“THE prophecies of the Apocalypse show that Satan will imitate the Church of Christ to deceive mankind; he will set up a church of Satan in opposition to the Church of Christ. Antichrist will assume the role of Messias; his prophet will act the part of Pope, and there will be imitations of the Sacraments of the Church. There will also be lying wonders in imitation of the miracles wrought in the Church …There seems to be no reason why a false Church might not become universal, even more universal than the true one, at least for a time” (pgs.119, 155, [E. Sylvester Berry, D.D.]; The Church of Christ, An Apologetic and Dogmatic Treatise, Herder, St. Louis and London, 1927 and 1941).

“If we are truly the apostolic Church of the ages, we will recognize the same authority. That authority was established in an unbroken line from St. Peter to the last true pope, Pius XII. Any deviation from the teaching and the succession to that line tells us it is not apostolic; that it cannot and does not issue from Christ to his Apostles and their successors. It is a terrible realization that we live in the reign of Antichrist, and the juridic Church no longer exists. But Christ has promised to not leave us orphans; we are yet the members of his Mystical Body on earth. It is up to us to find our way, as Pope Pius XII commanded, and assume the duties of the hierarchy in the manner he instructed. We may not have priests and bishops, we may have lost our pope, but we are still the Church — true authority has declared that to us — and therefore no one wielding a false authority can pretend to rob us of our true Catholic identity.”