tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54320081751056373462024-03-13T03:28:01.548-07:00Wisdom is Justified by Her ChildrenSntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-58715830663887618412007-06-25T19:49:00.003-07:002012-08-11T19:09:21.606-07:00St. Isidore -- The First and Second ages of the World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD OR</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">THE WORLD CHRONICLE OF <br />
ISIDORE OF SEVILLE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TRANSLATED BY</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">KENNETH B. WOLF </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">FROM THE TEXT PRINTED IN</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PATROLOGIA LATINA </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">VOLUME LXXXIII: 1017-1058 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">MMIV. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">St. Isidore of Seville (Isidorus Hispalensis, born ca. 560, d. 636 AD), was the Archbishop of Seville in 600-601. He was a very industrious author, and exercised an immense influence on medieval Europe. His works are mainly compilations from earlier authors, but of great value because he was the last author still in touch with antiquity. Many of his works, especially the exegetical ones, have never been printed. More details of his works with a limited bibliography can be found in B. Altaner, Patrology, tr. H. Graef, Freiburg:Herder (1960) pp. 594-8.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Isidore wrote two historical works. His brief Chronicon or Chronicle of the World extends to 615 AD, and is given here. The work appears in the Patrologia Latina 83: cols. 1017-1058. There is also a critical text in Mommsen, Chronica Minora saec. IV-VII, 2 vols (Monumenta Germania Historia vols. 9 and 11) vol. 2 pp.391-488, and the text will be reedited in the near future for the Corpus Christianorum series. His other work, the Historia Gothorum, a chronicle of the Visigoths to 625 with two short appendices on the Vandals and Suevians, can be found in the same sources.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This text was translated recently from the PL text by Dr. Kenneth B. WOLF as a teaching aid for his students. I came across it online one day, and felt it deserved to be more generally known. To the best of my knowledge it is the only English translation. Dr. Wolf has very kindly released this version into the public domain, so that it can appear here, but warns that this is only a first draft. The master copy can be found at his site, at <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.history.pomona.edu/kbw/h100y/chronicon.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.history.pomona.edu/kbw/h100y/chronicon.htm</span></a></span>, with revisions as they are made.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Roger PEARSE<br />
Ipswich<br />
6th February, 2004 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The text above has been edited.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#preface#preface"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Preface</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#first#first"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#second#second"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Second age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#third#third"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Third age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#fourth#fourth"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fourth age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#fifth#fifth"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fifth age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/history/isidore.html#sixth#sixth"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sixth age of the world</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[Translated by Kenneth B. Wolf]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5432008175105637346&postID=5871583066388761841" name="preface"></a><span style="font-size: medium;">PREFACE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Julius Africanus, under the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antonius, was the first among us to compose, using a simple style of history, a brief chronology organized according to generations and reigns. From there, Bishop Eusebius of Caesaria and the priest Jerome of holy memory edited a multipart history of the canons of chronicles organized according to reigns and times. After these came others, in particular, Bishop Victor of Tunnunna who, having reviewed the histories of the previous times, filled out the deeds of succeeding ages up to the consolate of Justin the Younger. We have recorded here, as briefly as we were able, a summary of the times from the beginning of the world up to the principates of the emperor Heraclius and of King Sisebut of the Goths, laying down, bit by bit, the descending order of times, so that, by means of the information provided, the whole of the past ages might be known. