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ELECTION OF A PONTIFF Pope choice fulfills ancient prophecy?
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 19, 2005 | WorldNetDaily.com

Posted on 04/19/2005 6:12:44 PM PDT by Jacob Kell

A prophecy by a 12th-century Catholic saint that predicted characteristics of the last 112 popes appears to have been strengthened by the election of the new pontiff today.

The prophecy labels the new pope "the Glory of the Olive." The Benedictine Order is known as the Olivetans and has as its symbol the olive branch. The new pope, though not of that order, chose as his name Benedict XVI.

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To: flying Elvis

"Isn't it just as reasonable to conclude that whoever made up the lists may have simply gotten tired..."

Er, no.


21 posted on 04/19/2005 6:50:15 PM PDT by jocon307 (Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again!)
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To: jocon307

so, which ones do you believe? Nostradamus, the Mayans, or the Pope list?


22 posted on 04/19/2005 6:51:30 PM PDT by flying Elvis
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To: Jacob Kell
I'm curious as to what you guys think about this.

I think that the 12th Century is too recent to be considered 'ancient.'

23 posted on 04/19/2005 6:52:23 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: flying Elvis

I say we consult Art Bell first.


24 posted on 04/19/2005 6:54:08 PM PDT by xrp (Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
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To: flying Elvis

"...which ones do you believe?..."

Well, I must admit I find the Mayan thing (not that I know much about any of them) quite interesting. But I don't "believe" any of them, but I don't think they end just because they authors "got tired". Maybe Nostardamus, but not the other two.


25 posted on 04/19/2005 6:57:31 PM PDT by jocon307 (Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again!)
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To: Jacob Kell
Last week I read on some web site that the Olive prophecy meant we'd get an Italian pope. Since that didn't work out they are contriving something else. Just like the NostraBS prophecies, you can make them "predict" anything to match the outcome after the fact.
26 posted on 04/19/2005 7:03:22 PM PDT by StockAyatollah
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To: LiteKeeper

yes


27 posted on 04/19/2005 7:27:19 PM PDT by AZConcervative
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To: flying Elvis

what happened to the King of something or other coming in 1999 as predicted by Nostradamus. (Of course Larry King did have an olive in his martini)


28 posted on 04/19/2005 7:36:31 PM PDT by Soliton (Alone with everyone else.)
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To: cmsgop

Thanks for that. I found it quite interesting.


29 posted on 04/19/2005 7:43:56 PM PDT by steve86
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To: Jacob Kell

Well, considering that the Virgin Mary was spotted on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago.... The end must be near I'm telling you!!!

My favorite was the fake Nostradamus prophecy about the two towers in York.


30 posted on 04/19/2005 8:58:12 PM PDT by Accygirl
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To: Jacob Kell

I thought he was part of the order of St. George, not a Benedictine....


31 posted on 04/20/2005 4:58:02 AM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: Katya

Well, Ratzinger took the name of Benedict when he became Pope. So some say that that's basically close enough.


32 posted on 04/20/2005 9:50:35 AM PDT by Jacob Kell (Bush 25:17-And I will strike down upon the terrorists' asses with great vengeance and furious anger.)
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