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The Pro Teste Ante Circe, also known as the Protestant Church is a political and religious movement first formed by the Pisan / Venetian noble families at the beginning of the 16th Century as a counter-attack against the combined forces of Genoa, Florence, the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire which were threatening extinction of the Pisan / Venetian noble family powerbase.

Contrary to deliberately false history, the Venetian and exiled Pisa families were instrumental in the establishment of the “reformation” and “protestant” movements as a means of initially weakening their enemies and later as a firm means of control:

(i) In 1494 CE the Medici were expelled from Florence by the invading army of Charles VIII (1483 - 1498) of France; Florentine born Nicolò Morosini (b.1469 - d.1527) proclaimed himself Doxi (Doge) of Pisa and proceeded to declare a new Republic of Pisa and declared Pisa ally of France and Venice. The League of Naples, falsely called the “League of Venice” was quickly formed by Genoa, England, Spain, Germany and exiles that succeeded in recapturing Naples and Florence by 1495 and then forcing the French to retreat completely from Italy by 1496; and

(ii) In 1503 CE, Roman Pontiff Julius I (II) (1503 - 1513) (Giuliano della Rovere, Genoa) comes to power and immediately begins action against Pisa, Venice and its allies. In the same year Roman Pontiff Julius I (II) demanded King Henry VII (1485 - 1509) expel the Venetians and Pisans from England, with control of the University of Cambridge granted to Cardinal Niccolò Giovanni Fieschi (1456-1526) as Rector, also known as John Fisher; and

(iii) In 1503 CE, upon the von Dalberg dynasty being deposed by a candidate of Roman Pontiff Julius I (II) (1503 - 1513) at the University of Heidelberg, several leading teachers left for other postings such as Rabbi Philipp (Melanchthon) Schwartz (b.1497 - d.1560) accepting the post as Rector of the University of Wittenberg in Saxony, Germany; and

(iv) Before the end of 1509 CE, the last Doge of Pisa, Nicolò Morosini (b.1469 - d.1527) also known as “Macchiavelli”, or “(blood) stained fleece”, escaped the Florentine siege of Pisa with his family to find sanctuary in the Kingdom of Navarre under the protection of John III (1484 - 1516) of Navarre. However, Giuliano della Rovere also known as Roman Pontiff Julius I (II) (1503 - 1513) demanded the Morosini be delivered up by John III who refused, thus causing the invasion of Navarre in 1512 CE by Ferdinand II (1479 - 1516) of Aragon. The Morosini managed to escape to the sanctuary of King Louis XII (1498 - 1515) of France thanks to Basque commander Íñigo (Ignatius) de Loyola (b.1491 - d.1556) who remained in France with the family and remained in life long service to the Morosini's; and

(v) During 1509 CE, after the total destruction of Pisa and the defeat of Venice at the battle of Agnadello, by the League of Cambrai of Spain, Germany, Naples, France and Genoa led by Roman Pontiff Julius I (II) (1503 - 1513) (Giuliano della Rovere, Genoa); Venice succeeded in reaching brief terms with Emperor Charles V Hapsburg (1516 - 1556) of Spain, splitting the forces of the League, enabling the Venetians to recapture Padua before the end of 1509; and

(vi) At the height of the danger for Venice in 1509 CE, only two (2) Pisan - Venetian Universities remained being the University of Basel in Switzerland under the Hohenheim dynasty and the University of Wittenberg in Saxony, Germany under the Schwartz dynasty; and

(vii) By 1509 CE, Venice also succeeded in establishing relations with powerful enemies of the della Rovere, including Matteo da Montefeltro (de Bascio) (b.1495 - d.1552), the former Duke of Urbino (1482 - 1508) and Ludovico Morosini-Sforza (de Fossombrone) (b.1452 - d.1535) former Duke of Milan (1489 - 1500). Upon the death of Giuliano della Rovere in 1513 CE, the League of Cambrai was effectively over and Venice regained most of its former territory; and

(viii) In France, Nicolò Morosini (b.1469 - d.1527) also known as “Macchiavelli” or “(blood) stained fleece” became a key strategic advisor of King Louis XII (1498 - 1515) of France. In 1513 CE he completed a work known as De Principatibus, later known as The Prince dedicated to crown prince Francis I (1515 - 1547) of France; and