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5432008175105637346&postID=5871583066388761841" name="first"></a><span style="font-size: medium;">FIRST AGE OF THE WORLD </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. God created everything in six days. On the first day he fashioned light; on the second, the firmament of heaven; on the third, the land and the sea; on the fourth, the stars; on the fifth, the fish and the birds; on the sixth, the animals and the beasts of burden and finally the first man, Adam, in his image. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Adam, at age 230, bore Seth, who was born in the place of Abel. Seth means "resurrection" because in him was resuscitated the first seed, that is, the seed of the sons of God. Seth, at age 205, bore Enosh, who was the first to begin invoking the name of God. Enosh, at age 190, bore Kenan, whose name means "the nature of God." At the same time, Cain became the first, before the flood, to build a city, which he filled solely with the multitude of his own descendents. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Kenan, at age 170, bore Mahalalel, whose name means "plantation of God." Mahalalel, at age 165, bore Jared, which means "descending" or "beseeching." Jared, at age 162, bore Enoch, who was lifted up by God, and who is reported to have written quite a few things, but which, on account of their antiquity, are refuted by the fathers as of suspect faith. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Enoch, at age 165, bore Methuselah, who, according to his lifespan, is discovered to have lived fourteen years after the flood, yet he is not found to have been on the ark. On account of this, some conjecture, with false opinion, that he might have lived after the flood, having spent some time with his father Enoch, who was lifted up. In this generation, the sons of God lusted after the daughters of men. Methuselah, at age 167, bore Lamech. In this generation, giants were born. In this age also, Jubal, from the line of Cain, discovered the art of music and his brother Tubal Cain was the inventor of the arts of copper and iron. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Lamech, at age 190, bore Noah who, by divine oracle, was ordered to build the arc in the five-hundredth year of his life. In these times, as Josephus reports, some men, who knew that they were about to die by either fire or water, inscribed their discoveries on two columns made of brick and stone, so that the memory of those things which they had discovered in their wisdom might not be erased. Their stone columns are reported to have withstood the flood and remain in Syria to this very day. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6. In Noah's six-hundredth year, the flood is recorded to have occurred. Josephus reports that his ark came to rest among the mountains of Armenia, which are called Ararat. There were three sons of Noah, out of which seventy-two nations were born, that is, fifteen from Japheth, thirty from Ham, and twenty-seven from Shem. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first age came to an end in the year 2,242. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5432008175105637346&postID=5871583066388761841" name="second"></a><span style="font-size: medium;">THE SECOND AGE OF THE WORLD </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">7. Shem, in the second year after the flood, when he was 100 years old, bore Arpachshad, from whom the people of the Chaldeans arose. This Shem is reported to have been Melchisedech, who was the first after the flood to build the city of Salem, which now is called Jerusalem. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8. Arphaxad, at age 135, bore Shelah, from whom came the ancient Salamites or Medians. Shelah, at age 130, bore Eber, after whom the Hebrews were named. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9. Eber, at age 134, bore Peleg, in whose time the Tower of Babel was built, and the division of languages was effected. The height of this tower is said to have stretched four miles, starting out wide and becoming narrower so that the immense weight might be more easily sustained. They describe the marble temples there as being unmatched in precious stones and gold and many other things that seem unbelievable. The giant Nimrod constructed this tower. After the confusion of tongues, he departed from there for Persia and taught them to worship fire. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10. Peleg, at age 130, bore Reu. In these times, temples were first constructed. And certain princes of the peoples began to be adored as gods. Reu, at age 132, bore Serug, under whom the kingdom of the Scythians arose, where Tanaus first ruled. Serug, at age 130, bore Nachor. The kingdom of the Egyptians arose for the first time, with Zoes ruling there first. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">11. Nachor, at age 79, bore Terah, at the time when the kingdom of the Assyrians and the Sicyonans rose up. The first who ruled in Assyria was Belus, though some consider it to have been Saturnus. And the first in Sicyon was Aegialeus, after whom Aegialea, which today is called the Peloponnesus, is named. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">12. Terah, at age 70, bore Abraham. At the same time Ninus ruled as king of the Assyrians. He was the first to institute wars and invented the instruments of weaponry. In this age the art of magic was discovered in Persia by Zoroaster, the king of the Bactrians. He was killed by King Ninus. Also the walls of Babylon were built by Samiramis, queen of the Assyrians. From the flood to the birth of Abraham: 942 years. The second age came to an end in the year 3,184. </span></div></div>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-70464164437288478542007-06-25T19:49:00.000-07:002008-10-13T18:21:17.008-07:00St. Isidore -- The Third Age of the World and The Fourth Age of the World<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=third></A><FONT size=4>THE THIRD AGE OF THE WORLD </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>13. Abraham, at age 100, bore Isaac from the "liberated" Sarah. But previously he had born, from his handmaiden Hagar, Ishmael, from whom came the people of the Ishmaelites, who later were called "Agarenes" and finally, "Saracens." </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>14. Isaac, at age 60, bore twins, of whom the first was Esau, from whom came the Edomites, and the second, Jacob, who bore the cognomen "Israel," after whom the Israelites were named. In this time, the kingdom of the Greeks began, where Inachus was the first to rule. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>15. Jacob, at age 91, bore Joseph. In these times, Serapis, son of Jove, king of the Egyptians, upon dying, was lifted up among the gods and the city of Memphis was founded in Egypt. In that time, at Lake Triton, Minerva appeared in the form of a virgin. She is said to have excelled with many inventions. She is said to have been the inventor of craftsmanship. She invented the shield and the bow and she taught how to make spears and dye wool. In this age also King Phoroneus, son of Inachus, excelled. He was the first to institute laws and trials in Greece. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>16. Joseph lived 110 years. From this time, Greece, with Argos ruling, began to have crops, with seeds imported from elsewhere. One hundred forty four years after the death of Joseph, the Jews found themselves in servitude in Egypt. Prometheus, whom fables imagine to have formed men out of mud, is recorded to have lived in these times. At this time also, his brother Atlas discovered astrology and was the first to consider the movement and order of the sky. Also, Mercury, grandson of Atlas, was expert in many arts. On account of this, upon his death, he was lifted up among the gods. In that age also, Proclytus was the first to harness a team of horses. At the same time Cecrops founded Athens and called the people of Attica "Athenians" after the other name of Minerva. He also was the first to order Jove to be adored with a gentile rite, immolating a bull in sacrifice. At this time Corinth was founded in Greece and there the art of painting was discovered by Cleanthes. At that time the Curetes and Corybantes were the first to invent harmonious and modulated formations of soldiers. At that time also a flood in Thessaly under Deucalion and a fabulous fire with Phaethon are recorded to have happened. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>17. Moses, at age 40, guided the people, liberated from servitude in Egypt, into the wilderness. At this time the Jews began to have, through Moses, both letters and law. At that time the Temple of Delphi was built. Viticulture was invented in Greece. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>18. Joshua, the successor of Moses, led the people for twenty-seven years. In these times, Erichthonius, the prince of the Athenians, was the first to harness a team of horses in Greece. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>19. Othniel led for forty years. Cadmus, the first to invent Greek letters, ruled in Thebes. At the same time Linus and Amphion were the first among the Greeks to excell in the art of music. The Idaean Dactylites, at the same time, discovered the use of iron in Greece. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>20. Ehud led for eighty years. In these times fables were devised: about Triptolemus who, born aloft with the wings of dragons, distributed food to the poor as he flew at the command of Ceres; about the Hippocentaurs, in which were combined the characteristics of man and horse; about Phrixus and his sister Helle who crossed the sea conveyed by rams; about the harlot Gorgon who had serpents for hair and anyone looking at whom was turned into stone; about Bellerophon who fought (on the back of) a horse that flew with wings; about Amphion who, with the music of the zither, moved rocks and stones. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>21. Deborah led for forty years. In this same time Apollo discovered the zither and invented the art of medicine. Then, also, fables were devised about Daedalus and his son Icarus who flew with wings they fashioned themselves. In this age, Latinus Picus, thought to be the son of Saturn, first ruled. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>22. Gideon led for forty years. In the age the city of Tyre was constructed. Also the other Mercury discovered the lyre and gave it to Orpheus. In this time Philemon was the first to institute the chorus in Pythium. At that time also Linus of Thrace, the [music] teacher of Hercules, wassaid to have been illustrious in the art of music. In addition the navigation of the Argonauts is recorded. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>23. Abimelech led for three years. He killed his 70 brothers. Hercules devastated Ilium and in Libya killed Antaeus, the inventor of the art of gymnastics. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>24. Tola led for twenty-three years. In his times Priam ruled Troy, after Laomedon. A fable is told at that time about the beast of the Minotaur enclosed in the labyrinth. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>25. Jair led for twenty-two years. At the same time Hercules instituted the Olympic competition. The nymph Carmentis invented Latin letters. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>26. Jephthah led for six years. In his time, Hercules, living in his fifty-second year, injected himself with flames on account of the pain of his disease. At the same time Alexander raped Helen and the Trojan war surged for ten years. Ibzan led for seven years. The Amazons took up arms for the first time. Abdon led for eight years. In his third year, Troy was captured and Aeneas came to Italy. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>27. Sampson led for twenty years. Ascanius, son of Aeneas, founded Alba. Also fables were devised about Ulysses and of the Sirens at the same time. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>28. The priest Heli led for forty years. The Ark of the Covenant was captured by foreigners. The kingdom of the Sicyonans came to an end. Samuel and Saul led for forty years. The kingdom of the Lacedaemonians arose. And Homer is reputed to have been the first poet in Greece. From the promise of Abraham until David: 940 years. The third age came to an end in the year 4,125. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=fourth></A><FONT size=4>THE FOURTH AGE OF THE WORLD </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>29. David ruled for forty years. Codrus, king of the Athenians, was killed as he voluntarily offered himself to the enemy for the well-being of the country. And Carthage was built by Dido, with Gath, Nathan, and Asapaht prophesying in Judea. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>30. Solomon ruled for forty years. He (began) building the Temple of Jerusalem in the fourth year of his reign and finished it in the eigth year. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>31. Rehoboam ruled for seventeen years. The kingdom of Israel was separated from Judah, the ten tribes being separated from the two, and they began to have kings in Samaria. In this age, Samos was founded and the sibyl Erythraea was regarded as illustrious. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>32. Abijam ruled for three years. Under him Abimelech, high priest of the Jews, was regarded as illustrious. Asa ruled for forty-one years. Achias, Amos, Jehu, Joel, and Azaria prophesied in Judea. Josaphat ruled for twenty-five years. Elijah, Elisha, Abdias, Azarias, and Micaeas prophesied. Jehoram ruled for eight years. Elijah, Elisha, and Abdias prophesied. Ahaziah ruled for one year. Elijah, whose worthy miracles numbered seven, was taken up (by God). </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>33. Athalia ruled for seven years. The priest Jonadab, son of Rechab, was regarded as brilliant, etc. Joida the priest was the only one after Moses who was said to have lived 130 years. Joash ruled for forty years. Zacarias the prophet was killed. Elisha, whose miracles (virtutes) were said to number fourteen, died. Lycurgus was regarded as a distinguished lawmaker in Greece. Amaziah ruled for twenty-nine years. Some assert that Carthage was founded at this time, but others say earlier. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>34. Azariah ruled for fifty-two years. The Olympic (games) were established for the first time by the Greeks. A sheep spoke in Greece. King Sardanapalus was burned willingly in a fire. The kingdom of the Assyrians was removed to Media. At that time, Hesiod the poet excelled. And Phidon Argivus discovered weights and measures, with Hosea, Amos, Isaiah and Jonah prophesying in this age in Judea. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>35. Jotham ruled for sixteen years. Remus and Romulus were born, with Hosea, Joel, Isaiah, and Micah prophesying in Judea. Ahaz ruled for sixteen years. In his times Romulus founded Rome. And Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, moved the ten tribes of Israel from Samaria to Media, and sent the neighboring Samarites to Judea. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>36. Hezekiah ruled for twenty-nine years. Under himIsaiah and Hosea prophesied. At this time Romulus first chose soldiers from among the people. He also chose one hundred most noble men from among the people, who, because of their age, were called "senators" and because of their care and solicitude were called "fathers of the republic." </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>37. Manasseh ruled for fifty-five years. At the same time Numa Pompilius was placed overthe Romans. He was the first to institute vestal virgins and priests among the Romans and he filled the city with a great number of false gods. He added two months to the ten months of the Roman year: he dedicated January to the heavenly gods and February to the gods of the underworld. At that time also, the sibyl Samia excelled. