"(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.)"\n\nto see all the list, visit this link:  http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp
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The prophecies attributed to St Malachy were first published by Dom Arnold Wion in his 1595 Lignum Vitae.  St Malachy was five centuries earlier and no one hints at the existence of any such prophecies in the intervening period.\n \nThe mottoes used to identify the popes fit quite well up until a few years before 1595, but after that date it is potluck.  In other words the "prophecies" only show any evidence of being actually prophetic for a period when there is not a scrap of evidence that they did not already exist.  Everything points to the 1580s as that date they were drafted.  It is quite easy writing accurate "prophecies" of events that have already happened.\n \nActually nearly all the prophecies up to the 1580s were allusions to the papal coat of arms.  And it is pretty clear that the forger used a work called Panvinio's Epitome of the popes to draft the prophecies.  It is clear because Panvinio gives the arms for each pope and on one or two occasions when he gets them wrong the "prophecy" goes wrong in the same way.  Also the author of the prophecies gives mottoes for the popes included by Panvinio even if they were of questioned legitimacy or certainly antipopes, but he omits anyone omitted by Panvinio.\n \nGranted there have been a few lucky hits since the 1590s, but the same could be argued for Nostradamus.\n \nImagine I  was the pope.  If my prophecy had been "glory of the olive" - it is a fact that I drink olive oil on doctor's orders for a gall bladder problem.  If I had been "shepherd and sailor" it is a fact that I left my homeland by ship and came to a foreign land where a raised a few sheep.  If I had been "labour of the sun" I have actually written a book on whether the sun goes round the earth or vice versa.  I won't continue.  You can clearly see that the person prophesied is "Bill".  I wonder when they will get round to electing me :-)
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You should continue reading the book. But I thought your question was sincere. You are saying that the martyrs were twisted and un-enlightened. That is your opinion.\nThe same people that killed the Martyrs were saying "Where is your God to save you". They said that to Jesus too. \nThe Martyrs weren't necessarily "willing" to be killed. But they were very very aware that they would be with the Lord in heaven. \nMartyrdom was a way to proove how strongly they believed.\nIn the Roman Empire everyone was pressured to worship the Ceasar. Nobody really believed he was a god, but they all went along with that to avoid getting killed. How much more convincing would it be that Jesus is real, and that what the Christians believed is real if they were willing to die for what they believe in?\nIf they weren't willing to die, then Christianity was just like any other fad religion that was happening. At that time in history it was crucial that Christians show the importance of what they believe. That's why Paul was willing to appeal to Ceasar in Rome knowing that he would be killed by Caeser. He had an opportunity to escape, but he felt his whole purpose in appealing was to see Nero at any cost. He was beheaded. How strong of a message is that that someone is willing to die for it?\nIf they didn't really believe, they wouldn'd die for it.  \nAnd to the Christians death meant nothing, because they knew that they would be ressurected. You are seeing the picture from your own world view. God doesn't see it that way. He has a plan that has to do with eternity, not our short lived lives. We only live just a short time compared to eternity. Which is more important? Eternity, or just a number of years which are uncertain?\nWhy would God need to save them? He already did save them.
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Yes, the next Pope is the final Pope in St Malachi's prophecy, and it is believed he will either be the anti-Christ or be Pope during the time of the anti-Christ....\nDoubtful whether prophecy is true - St Malachi has been about as accurate as Nostradamus so far (i.e. not very accurate at all but the writing is so obtuse some people grasp at straws to believe)
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Hi engot - excellent question. According to Scripture, there are more than a few clues:\nHe will be from Europe; he will be attractive, a linguist, and will set himself to be worshipped.\n\nwww.triumphpro.com says this:\n\n'The coming [of the lawless one, the Antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan, and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and deceiving marvels ‑‑ [all of them] lying wonders ‑‑ And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are (going to perdition,) perishing because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved.\n\nThe Book of Daniel says this:\n\nDaniel speaks of this coming world ruler, saying, "And at the latter end ... a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness, shall stand up.  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall corrupt, and shall destroy astonishingly, and shall prosper, and do his own pleasure, and he shall corrupt and destroy the mighty men and the holy people ‑‑ the people of the saints" (Dan.8:23‑24).\n\n This will be a ruler of "impious presumption and pride" (Dan.8:9).\n\n Daniel also writes, "[There] shall arise a contemptuous and contemptible person, to whom royal majesty and the honor of the kingdom have not been given.  But he shall come in without warning in time of security and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries, intrigues, and cunning hypocritical conduct" (Dan.1 1:21, Amplified Version).\n\nThe book of Revelation gives us further insight into this intriguing character, who is the fount of all evils.  Notice:\n\n"As I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads.  On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads.\n\n "And the beast that I saw resembled a leopard I Germany], his feet were like those of a bear [Russia], and his mouth was like that of a lion [United States \nand Great Britain].  And to him the DRAGON gave his own might and power, and his [own] throne and great dominion" (Rev. 13:1‑2).