(ix) In 1512 CE, Venetian trained - German (Heidelberg) schooled lawyer Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 - d.1546) and Venetian trained German artist Luca Mahler (Cranach) (b. 1472 - d. 1553) were sent with substantial funds to the University of Wittenberg under the protection of the House of Wettin and Frederick III (1483 - 1525) of Saxony. A new print works was established with the funds; and

(x) In 1519 CE, after failing to promote racial tension and religious unrest in Germany against Emperor Charles V Hapsburg (1516 - 1556) of Spain, the Venetians appointed in 1519 Mizrahi (Jewish) Rabbi Andreas Bodenstein (b. 1486 - d.1541) to the University of Wittenberg, to oversee the construction of the “Luther” German Bible and anti-Semitic literature aimed at naming the Khazarian Diaspora, for the first time, “Jews”; and

(xi) In 1513 CE, King Henry VIII (1509 - 1547) re-established secret diplomatic relations with Venice through Venetian Ambassador Francesco Guillaumo Zorzi (b.1466 - d.1536), also known as Desiderius Erasmus and William of Tindal. Morosini family financial support saved England and enabled King Henry to respond to the threat of James IV of Scotland after the failed invasion of France earlier in the year; and

(xii) By 1514 CE, Francesco Guillaumo Zorzi succeeded in introducing Tommaso Morosini (b.1485 - d.1540) also known as “Thomas the Moor”, “Thomas the sorcerer”, the son of Nicolò Morosini, to English Court. In the same year, Tommaso Morosini was made 1st Earl of Essex and married the younger sister to Henry named Elizabeth Tudor (b. 1492 - d.1527), who contrary to deliberately false history, did not die at age three (3); and

(xiii) In 1519 CE, following the initial failed progress of the Wittenberg Project, the famous Rabbi Leo ben Judah ibn Tibbon (b. 1482 - d. 1542), also known as “Leo Juda” from the Venetian University of Candia, were sent to Rector Philip von Hohenheim (b.1493 – d.1541) of the Hohenheim dynasty controlling the Venetian University of Basel, Switzerland. The Venetians placed noble Nicolò Guillaumo Zorzi (b. 1484 - d. 1531) also known by the anagram “rich bounty (is) mandatory to him” or huld+rich+zwin+gli , brother of Andreasio Michiel Zorzi (b. 1481 – d.1553) and cousin to Francesco Guillermo Zorzi (b.1466 - d.1536) in charge with the goal of developing a new religion based on converting “nominally” Christian descendents of merchants, bankers and traders to rise up against Emperor Charles V Hapsburg (1516 - 1556) of Spain; and

(xiv) In 1526 CE, Francesco Guillaumo Zorzi and the Tommaso Morosini were instrumental in establishing the League of Cognac formed between England, France and Venice against the rising power of Spain, Germany, Netherlands and the Hapsburgs. Tommaso Morosini was appointed Lord Chancellor and chief minister of King Henry VIII (1509 - 1547) as well as the title 1st Earl of Essex. The previous Lord Chancellor Thomas Wolsey (1515 - 1526) was proclaimed an agent of Spain, his home Hampton Court was seized and he was stripped of all titles except his ecclesiastical position of York where he was forced into exile until his death in 1530. In 1527, Elizabeth Tudor, wife of Thomas Morosini died; and

(xv) In 1529 CE, Lord Chancellor Thomas Morosini (1525 - 1540) was appointed as Speaker of the Westminster of the infamous “Reformation Parliament” which introduced the new legal frameworks of Venetian-Roman Death Cult Law. On the 8th July 1536, Thomas Morosini was made officially Baron Cromwell, or Chief Advisor of the Will of the King (Henry); and

(xvi) In 1529 CE, Lord Chancellor Thomas Morosini (1525 - 1540) was also appointed Rector of the University of Cambridge with Rector Cardinal Niccolò Giovanni Fieschi (1456-1526) of Genoa, also known as John Fisher arrested as a spy and executed; and

(xvii) In 1530 CE, Lord Chancellor Thomas Morosini (1525 - 1540) secured a number of leading academics to come to the University of Cambridge following the purge including Ricardo Giovanni Pico (b.1487-d.1541), also later known as Richard Cecil, son of world famous intellectual Giovanni Pico (b.1463-d.1494) and creator of De hominis dignitate or “Oration on the Dignity of Man”; and

(xviii) In 1516 CE, Giovanni Memmo (b. 1496–d. 1536) and his brother Pietro Memmo were commissioned by the Venetians to Leiden, Belgium for the mission of formenting a racial and religious uprising against Emperor Charles V Hapsburg (1516-1556) of Spain. By 1536, Memmo had succeeded in forming the Anabaptists later also known as Mennonites; and

