Would do you think about the "Prophecy of the Popes"(poll)?

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Hello everyone. I, personally, have somewhat of an aversion to eschatology and the like. However, I was merely curious as to what others felt about those prophecies by St. Malachy, particularily about Petrus Romanus, whom is supposed to come after Benedict XVI. I thank you in advance for any thoughts.
 
I’ll tell you this my “young” friend-(I assume your youth because your screen name-heck, it could be that you’ve just discovered thinking too! :o )

If the next pope is black and named Peter II, then I’ll reconsider! 😉

We know not the time nor the place. If Jesus himself didn’t know-NO one does!
 
No, end times prophesies are nothing to be concerned about.
Our own end, as we know not the day nor the hour, is another story.
 
I tend to believe these things happen for a reason. We certainly don’t know when the end will be and it is something that we cannot influence. So I’m not sure of the reason but it makes for interesting conversation to say the least. Since we just had another major earth quake in the world maybe we all should be prepared to say the very least. Interesting question and thanks for making us think. Take care.
 
Young_Thinker said:
Hello everyone. I, personally, have somewhat of an aversion to eschatology and the like. However, I was merely curious as to what others felt about those prophecies by St. Malachy, particularily about Petrus Romanus, whom is supposed to come after Benedict XVI. I thank you in advance for any thoughts.
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The so-called prophecies of St Malachi are forgeries.
 
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The so-called prophecies of St Malachi are forgeries.
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Indeed. I have read on these fora that before a certain pope, the prophecies are quite specific, but after that pope, they are quite vague, and their interpretation is quite tortuous.
 
Does anyone think that there is something particularily mystical or important about the no. 266(I know that it is 7 x 38), since, according to literal interpretation, there are supposed to only 266 popes?
 
Rascalking said:
I’ll tell you this my “young” friend-(I assume your youth because your screen name-heck, it could be that you’ve just discovered thinking too! :o )

If the next pope is black and named Peter II, then I’ll reconsider! 😉

We know not the time nor the place. If Jesus himself didn’t know-NO one does!
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Thank you; by the way, I am in my early twenties.
 
I don’t buy into them being forgeries. They have been too amazingly specific to be mere coincidence.

The poll was worded to make it sound like if one believed in the prophesies then it was end times. This is forcing a personal interpretation into the list that pushes votes away from the validity of the list.

I believe in the list of prophesied popes since its been perfectly correct to date. But we must not assume that the last pope mentioned is necessarily the end of The Church Age and tie it to eschatology.

James
 
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Does anyone think that there is something particularily mystical or important about the no. 266(I know that it is 7 x 38), since, according to literal interpretation, there are supposed to only 266 popes?
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Or for 112(7 x 16)?
 
Young_Thinker said:
Does anyone think that there is something particularly mystical or important about the no. 266(I know that it is 7 x 38), since, according to literal interpretation, there are supposed to only 266 popes?
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7x2x19? Although 7 is used prominently in Biblical symbolism, 2, 19, and 38 are not. I wouldn’t put much stock in that one.
 
CentralFLJames said:
I don’t buy into them being forgeries. They have been too amazingly specific to be mere coincidence.

The poll was worded to make it sound like if one believed in the prophesies then it was end times. This is forcing a personal interpretation into the list that pushes votes away from the validity of the list.

I believe in the list of prophesied popes since its been perfectly correct to date. But we must not assume that the last pope mentioned is necessarily the end of The Church Age and tie it to eschatology.

James
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You know it’s easy to be amazingly specific when you’re talking about past events, right?
 
The only virtue I can see of applying end-times thinking to our current era is that of symmetry. If God spoke to the patriarch Abraham circa 2,000 BC, (which I’m not sure of) thus beginning the Old Covenant, it would be rather symmetric for the New Covenant to last about 2,000 years as well. But that’s mere speculation.
 
I voted for the “Other” option because I honestly don’t know.
 
JimG said:
The only virtue I can see of applying end-times thinking to our current era is that of symmetry. If God spoke to the patriarch Abraham circa 2,000 BC, (which I’m not sure of) thus beginning the Old Covenant, it would be rather symmetric for the New Covenant to last about 2,000 years as well. But that’s mere speculation.
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Thank you. I, myself, believe that God established His covenant with Abraham closer to 2170 B.C., but I see what you are saying.
 
Young_Thinker said:
Hello everyone. I, personally, have somewhat of an aversion to eschatology and the like. However, I was merely curious as to what others felt about those prophecies by St. Malachy, particularily about Petrus Romanus, whom is supposed to come after Benedict XVI. I thank you in advance for any thoughts.
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I think that St. Malachy’s prophecy of the Popes is true, but requires interpretation. In my interpretation, the last Pope on the list is not the last Pope ever, just the last on the list. Also, Peter the Roman does NOT take the name Pope Peter II, that is just a way of describing his Pontificate; he will emphasize the primacy of the Roman Catholic Faith and the authority of the Roman Pontiff, all of which is founded on the Rock of Peter, the first Pope.
 
I think it’s about as true as Nostradamus. That is when an event happens you use whatever leaps of logic necessary to get it to fit the puzzle. You make the facts fit the theory.

There’s a reason why you can’t do that in science. It’s because the result means nothing.
 
CDNowak said:
No, end times prophesies are nothing to be concerned about.
Our own end, as we know not the day nor the hour, is another story.
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But what about “the formidable Judge” and the Garden of Gethsemane being split into two, which are mentioned in that about Petrus Romanus.
 
I think that the end of the world is known only to God. I’m also unconcerned about the end of the world, as there is certainly nothing I can do about it. Why worry! Rejoice, for we are the Easter people, and Alleluia is our song! (Pope John Paul II)
 
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