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According to tradition, Malachy, who was reputed to have the
gift of prophesy, experienced a vision of all the future popes of the Roman
Catholic Church shortly after he was summoned to Rome by Pope Innocent II in
1139.
It is reputed that Malachy listed the popes using descriptive,
yet cryptic, mottos to describe each, and allegedly submitted the list to
Innocent II.
The list surfaced in 1595 as part of a work, Lignum Vitae, published by
Arnold de Wyon, a Benedictine historian.
Due, in part, to the lack of any other conclusive evidence, beyond the
attribution by de Wyon some 400 years later, that the list can actually be
attributed to Malachy, the Church has taken no official position on the
authenticity or the prophetic accuracy of the list.
Moreover, some Church scholars believe that the list is a
forgery, and some have gone so far as to assert that de Wyon (or subsequent
transcribers) may have published the list and attributed it to Malachy to
influence the selection of the next pope.
Others, however, contend that the descriptions given to the popes are uncannily
accurate, and further claim that the fact that the last pope listed comes after
Benedict XVI is a clear indication that we are in the end-times.
We offer no opinion on the matter but you can find below the mottos attributed
to the last four popes and the pope-to-come as well as commentaries taken from
Peter Bander's book: The Prophecies of St Malachy.
Paul VI (1963-1978): Flos florum (Flower of Flowers) - His arms
displayed three lilies.
John Paul I (1978): De medietate Lunæ (Of the Half of the Moon) -
Albino Luciani, born in Canale d'Agardo, diocese of Belluno, (beautiful moon)
Elected pope on August 26, his reign lasted about a month, from half a moon to
the next half...
John Paul II (1978-2005): De labore Solis (Of the Eclipse of the Sun,
or from the Labor of the Sun) - Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920
during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the
East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the
intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12
(because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April,
2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas.
Benedict XVI (2005-): (Gloria Olivae) - The Benedictine order
traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the
Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have
prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope
and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy
Father chose the name "Benedict", this does not seem enough to fulfil the
prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is "Glory of the
Olives". Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would
take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace
and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or
in the World, and thus carry the olive branch.
Peter of Rome: (In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus,
qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis
diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.) - In extreme
persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the
Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which
the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge
his people. The End.
Coincidentally (or perhaps not so coincidentally) one of the early
"front-runners" to replace Pope Benedict XVI is Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah
Turkson of Ghana.
For more detailed information, a more in-depth synopsis and a complete listing
of the popes is
published on Catholic-Pages.com.
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