(xix) In 1531 CE, following the Diet of Augsburg of “protestant” cities the year earlier, the Catholic cantons of the old Swiss Condeferacy led by Zurich attacked the University city of Basel in the deliberately misnamed “War of Kappel”. The University and city were destroyed, including the death of Nicolò Guillaumo Zorzi (b. 1484 - d. 1531) also known by the anagram “rich bounty (is) mandatory to him” or huld+rich+zwin+gli. Less than a century later, Nicolò was made patron saint of Switzerland and the Swiss Guards as well as honored in the annual ceremony in the form of Santa Klaus created in the 19th Century; and

(xx) In 1531 CE, following the destruction of the University and city of Basel in Switzerland, the Venetians sent a mercenary force under the command of Andreasio Michiel Zorzi (b. 1481 – d.1553) to Switzerland and Zurich was then destroyed in retaliation. The city of Geneva was then captured and peace terms obtained with the remaining Swiss Cantons. Work immediately started on the creation of the University of Geneva with several leading scholars brought from the University of Candia under Rabbi Johan ben Gershon ha-Kohen (b. 1509 - d. 1564), also known as “John Calvin” appointed as the new Rector; and

(xxi) In 1534 CE, Andreasio Michiel Zorzi (b. 1481 – d.1553) left Geneva for England and then Ireland to assist Lord Chancellor Thomas Morosini (1525 - 1540) in putting down an Irish rebellion. As reward, he was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, a position he kept until his death in 1553 CE; and

(xxii) In midyear, 1536 CE, Francesco Guillaumo Zorzi (b.1466 - d.1536), the closest friend of King Henry VIII (1509 - 1547) was betrayed and then captured in Antwerp by forces of Emperor Ferdinand I Hapsburg (1531 - 1564). Despite the efforts of Baron Cromwell (Thomas Morosini), Francesco Guillaumo Zorzi was tortured and executed in October 1536. King Henry then continued to blame Baron Cromwell for the death of Zorzi until in 1540, finally Henry VIII had Thomas Morosini executed - the first time in history the head of the Morosini family had experienced such a fate in more than six hundred (600) years; and

(xxiii) In 1538 ce, the new University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France was founded and Andreasio Michiel Zorzi (b. 1481 – d.1553) ordered Rabbi Johan ben Gershon ha-Kohen (Calvin) (b. 1509 - d. 1564) to Strasbourg to help establish the huguenot political and religious zealot movement in France. “Calvin” resented the actions of Zorzi and while cultivating political and religious dissention also cultivated a “messianic cult” around himself; and

(xxiv) In 1540 CE, King Henry VIII (1509 -1547) publicly recanted his claims against Baron Cromwell (Thomas Morosini) and appointed his son and nephew to King Henry, named Nicholas Gregory (b.1515 – d.1551), 1st Baron Cromwell, as a perpetual title. Soon after, King Henry VIII invested the first saint of Protestantism with Francesco Zorzi or George in England as Saint George, who symbolically defeated the "Beast of Rome"; and

(xxv) In 1540 CE, Rabbi Johan ben Gershon ha-Kohen (b. 1509 - d. 1554), also known as “John Calvin” returned to Geneva from Strasbourg with his younger brother from the University of Trier being Mordechai ben Gershon HaKohen (1508 - 1554), also known as “Guillaume de Trier” and “Petrius de Binsfeld (Trier)” and a force of zealous converts from Strasbourg. From this point, “Calvin” became effectively a theocratic ruler of Geneva; and

(xxvi) In 1553 CE, Andreasio Michiel Zorzi (b. 1481 – d.1553) returned to Geneva from Ireland to have Rabbi Johan ben Gershon ha-Kohen (b. 1509 - d. 1564), also known as “John Calvin” removed from his position and placed in exile. “Calvin” arrested Zorzi and had him “burned” at the stake. Less than fifty (50) years later, the long dead, "Zorzi" was invested as St. Patricius (Patrick), Patron of Ireland; who opposed serpents, sins and witchcraft; and

(xxvii) In 1553 CE, the English and Venetians responded by sending his nephew Giovanni Zorzi (b.1513 - d.1572) also known as “John the slaughterer” or “Johannus Nex” and “John Knox” and a mercenary army to Switzerland. To save themselves from the Venetian-English, the population turned on “Calvin”, killing him, his brother and the entire leadership, then opened the gates. Andreasio Giovanni Zorzi (b.1513 - d.1572) then burned the body of “Calvin”, then scattering the ashes. Knox remained in control of Geneva until being recalled to England to help counter Mary, Queen of Scots.

