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The Wealth of Rome is a 12-part VerseQuest Bible study series examining the contradiction between the poor Christ of Scripture and the wealthy Roman Catholic system that claims to represent Him. This series studies Vatican wealth, papal power, indulgences, relics, pilgrimages, religious beauty, sacred revenue, Vatican banking, political influence, sovereignty, and institutional secrecy in light of the King James Bible. It is not written to attack sincere Catholic people, but to test the Roman system by Scripture. From Matthew 6:21 to Acts 3:6, the question is simple: how did a faith that began with apostles saying “Silver and gold have I none” become connected to treasure, property, ceremony, hierarchy, banks, and empire? This series calls readers to stop being mesmerized by age, beauty, size, and power, and to ask the final Bible question: What saith the Scripture?