[Starwind]

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.

This 'prediction' seems insubtantial if not false (like the 'Bible Codes') in that attributes of the prophetic symbology are experimentally matched against any and all possible attrrubutes of the Pope. Some 'matches' seem extremely remote, ie. stretched if not outright fabricated - e.g. 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..

It seems, even if St. Malachy's prophecy's were on hand and known, and consciously followed at the time any given Pope were being selected and named, they'd have a difficult time determining what the Pope's name should be to 'conform' to the prophecy.

In short, it doesn't seem prophectic. Certainly not with the relative precision of Biblical Prophecy.

Thoughts?

[Truth666]

valhallasone answered this in this thread two years ago.