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For more than 800 years scholars have pointed to the dark augury
having to do with "the last Pope." The prophecy, taken from St.
Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes," is among a list of verses
predicting each of the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II
to the final pope, "Peter the Roman," whose reign would end in the
destruction of Rome. First published in 1595, the prophecies were
attributed to St. Malachy by a Benedictine historian named Arnold
de Wyon, who recorded them in his book, Lignum Vitae. Tradition
holds that Malachy had been called to Rome by Pope Innocent II, and
while there, he experienced the vision of the future popes,
including the last one, which he wrote down in a series of cryptic
phrases. According to the prophecy, the next pope (following
Benedict XVI) is to be the final pontiff, Petrus Romanus or Peter
the Roman. The idea by some Catholics that the next pope on St.
Malachy's list heralds the beginning of "great apostasy" followed
by "great tribulation" sets the stage for the imminent unfolding of
apocalyptic events, something many non-Catholics would agree with.
This would give rise to a false prophet, who according to the book
of Revelation leads the world's religious communities into
embracing a political leader known as Antichrist. In recent
history, several Catholic priests--some deceased now--have been
surprisingly outspoken on what they have seen as this inevitable
danger rising from within the ranks of Catholicism as a result of
secret satanic "Illuminati-Masonic" influences. These priests claim
secret knowledge of an multinational power elite and occult
hierarchy operating behind supranatural and global political
machinations. Among this secret society are sinister false Catholic
infiltrators who understand that, as the Roman Catholic Church
represents one-sixth of the world's population and over half of all
Christians, it is indispensable for controlling future global
elements in matters of church and state and the fulfillment of a
diabolical plan they call "Alta Vendetta," which is set to assume
control of the papacy and to help the False Prophet deceive the
world's faithful (including Catholics) into worshipping Antichrist.
As stated by Dr. Michael Lake on the front cover, Catholic and
evangelical scholars have dreaded this moment for centuries.
Unfortunately, as readers will learn, time for avoiding Peter the
Roman just ran out.
Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I., was a model pastor and a heroic disciple of Christ. A native Chicagoan, he was told as a young man that he would never be a priest in Chicago because of a physical disability resulting from polio. He went on to be ordained a priest with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1963. He was appointed as Archbishop of Chicago in 1997, created a cardinal in 1998, and served in Chicago until 2014, just months before his death at the age of 78.
Cardinal George's many gifts — including his superior intellect — made him a pivotal player in Church affairs nationally and internationally. He governed during difficult and challenging times, yet he always attempted to lead with the heart of Christ, living out his episcopal motto, "To Christ be glory in the Church."
A man of pastoral availability, Cardinal George poured out his life in service to Christ and the Church, always attentive to the poor and those on the margins. Universally admired for his pursuit and proclamation of the truth, and his personal witness to the Gospel, Cardinal George remains a model for discipleship and leadership. By the time of his death in 2015, Cardinal George was regarded as one of the most respected bishops in American Catholic history. His fascinating and inspiring story reminds us that God's ways are always better than our own.
Dr Butler provides a new interpretation of the cristero war
(1926-29) which divided Mexico's peasantry into rival camps loyal
to the Catholic Church (cristero) or the Revolution (agrarista).
This book puts religion at the heart of our understanding of the
revolt by showing how peasant allegiances often resulted from
genuinely popular cultural and religious antagonisms. It challenges
the assumption that Mexican peasants in the 1920s shared religious
outlooks and that their behaviour was mainly driven by political
and material factors. Focusing on the state of Michoacan in
western-central Mexico, the volume seeks to integrate both cultural
and structural lines of inquiry. First charting the uneven
character of Michoacan's historical formation in the late colonial
period and the nineteenth century, Dr Butler shows how the
emergence of distinct agrarian regimes and political cultures was
later associated with varying popular responses to
post-revolutionary state formation in the areas of educational and
agrarian reform. At the same time, it is argued that these
structural trends were accompanied by increasingly clear
divergences in popular religious cultures, including lay attitudes
to the clergy, patterns of religious devotion and deviancy, levels
of sacramental participation, and commitment to militant 'social'
Catholicism. As peasants in different communities developed
distinct parish identities, so the institutional conflict between
Church and state acquired diverse meanings and provoked violently
contradictory popular responses. Thus the fires of revolt burned
all the more fiercely because they inflamed a countryside which -
then as now - was deeply divided in matters of faith as well as
politics. Based on oral testimonies and careful searches of dozens
of ecclesiastical and state archives, this study makes an important
contribution to the religious history of the Mexican Revolution.
