mall, who was active in the :th century, had collected according to saint "ectarios of #gina, early canons and papist encyclicals that were issued from 2+< on, confirming at the same time that he found no papist orders before this year ,/istorical study, 0st &ssue, thens 0++< p0+3-0+04! *nterior reasons. &n every unbiased study these papist orders appear as forged on internal grounds of which the most important are the following?

"pparent anachronisms.
The bishop of 8ome 7iltiadis, who was Pope from 200 to 20;, in those 'rders he comments on the decisions of the 0st #cumenical )ynod ,2@14 that took place after his death, while at the same time it maintains that the Pope, as head, had apparently the primacy of jurisdiction over the four patriarchatesD The title however of the patriarch prevailed, according to much later historians, namely, during the years of the emperor Theodosius @nd the 7inor ,;3<-;134! -rom such anachronisms it becomes obvious the forger of these 'rders was writing on events based on his period, without correctly considering the historical framework of the people he produced! The #ecretalia e$pressions.

/#ecretalia were Papal decrees giving decisions on points or 0uestions of canon law1 The e9pressions of the Pseudo &sidorian 'rders are so supercilious to the Popes that they do not e9press the habits of the popes of that time but of much later on! -or this reason many 8oman $atholics such as (aronius, (ellarminus etc were forced to acknowledge the illegitimacy of these 'rders! The research of recent historians The illegitimacy of these 'rders was proved in the most recent years for the first time by the Lutheran authors of the 7agdenburgh centennial -lakios and the rest of the 0:th century E ,from the book "ectarios of #gina4! fter the above, many more wrote about this adulteration, between who were also some $atholic researchers! -or this reason today these 'rders are not characteri5ed as &sidorian but as Pseudo-&sidorian! -ollowing e9tensive research, one of the researchers bbe -leury, says about it, that they found ,namely in the Eecretalia4 different e9cerpts of the )aints Leo and %regory and other popes, who had lived much later of those who are referred as the publishers of the decretalia! lmost all their chronologies are concocted and the lie becomes totally obvious ,Livre Cuarante Cuatrieme $FF&& p 01=4