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Posted by becauseHElives (Member # 87) on :
 
Is anyone aware that there is a prophecy concerning the number of Pope's before the end of time?

Would/could anyone comment?

There is no doubt in my mind that the Roman catholic Church is the Great W!hore spoken of in the Book of Revelation, but is there any connection to this prophecy?

http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp
 

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Posted by Bat Elohim (Member # 3739) on :
 
I have hear of this prophecy... this new pope is supposed to be either the last or the second to last. I think I read it here on one of the threads... but that's been a few weeks/months? ago.
 

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Posted by SoftTouch (Member # 2316) on :
 
There are two schools of thought on the Malachy prophecies. One is that there is a total of 112 Popes. This new Pope would be #111

The other is that the 112th name (Peter the Roman) was added after the original writing. This is the one that's referred to most frequently as the Last Pope and some believe will be the Anti-Christ or False Prophet.

I would use Caution with these 'prophecies' as they are extra-biblical and come from an RCC source. There is a thread from a while back where I think this was discussed. I haven't looked for it though.
 

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Posted by mohawk (Member # 2898) on :
 
Yes, St. Malachy is not a biblical prophet, so his visions are to be taken with a grain of salt. However, I have done a bit of reading on this, and what makes Malachy's prophecies so compelling is that he seems to be stunningly accurate. (This still does not place Malachy in league with biblical prophets like Jeremiah or Daniel, but it makes for interesting study).

Most compelling is his description of the Popes he claims are the final three. He predicted that the current Pope would come from the Benedictine order--and he has. Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman), supposedly the last Pope, who is still to come, was added to the list by St. Malachy's biographer (a Malachy prediction after the fact, and not "officially" added to the list by Malachy himself, if I recall what I read accurately).

The other interesting element is that the current Pope, Benedict, is said to be the one who will be in power "during the beginning" of Jacob's Trouble (the Tribulation). And that Peter the Roman will be Pope when the city on seven hills (Rome) is destroyed. If that is true, then we are close to the end time indeed.

Again, I am not comparing Malachy to anyone in the Bible. That would be wrong. I am simply illustrating how fascinating Malachy's prophecies are, in light of current events. I will also point out that the prophecies of Jeremiah, John, Daniel--and Jesus--are also coming to fruition and it is obvious we should be looking heavenward, for the hour is approaching.


 

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Posted by becauseHElives (Member # 87) on :
 
thanks for the info, never heard of that prophecy before,

for sure I put no validity to any thing Roman Catholic,

from what I have read thus far, this new Pope really needs to be watched. He was in Hitler's youth program as a young man.

All I can say is come quickly Yeshua,
 

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Posted by SoftTouch (Member # 2316) on :
 
Here is an article I found today at Brother Ripp’s website ( www.rapturenews.com). I found a few items very interesting in this piece…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=WRMREDO5RX40PQFIQMFCM5WAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/04/25/wpope25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/04/25/ixportaltop.html

Humanity has lost its way, says new Pope

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His message was delivered softly but firmly to a crowd of 500,000 packing St Peter's Square, including some 150 foreign delegations of world and religious leaders, and a number of royals.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was given pride of place in the front row of representatives of other denominations who heard the Pope appeal for Christian unity.

Prince Philip was also at the Vatican, as was Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, representing the Government, Lady Bolton for the Conservatives and Lady Williams for the Liberal Democrats. Among the royals were Prince Albert of Monaco, and the King and Queen of Belgium.

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Among those in the American delegation was President George W Bush's brother Jeb, a Catholic convert.

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he painted a picture of humanity's "wretched" soul being "lost in the desert" of the modern age, which as Peter's successor it was his duty to save.

"The human race - every one of us - is the sheep lost in the desert which no longer knows the way," the Pope said. "The Son of God will not let this happen. He (Note from ST: I’m guessing he means Jesus?) cannot abandon humanity in so wretched a condition. And there are so many kinds of desert. There is the desert of poverty, the desert of hunger and thirst, the desert of abandonment, of loneliness, of destroyed love.

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