\n\nWe have just read that the "dragon" ‑‑ a figure representing Satan the devil (Rev. 12:9; 20:2) himself ‑‑ gives this end‑time world empire, and especially its bestial leader ‑‑ power and authority over nations.  Although this is clearly a direct reference to Satan the devil, that old "dragon" who will be forced out of heaven and cast down to earth in the very near future (Rev.12:7‑9), Biblical prophecy is often dual ‑‑ and some hidden meanings are very subtle.  There are often secondary meanings and hidden layers of interpretation.\n\nThe emblem or animal which is the sign and characteristic of China is none other than the famous "DRAGON"!  Dragon dances and parades are held in every major city of China every Chinese New Year's Day.  China is famous as the land of the "dragon." \n Indeed, it was the "(Chinese) dragon (who) gave him his power, and seat, and great authority" (Rev. 13:2, KJV).\n\n "The Mortal Wound"\n\n"And one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound But his death stroke was healed, and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration.  They fell down and did homage to the dragon [Satan the devil], \nbecause he had bestowed on the beast all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshipped the beast, exclaiming, Who is a match for the beast, and who can make war against him?" (Rev. 1 3:3‑4, Amplified Bible).\n\nWho is a match for the best, and who can make war against him? Jesus Christ. This will signal His second coming. Read what www.leftbehind.com says:\n\nThe second coming of Jesus Christ is the most frequently mentioned subject in the Bible, other than the doctrine of salvation; what the Bible is a
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well, dont worry about leonardo.  hes very religious.  you should be worried about donatello.  he bathes in the blood of sacrificed newborns, and rapes small children, puppies and goats.  HE will be the one going to hell.
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:}\nOscar Romero: Martyred Bishop of the Poor. \n\nhttp://salt.claretianpubs.org/romero/romero.html
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Seven lampstands, seven years, seven trumpets, seven bowls. The churches give us a picture of Jesus, that he is an equal distance from all and that their sin was offensive and five of the seven were called to repent. The seven churches parallel the conditions of the church age. The seals bring fear, famine, take away peace, death, 144 jewish witnesses martyred, anarchy from hell, the coming of Christ to judge. The trumpets will partially destroy the following, vegetation, the sea, water, solar light, release demons, release four angels for destruction, great announcement of the kingdom. Seven bowls are; physical pain on people, sea becomes blood, frsh water turns to blood, sun scorches the earth, world rulers kingdom darkness, euphrates river will dry up, babylon will be destroyed.
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...hmmm...I notice that your list doesn't have this prophecy which clearly foreshadows the role Jesus would play in our salvation.\n\nIsaiah 53:3  He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  (4)  Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.  (5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.  (6)  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.  \n\n(7)  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.  (8)  By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?  (9)  And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.  \n\n(10)  Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.  (11)  Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.  (12)  Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.\n\nNeither do you confront the prophecy of Daniel which when correctly interpreted points to the exact time that Jesus was here on earth. http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/dan927.htm\n\nDaniel 9:24  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.  (25)  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.\n\nBoth of these are definitely Messianic prophecies and both of them were fulfilled by Jesus.\n\nhttp://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/m_prophecies.shtml
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Look carefully at what Paul is telling Timothy in this passage.  He is NOT talking about something that will happen "some day in the future", but about what Timothy himself is coming up against!   In other words, what Timothy is having to deal with is something he ought to EXPECT, because 'that sort of thing is going to go on' in the last days (in which Paul & Timothy already lived).\n\nThe same sort of thing is found in 2 Peter 3, where Peter reminds his readers "scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires"(v.3)  Again, he talking about the very issues they are dealing with --false prophets and skeptics questioning whether God will indeed come and judge the world.\n\nAlong the same lines, Jesus speaks of troubles and persecution to come, in a passage frequently appealed to as a portrait of "the last days".   But note that he is telling his disiples in his own time what THEY too will experience (not just some distant future generation)\n\nMark 13:7-9  "And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.   But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them."\n-------------\nIn other words, the early church was already in "the last days".   WHY?  Because had come and changed everything.\n\nThat's why, as elsydon noted, Hebrews 1 states:\n"in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things"\n\nIn fact, Jesus resurrection and exaltation to God's right hand had inaugurated the "last days" the prophets had promised.   \n\nPeter confirms this in his Pentecost sermon:\n\nAct 2:15-17  For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. \n But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: \n"'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh"\n\nHe goes on to explain HOW this "last days" promise was being fulfilled before their very eyes:\n\nvv.32-33  This Jesus God raised up. . .  having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.\n\nOnce again, it begins with Jesus being raised to God's right hand.  THAT, and not soem special set of troubles, is the key to "the last days" when GOD carries out his ancient promises.
