Posted on 04/06/2005 11:21:00 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Posted before, IIRC.
Way to go, Newsmax: how about reporting something that doesn't belong on The X-Files, huh?
Well, the next pope is supposed to be "Gloria Olivae" so I guess we'll see. That's commonly interpreted to indicate a Benedictine (Olivetan), but there's only one Benedictine cardinal and he's 93 years old - Cardinal Mayer of Germany. It's sometimes interpreted as a Jewish pope (since olive branches symbolize the Jews in the testaments) but the only cardinal that fits that description to my knowledge is Cardinal Lustiger of France (born Jewish).
The world of sin, sickness, disease, and death will end soon I hope. I pray every day for the end of this fallen world, because I know what will replace it is beyond our wildest imagination. Its the transition between the two that could be rough, if your not in the "secret place of the Most High." A time of great blessing and great judgment will be occurring simultaneously. The closer you walk to the Lord in this hour, the greater the odds you will be in that place of tremendous blessing, even entering in without passing through the grave.
http://www.osb.org/intl/confed/bishops.html
Looks like there is more than one! Here is a list of cardinals:
Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer OSB born at Altötting (Passau) 23 May 1911; professed in the Abbey of Metten 17 May 1931; priest 25 August 1935; Abbot of Metten 3 November 1966; abbatial blessing 10 December 1966; Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes 8 September 1971; named Titular Archbishop of Satriano 6 January 1972; consecrated 13 February 1972 at Rome, in Saint Peter's Basilica, by His Holiness Pope Paul VI, assisted by Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink, Archbishop of Utrecht, and by William Cardinal Conway, Archbishop of Armagh; Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Sacraments and of the Congregation for Divine Worship 8 April 1984; Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino 25 May 1985; Prefect of the Congregation for the Sacraments and of the Congregation for Divine Worship 27 May 1985; resigned as Prefect of both Congregations 1 July 1988; President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei from 2 July 1988 to 1 July 1991; Cardinal Priest of the Title of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino 29 January 1996.
ugh nevermind, that is just one, I have the IQ of a toad.
Maybe olive-skinned? South American or Chinese?
That's the description of Cardinal Mayer's offices through the years. The rest of the list are bishops and archbishops, not full cardinals.
There's been some vague speculation that the first non-Cardinal since 655 years might be elected pope, in which case there are a whole lot more Benedictines to choose from, and bishops of Jewish origin, and even at least one Benedictine of Jewish origin. We shall see!
The benedictine thing is a claim and tradition of the benedictines themselves, perhaps because they are also called "olivetans". The author of the prophesy himself never said it would be one of them. I have also heard it said that the original prophesy only listed 111 popes, and that 112 was added in an edition long after his death.
The more interesting factor is that there's only one or two popes left according to the prophecy, so I guess we'll know soon enough!!!
Spoken like a true Pharisee.
Matthew 24: 36.
That's all.
ping
*BUMP* ! I saw a link earlier on Google about a solar eclipse on Friday. Apparently, Pope John Paul II was born under an eclipse and will be buried when one is happening in the Pacific. I will try to find the link and post it.
This is sort of like Mark Twain, who was born the night Halley's Comet was first sighted over North America, and died the night it returned. Before his death he said, "I arrived with the Comet, and I shall leave with the Comet."
The world is a lot weirder than is written in the X-files!
VERY INTERESTING BUMP!!
"The world of sin, sickness, disease, and death will end soon I hope. I pray every day for the end of this fallen world"
Oh, my. Well, there ya go. Good luck with all that.
Yes, people do predict the end times, and it's always a waste of time, but Christians should know better-- in the gospel, Jesus Christ says that even he doesn't know when he will return (the whole end times thing), that only God knows that.
Besides, the end of the church of Rome, the last pope, doesn't necessarily mean either the end of Christianity or the second coming at all-- I think that it's entirely possible that it will usher in a new age of Christian unity, with new, worldwide and inter-denominational theological agreement and shared leaders. It could be a return to the early church community, like the Apostolic age-- in other words, a time of great spiritual renewal and a resurgence of evangelical Christianity.
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