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The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.

Thomas Hobbes
Sitting, Leviathan, Empires
'Leviathan' (1651) pt. 4, ch. 47
The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.