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Please visit :\nhttp://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Francis/\nYou'll get the whole picture !
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peter was upside down on the cross. and it was in rome.\nthe word babylon is your past.and it doesn't say who was killed first peter or paul.
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Oh poor soul,\nIf the Pope knows this then he will issue an Edict.\nand he will tell the secret service of the Vatican, the LAGF\n( meaning the lesbian and gay forum,) to report you to the FBI as an antisemetic, and they will send you either to Iraq or Gontanamo Bay, Worst than hell.\n\nGod will surely forgive you for Jesus has already died for your sins. so you wont have a problem there.\n\nSt Paul will try to fry you in Olive Oil cause the bible is his brain child, \n\nJesus will say thanks to you cause thats actually not what he had said in the first place.\n\nThe Jews anyway wont be able to touch you cause God will bve using all the pages of the old and new testaments to fry thier a s s , in Hell, and Palestinian kids will be given small balls of explosives to throw at them and have fun from heaven.\n\nGeorge Bush will love you for it, cause thats what he too does in secret, But upon the devils bidding.\n\nMan you have blasphemed, and you shall pay.\n\nPay the publishers the cost of paper, the Govt the tobacco Tax. and you will surely goto heaven.\n\nAre you a sort of born again and again types.
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All things are in place for the 100% fullfillment of end time prophecy according to The Word of God, The Bible.  Before The Gog Magog War mentioned in Ezek 38 & 39, I believe that there will be a mid east war (Amos 1 & Isaiah 17) that will change the demagraphics of the middle east very quickly.  The likely soon confrontation with Iran; could very well be that spark which allows the roman anti-christ to rise up suddenly and confirm a 7 year peace treaty with Israel.  ... and there is one who has authored a 7 year peace treaty, and is about to confirm it by Jan. 1st at the latest!  He has come into power by Recommendation 666.  For more info, see my sources below.... those who do not know Jesus Christ as your Savior, accept Him into your life, right now, and don't delay!  He loves you!
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It was the official position of the Church of Rome for some time that the Jews crucified Christ, but under Vatican 2 that paradigm was removed.  Christ was killed by Rome, by the Roman Governor of Judea.  In part because he was a sort of rebel, and going against the grain.  Rome had essentially a policy for putting down anyone that represented a threat to their rule.  The Sadducces (the Hebrew ruling class) and Phraises (essentially the middle class) were not unhappy to see Him go as he often clashed with their values too.  Advocating for change and better treatment of the poor and disenfranchised typically doesn't win you many friends with the establishment!\n   You will need to do a lot more research, I've included a site below to help get you started, good luck with your project and Shalom. :)
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Just look at the storage area under the vatican city  that is guarded 24-7. All the riches and goodies stolen from many  societies from around the world since the beginning of Catholicism. Hmm the crusades comes to mind, North American native cultures and other native cultures totally decimated by the catholics the list is endless not to mention the gold from the teeth of the people killed in the German concentration camps. Hitler was a catholic and was not excommunicated because of all the wealth he contributed. look at all that the mafia is involved in and the vatican is associated with them up to their eyes. Shall I go on. Research for yourself and seek the truth it is everywhere.
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You're probably right. Jesus said these thing would happen. Don't think it's right to speculate on when the end will come, after all, there are countries in the world where churches are burned down and Christians are killed for their beliefs, and these things have always happened. It's always felt like the end times to someone somewhere. As the Day approaches, satan knows he is running out of time so he steps up the pace. But read the end of the book, WE WIN! Keep the faith. Pray for your church.
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mass murder of individuals that the church considered heretics and manifestations of religious intolerance. Just to name a few!!!!\n\nHave you ever noticed that when the Church apolgises for its past sins, it apologises for "the sins of the daughters and sons of the church", never actually the church itself?!