Question 14 (point 7)
Point 7 says the Beast persecutes God's saints. Does the Papacy fit this description?
Bible
Revelation 13:7
"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them."
Answer
In order to silence “heretics” (people who didn't agree with their teaching), the Roman Catholic Church made war, or persecuted, God’s true saints. It is estimated that the church martyred more than 50 million “heretics” during the dark ages. You can read about protestants being persecuted and killed by the church in books like John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs published in 1563.
Does the Roman Catholic Papacy fit point #7? Did it persecute God's saints?
Yes!
It is well established in history that the church persecuted protestant "heretics".
"The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make and inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons." John Foxe
"A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure." John Foxe