Creating a Scottish Church considers Catholicism's transition from
an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution
that existed on a national scale. By challenging the dominant
notion of Scotland as a Presbyterian nation, this study represents
a radical departure from traditional perceptions. Included in this
journey through nineteenth-century industrial urbanisation are the
roles of women as well as the effect of Irish migration that
initiated a reappraisal of the Church's position in Scottish
culture and society. In taking a more critical look at gender and
ethnicity, Kehoe investigates the myriad ways in which Scotland's
Catholic population enhanced their experiences of community life
and acquired a sense of belonging in a rapidly evolving and
modernising nation. Introducing previously unseen material from
private collections and archives, Kehoe also considers how the
development of church-run social welfare services for the Catholic
population helped to support the construction of a civil society
and national identity that was distinctively Scottish. The book's
primary focus on gender, ethnicity and religiosity introduces a
deeper understanding of religion and culture in modern Britain,
thus providing a significant contribution to existing
historiography.
In the midst of a culture that is increasingly confused about sexuality, love, life, and our very identity as persons, the Church offers us the truth of who we are. For women, this truth is rooted in motherhood -- not just biological but, even more, spiritual -- because women are the bearers and nurturers of life. Yet it's difficult to understand and defend the true value of motherhood when the lies that permeate secular culture have seeped into our own way of thinking, even in the Church.
Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad helps Catholics to peel back societal assumptions to understand the fundamental misconceptions fueling our culture's attacks on marriage, motherhood, and the family. Examining current practices in light of these faulty assumptions will empower women in their own motherhood and equip Catholics to combat the culture of confusion by boldly proclaiming God's vision for our lives.
This book offers a deep dive into what the Church teaches on motherhood and its dignity, equipping us to understand the WHY behind those teachings. It is only by living within a vision that honors the self-gift of motherhood as the pinnacle of womanhood that love, and not self-interest, can begin to reorder our lives.
What is the secret of John Henry Newman's enduring appeal? It
perhaps lies in the freshness and persuasiveness and brilliance of
his descriptions of Christianity. The word Newman often uses to
describe the process of becoming a Christian is not 'faith' or
'belief' but 'realization'. The moment when 'one opens one's heart
to a truth'. This collection of sermons - the ones Newman himself
thought were his best - is the ideal introduction to one of the
greatest writers in the Christian tradition.
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The End of an Elite is the first scholarly study in English of the
bishops of the French church at the outbreak of the French
Revolution. The 130 members of the episcopate formed an elite
within an elite, the First Estate of France. Nigel Aston explores
the role of the episcopate in national and provincial politics in
the last years of the ancien regime. He traces the policies and
patronage of episcopal ministers such as Lomienie de Brienne and
J.-M. Champion de Cice, who were as much politicians as pastors,
and examines their relationships with their fellow bishops. Dr
Aston emphasizes the leading role of the bishops in the Assemblies
of Notables and offers a fresh interpretation of clerical elections
to the Estates-General of 1789. This is an intensively researched
and immensely readable account, which will be invaluable to all
historians of late eighteenth-century France.
Good luck getting through an entire day without experiencing the impact of Catholicism. Woken up by an alarm or checked the time? The mechanical clock was invented in the tenth century by a monk who became pope. A bowl of cereal for breakfast? Your milk is safe thanks to Louis Pasteur, a devout Catholic whose research was driven by a love of God and humanity. Knock on wood? It's actually an ancient Catholic practice invoking the power of the Cross when facing trouble or danger.
How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples.
