Bluefinger, on 16 January 2013 - 07:42 PM, said:
Revelation 17:12-13 seems to suggest that many kings will gove up their power. So, if you're an eschatologist, the pope's proposal isn't too far-fetched.
It takes a group of nations to believe in a common cause in order to withdraw sovereignty.
Absolutely correct!
The UK, USA, Germany, Spain, Italy, France etc were all created from independent Sovereign States, with each Independent state relinquishing Sovereignty to form greater nations with considerably increased local and International Leverage.
Just normal in the scheme of things.
The Pope is looking much further ahead, but his belief in a World overseer of Moral Governance just will not work - I am sure he is envisioning a Roman Catholic governance, and quite honestly with the RC stance on Paedophilia and abuse it just "aint goin to happen".