Amazing Discoveries
From Crete to Malta, Episode 5
"Have Protestants Signed Away Their Loyalty to Christ?"
Walter Veith:

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"So what happened? The Babylonian Priesthood, that ruled over Babylon, was in ABSOLUTE CONTROL AND HAD ALL POWER. When the Medo-Persians took over they did not want to be subject to the Medo-Persians, and so the priesthood left Babylon, and they established themselves at Pergamos, with the full rights and powers of the Babylonian Priest-Kings. And so this king, was known as 'Pontifex Maximus'." (...)

"So in 133 BC, the king of Pergamos bequeathed his title, his power, his vestments, to Rome. BUT THERE WAS A CONDITION. And the condition was the following: As the king of Pergamos was not a mere mortal but - as it were - "god, on earth", the condition was if you want to take this title upon yourself in its fullness, then the king has to be declared "god", to be "god", and he must be worshipped." ... ->