As we emerge from a pandemic into a post-Christian world, these are times of immense challenge and enormous opportunity for the Catholic Church in the United States. Consider these statistics:
Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics.
Nearly three-quarters of young Catholics think that they could be a good Catholic without going to Mass every Sunday.
Catholic marriages have declined by almost two thirds since 1969, even as the number of Catholics in the United States has grown significantly.
Only one third of Catholics believe that the bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ at the consecration during Mass.
If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized. In other words, Catholics in the pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him.
Belief in the Jesuit Conspiracy is one of the most important and
enduring conspiracy theories in modern European history, and France
was one of its major focuses. In this scholarly and detailed
survey, Geoffrey Cubitt examines the range of polemical literature
through which the prevalent conviction of Jesuitical plots was
expressed, and explores political attitudes both within and outside
the Catholic church. Cubitt uses the available evidence to contrast
perceptions and reality, and to trace the development of a
widespread and powerful myth. The Jesuit Myth offers valuable
insights into the political and religious climate of
nineteenth-century France.
Extra features have been written especially to help you find your
way around the Bible: *All-new book introductions *How to find
Bible references *Suggested ways to begin reading *100 famous
stories *An overview of the biblical story in 40 key passages
*Where to find help in the Bible Other helps include: *Sidebar
navigation, listing the preceding or following books in the margin
of every page *New maps *Word list with simple definitions This
edition has an imprimatur from the Catholic Church.
Of the spiritual odysseys which dominate the literature of
nineteenth-century England, Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua is
universally acknowledged as one of the greatest and yet one of the
most difficult. Newman wrote the Apologia in 1864, as a reply to
Charles Kingsley's attack on his veracity and that of his fellow
Roman Catholic clergy; the following year he revised it extensively
and thereafter amended new impressions almost until his death in
1890. This fine edition, long unavailable, has been reissued for
the centenary; it includes all the variants resulting from Newman's
revisions, in both the printed texts and the surviving manuscripts.
From beloved spiritual writer and Catholic leader Gregory Floyd
comes a moving meditation on the power of memory and how God is
often more clearly seen when we look back. This is a book about
memory, about what stays in the mind, and why. It is a book about
the presence of God in our lives and the sights, sounds, words, and
experiences that become unforgettable. Beginning with a single word
he heard in the middle of the night-one that changed his life-this
powerful memoir by Gregory Floyd asks the question: without memory,
who are we? It is a meditation on beauty, marriage, family, and
prayer, asking of the memories that each implants: what do they
reveal? Where do they lead? -and witnessing to their potential to
draw us to God.
Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken
humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can
make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map
of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point
leading to new life.
The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like
lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as our world
grows increasingly violent the power of the Christ-event is so
great that the evils of scapegoating and sacrifice are being
defeated even now. A new community, God's nonviolent kingdom, is
being realized -- even now.
This timely and up to date new edition of Biomedicine and Beatitude
features an entirely new chapter on the ethics of bodily
modification. It is also updated throughout to reflect the
pontificate of Pope Francis, recent concerns including ethical
issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and feedback from the many
instructors who used the first edition in the classroom
Amid Passing Things is a collection of meditations on all the ways
God enters our lives, even when we're unaware. Based on his own
life experiences, Franciscan friar Jeremiah Shryock offers both
struggles and joys that come in a life that's consciously
encountering God-the Holy One all around us-not in some far-off
place, but right here and now in this life, amid passing things.
This is a unique selection of Edward Schillebeeckx' collection,
translated into English here for the first time. This is a
collection of essays from one of the most eminent Catholic
theologians of the late 20th century. Edward Schillebeeckx
Collected Works bring together the most important and influential
works of the Dutch Dominican and theologian Edward Schillebeeckx
(1914-2009) in a reliable edition. All translations have been
carefully checked or revised, some texts are presented in English
for the first time. The page numbers of earlier editions are
included. Each volume carries a foreword by an internationally
renowned Schillebeeckx expert. This edition makes Schillebeeckx
available for a new generation of scholars and students.
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