The Rising European Superpower: Prophesied in the Bible?

Events in Europe are reshaping the world. The European Union has now expanded from 15 to 25 members. Most of Europe already shares a common currency and plans within months to have a European constitution to further unify the continent. Military and intelligence cooperation is increasing. Why are these developments taking place? Where are they heading and how will they affect you? The shocking truth was foretold centuries ago in the pages of your Bible!

by Melvin Rhodes

It's been more than 12 centuries since the names of the pope and Charlemagne were linked, but 2004 saw them both linked again.

On Christmas Day, in the year 800, Charlemagne [Charles the Great] was bent in prayer in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome when Pope Leo III placed a crown of gold on his head. The congregation then proclaimed: "To Carolus Augustus [Charles the venerable or exalted], crowned by God, mighty and pacific emperor, be life and victory."

Charlemagne was the leader of a revived Roman Empire, the first Western emperor of the postclassical world. This Holy Roman Empire, after a brief hiatus, lasted a thousand years—finally giving way to the French Emperor Napoleon less than 200 years ago, in 1806.

Today, more than 12 centuries after Charlemagne's crowning by Pope Leo III, the citizens of the German city of Aachen, Charlemagne's medieval capital (known in French as Aix-la-Chapelle), award the annual Charlemagne prize to the individual they feel has contributed the most to the goal of European unification, as exemplified by the ideals and accomplishments of the Emperor Charlemagne.

This year's prize was awarded on March 24 to Pope John Paul II, once again reaffirming the special link between church and state that has been a constant theme in European affairs since the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. Separately, earlier in the same month, the outgoing German president Johannes Rau visited the Vatican and thanked the pope personally for his contribution to German reunification and European integration.

The board of directors of the Charlemagne prize, in giving their reasons for granting the award to the pope, stated that "Pope John Paul II demonstrates in his approach to life that the values and traditions for which Europe has struggled can be of decisive importance in building a new political world order, and that Europe should exert its influence in this direction."

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