had HORNS(AUTHORITY) like a LAMB.…and CAUSES THE EARTH and those who DWELL IN IT to WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST, whose DEADLY WOUND was HEALED. He PERFORMS GREAT SIGNS…and he DECEIVES THOSE WHO DWELL ON EARTH BY THE SIGNS he was GRANTED TO DO IN THE SIGHT OF THE BEAST…”
“FILII VICARIVS DEI”
“THE VICAR OF CHRIST”
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You may remember
That earlier we saw
That there were only
SIX LETTERS in LATIN
That have NUMERICAL
VALUES. We
learned
that these total
“666” which is
the
“ANTICHRIST NUMBER”
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The POPE, as the “VICAR OF
CHRIST “ (the
VOICE of CHRIST
ON EARTH), bears the “NUMBER
OF HIS NAME”
which is “666”
GOD would NOT ALLOW such
Is given to WARN US that this
Position is “NOT WHAT IT
CLAIMS TO BE”.
REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and
he spake as a dragon
12And he exerciseth
all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he
doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth
in the sight of men,
14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell
on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound
by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had
power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed.
16 And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here
is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
St Malachy
Prophecy of the Popes
The most
famous and best known prophecies about the popes are those attributed to St.
Malachy, a medieval Irish priest and Kabbalist. In 1139 he went to Rome to give
an account of the affairs of his diocese to the pope, Innocent II, who promised
him two palliums for the metropolitan Sees of Armagh and Cashel. While at Rome,
he received (according to the Abbot Cucherat) the strange vision of the future
wherein was unfolded before his mind the long list of illustrious pontiffs who
were to rule the Church until the end of time.
The same
author tells us that St. Malachy gave his manuscript to Innocent II to console
him in the midst of his tribulations, and that the document remained unknown in
the Roman Archives until its discovery in 1590 (Cucherat, "Proph. de la
succession des papes", ch. xv). They were first published by Arnold de
Wyon, and ever since there has been much discussion as to whether they are
genuine predictions of St. Malachy or forgeries. The silence of 400 years on
the part of so many learned authors who had written about the popes, and the
silence of St. Bernard especially, who wrote the "Life of St.
Malachy", is a strong argument against their authenticity, but it is not
conclusive if we adopt Cucherat's theory that they were hidden in the Archives
during those 400 years.These short prophetical announcements, in number 112, indicate
some noticeable trait of all future popes from Celestine II, who was elected in
the year 1130, until the end of the world. They are enunciated under mystical
titles. Those who have undertaken to interpret and explain these symbolical
prophecies have succeeded in discovering some trait, allusion, point, or
similitude in their application to the individual popes, either as to their
country, their name, their coat of arms or insignia, their birth-place, their
talent or learning, the title of their cardinalate, the dignities which they
held etc.
For example, the
prophecy concerning Urban VIII is Lilium et Rosa (the lily and the
rose); he was a native of Florence and on the arms of Florence figured
a fleur-de-lis; he had three bees emblazoned on his escutcheon, and the
bees gather honey from the lilies and roses. Again, the name accords often with
some remarkable and rare circumstance in the pope's career;
thus Peregrinus apostolicus (pilgrim pope), which designates Pius VI,
appears to be verified by his journey when pope into Germany, by his long
career as pope, and by his expatriation from Rome at the end of his
pontificate.
Those who have
lived and followed the course of events in an intelligent manner during the
pontificates of Pius IX, Leo XIII, and Pius X cannot fail to be impressed with
the titles given to each by the prophecies of St. Malachy and their wonderful
appropriateness: Crux de Cruce (Cross from a Cross) Pius
IX; Lumen in caelo (Light in the Sky) Leo XIII; Ignis ardens (Burning
Fire) Pius X. There is something more than coincidence in the designations
given to these three popes so many hundred years before their time.
We need not have
recourse either to the family names, armorial bearings or cardinalatial titles,
to see the fitness of their designations as given in the prophecies. The
afflictions and crosses of Pius IX were more than fell to the lot of his
predecessors; and the more aggravating of these crosses were brought on by the
House of Savoy whose emblem was a cross. Leo XIII was a veritable luminary of
the papacy. The present pope is truly a burning fire of zeal for the
restoration of all things to Christ.
The last of these
prophecies concerns the end of the world and is as follows: "In the final
persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will
feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven- hilled city will
be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people.
It has been noticed
concerning Petrus Romanus, who according to St. Malachy's list is to be the
last pope, that the prophecy does not say that no popes will intervene between
him and his predecessor designated Gloria olivoe. It merely says that he is
to be the last, so that we may suppose as many popes as we please before
"Peter the Roman". Cornelius a Lapide refers to this prophecy in his
commentary "On the Gospel of St. John" (C. xvi) and "On the
Apocalypse" (cc. xvii-xx), and he endeavours to calculate according to it
the remaining years of time (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913).