Man! You put a lot of work and thought into this essay! It has a lot of eye-opening facts I was unaware of. If I might add a thought of my own... At the time you point out, at the time the False Prophet rises to take over the "One Church," to be sure, it cannot be any Pope - as thought of in the past, or the current Pope, or some future Pope- because one the False Prophet has taken over the One World Religion and because of all the miraculous signs he will perform ("...to deceive the very elect ,if that were possible.") I do agree that the Roman Pope may well be taking the lead in forming the One World Church, but this is predating the appearance of the Beast, the False Prophet in the timeline. Oh, it may be happening soon enough, but there is plenty of blame to go around!