Contrary to deliberate false history, designed to hide the origins, purpose and functions of the Pro Teste Ante Circe, also known as the “founders” Protestant Church, were also the authors and founders of key rituals of the Roman Death Cult even before they were discussed and debated at the Council of Trent (1545-63):

(i) Baptism was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor one of its first rituals until the 7th session of the Council of Trent in March 1547 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483- d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE; and

(ii) Confirmatio was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor its first rituals until the 7th session of the Council of Trent in March 1547 CE; and

(iii) The Eucharist was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor its first rituals until the 13th session of the Council of Trent in October 1551 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483- d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE and was published as a key element of “protest faith” as early as 1526 CE; and

(iv) Penance or “Confession” was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor its first rituals until the 14th session of the Council of Trent in November 1551 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 - d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE; and

(v) Ordination was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, by the 13th session of the Council of Trent in October 1551 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 -  d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE; and

(vi) Marriage was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor its first rituals until the 24th session of the Council of Trent in November 1563 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 - d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE; and

(vii) Extreme unction or “anointing the sick” was not confirmed as an official sacrament of the Catholic Church, nor its first rituals until the 14th session of the Council of Trent in November 1551 CE, yet was confirmed as a sacrament under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 - d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE; and

(viii) Original Sin was not confirmed as a doctrine of the Catholic Church until the 5th session of the Council of Trent, yet was confirmed as an act of faith for all protestants under Martinus Leder (Luther) (b. 1483 - d.1546) through the Augsburg Confession of Faith by June 1530 CE.

Contrary to claims that Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) used the Bibliographe or βιβλιογράφη officially published by Constantine in 326 CE and the unholy 1st Century CE Septuaginta of Mithraic priest Flavius Josephus ben Matthias in Hebrew as the root texts for translation, the Septuaginta was written originally in Latin, not the 4th Century language created by the Persian Menes Religion. Furthermore the use of “God” and “Lord God” means that the Luther Bible was nothing more than a direct translation of the 13th Century Vulgate into German by 1534 CE, with further edits under the direction and guidance of the Venetians including Matteo Serafini (1495 - 1552).

Contrary to claims that the Geneva Bible used the Bibliographe or βιβλιογράφη officially published by Constantine in 326 CE and the unholy 1st Century CE Septuaginta of Mithraic priest Flavius Josephus ben Matthias in Hebrew as the root texts for translation, the Septuaginta was written originally in Latin, not the 4th Century language created by the Persian Menes Religion. Furthermore the use of “God” and “Lord God” means that the Geneva Bible was substantially based on the 13th Century Vulgate. However, the involvement of Rabbi Jon Coen (Calvin) of Venice and Bernardino Ochino (1487 - 1564) of the Capuchins in its production signaled the first deliberate alignment of the Roman Death Cult and the disparate faiths of the Khazar-Menesheh Diaspora. The first publication in French and English was in 1560 CE.

The phrase Pro Teste Ante Circe which renders “Protestant Church” in English, has several distinct and purposeful meanings since its creation by the Venetians, who originated the “protest” movement:

(i) As circe means “ring” in Latin, Pro Teste Ante Circe may be translated as “as a witness before the ring”; and

(ii) As circe is the Latin translation of κίρκος (kirkos) in Ancient Greek which means “binding ring; a hidden predator in form of wolf, hawk or falcon”, the Latin phrase Pro Teste Ante Circe may be translated as “as a witness before the hidden predator”; and

(iii) As Circe in Latin mythology was a goddess of “magic, demonology, evil and witchcraft” similar to the Basque goddess Mari (Mary) and Cybele, the Latin phrase Pro Teste Ante Circe may be translated as “as a witness before the goddess (Mary)”; and

(iv) As both the translations of circe as a “hidden predator” and Circe as the goddess are the personification in action or form of “evil”, the Latin phrase Pro Teste Ante Circe may be translated as “as a witness for evil”.

As a literal translation of the meaning of the Latin phrase Pro Teste Ante Circe is “as a witness for evil”, Protestant Ethics may be more accurately characterized as designed so that “good people to do nothing”.

The formation of the modern religion of Judaism would not have been possible if Protestantism had not been created prior.