Catholic Prophecy

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Summary: It Is Easy To Be Skeptical.
Review: As the title suggests CATHOLIC PROPHECY is aimed at a largely Roman Catholic audience. It contains prophesies by people well-known in the Catholic tradition such as St. Malachy from the twelth century and Theresa Neumann from the twentieth century. The author's comments are interjected throughout the book.

Even if the reader is skeptical about prophecies, it is still interesting to speculate about their accuracy when measured against historical events of the last 2,000 years as well as versus current happenings.

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Summary: So accurate it's scary
Review: This is a small but powerful book. The author publishes many prophecies made by saints throughout Church history, and adds his comments to explain them. Given the author's extensive studies in the field of eschatological prophecy, his interpretations of them carry a great deal of weight. This is an excellent book.

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Summary: The Coming Great Chastisement!
Review: _Catholic Prophecy: The Coming Chastisement_ by Yves Dupont consists of a series of prophecies from various Roman Catholic saints, thinkers, and popes from throughout the centuries regarding the state of the world and the church. These prophecies emphasize among other things a falling away from the faith, various natural disasters, the rise of a great monarch, the restoration of the Roman emperor, the rise of a great pope, a coming chastisement (possibly involving a comet passing by the earth), and various political events including predictions of both world wars (and a possible Third World War). The first section of this book deals entirely with excerpts from the writings of different Roman Catholic saints, seers, prophets, and popes which reveal these events coming to pass. The author then comments on each of these writings, providing interesting interpretations (involving for example the spread of communism, the Russian empire, the rise of Mohammedism, the return of the Jews to Israel, and various political events and wars including the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the First and Second World War, and even modern day conflicts such as the Vietnam War). The next section of this book details the passage of a comet, which will come as a form of chastisement and involve many natural disasters upon the earth. The third section of this book deals with the "End of the World". It is written that "no one knows of the day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father only" (Matthew 24.36); however, we are told that certain signs must occur before the end is to come. The author shows how some of these signs such as the preaching of the Gospel to all nations of the earth and the subsequent falling away from the faith may already be upon us; however, he interprets this in terms of two separate stages within the Latter-Days period. In addition, this means that the reign of Antichrist must come soon. The fourth section of this book deals with the prophecies of the Roman Catholic seer Michel de Nostradamus. Nostradamus has been much maligned due to his association with various cranks and sensationalist individuals. However, the author shows that many of his prophecies hold much interest for the Roman Catholic believer. The author distinguishes between public revelation (such as that revealed to us in the Holy Scriptures) and private revelation (which is not necessarily an article of faith) such as that revealed by the saints and prophets. Particularly of interest are the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, particularly at Fatima, where various secrets were revealed about the state of the church as well as Russian communism. An especially important prophetess is that of the Augustinian nun Anne Catherine Emmerich, whose visions have provided much of interest for the Roman Catholic believer. The final section of this book concludes with a discussion of the current crisis within the church as revealed by the saints and prophets. Various events which occurred at the Second Vatican Council have lead to a falling away from the faith by the priests, a turn towards immorality, and a degradation of the mass through various reforms (including a loss of the original Latin as preserved in the Tridentine mass). In addition, Rome itself may be under a most diabolical spell, given the refusal or inability of the post-conciliar popes to rectify this situation. The author remains uncertain regarding these matters. This book provides a good introduction to Roman Catholic prophecy, the various saints, seers, prophets, and popes which have made declarations regarding worldly affairs and the state of the church throughout the ages.