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>38. Ammon ruled for twelve years. In his time Tullus Hostilius, king of the Romans, (74) took a census of the republic for the first time, because the population of the whole world was still unknown. He was also the first to use the color purple as a sign of honor. (4,556)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>39. Josiah ruled for thirty-two years. Thales of Miletus (Milesius) excelled as a philosopher of physics. Having come to understand the defects of the sun with the most acute scrutiny, he was the first to investigate the number of astrology, with Jeremiah, Olda, and Sophonia prophesying in Judea.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>40. Jehoiakim ruled for eleven years. In his third year Nebachodnezzar made captive Judea a tributary. At that time Daniel, Ananias, Azarias, and Misael excelled in Babylonia. Zedekiah ruled for eleven years. The king of Babylon, coming to Jerusalem a second time, led him away captive along with his people, the Temple having been burned down in the 454 year after its construction. At the same time, the woman Sappho excelled in Greece with various poems. Solon gave laws to the Athenians. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>41. From David to the migration to Babylon: 485 years. The fourth age came to an end in the year 4,610. </FONT></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-16121088006551002392007-06-25T19:48:00.002-07:002008-10-13T18:21:17.009-07:00St. Isidore -- The Fifth Age of the World and Sixth Age until St. John<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=fifth></A><FONT size=4>THE FIFTH AGE OF THE WORLD </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>42. The captivity of the Hebrews lasted for seventy years, during which time the fire was removed from the altar of God and deposited in filth. It is claimed that it was still burning after the seventieth year, the year of the return (of the Jews). During the same period of captivity, the story of Judith was written. Also Pythagoras, the philosopher and inventor of the art of arithmetic; Pherecydes, the first writer of histories; and Xenophanes, the inventor of tragedies, were regarded as distinguished. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>43. Darius ruled for thirty-four years. In his second year, the captivity of the Jews ended, from which time in Jerusalem there were princes, not kings, up until Aristobulus. At that time the Romans, having expelled their kings, began to have consuls. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>44. Xerxes ruled for twenty years. Aeschylus, Pindar, Sophocles, and Euripides, were celebrated as distinguished authors of tragedies. Herodotus, the author of histories, and Zeuxis, the painter, were also acknowledged. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>45. Artaxerxes, also known as Longimanus, ruled for forty years. With him ruling, Ezra the priest renovated the law that had been burned by the invading peoples and Nehemiah restored the walls of Jerusalem. Aristarchus, Aristophanes, and Sophocles were regarded as distinguished authors of tragedy. Also Hippocrates the doctor, Socrates the philosopher, and Democritus excelled. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>46. Darius, also known as Nothus, ruled for nineteen years. This age saw the philosopher, Plato, and Gorgias, the first rhetor. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>47. Artaxerxes ruled for forty years. In his time the story of Esther, it is taught, was completed. Also Plato and Xenophon were regarded as distinguished Socratics. (4,834) </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>48. Artaxerxes, also known as Ochus, ruled for twenty-six years. Demosthenes was acknowledged to be the first orator and Aristotle was reported to be the first dialectician. Plato died. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>49. Arses, son of Ochus, ruled for four years. Xenocrates was regarded as an illustrious philosopher. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>50. Darius ruled for six years. Alexander, conquering Illyricum and Thrace, from there took Jerusalem and, entering the Temple, burned sacrifices to God. The kingdom of the Persians still remained standing. From this point began the kings of the Greeks. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>51. Alexander the Macedonian ruled for fifteen years. In his last five years, in the order of years by which they are numbered, he obtained the monarchy of Asia, having destroyed the kingdom of the Persians. His first seven years are thought to have been spent among the kings of the Persians. From this point begin the kings of Alexandria. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>52. Ptolemy, son of Lagus, ruled for forty years. Having seized Judea, he moved many of the Hebrews into Egypt. In this time Zeno the Stoic, Menander the comic, and Theophrastus the philosopher excelled. At the same time the first book of the Maccabees was begun. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>53. Ptolemy Philadelphus ruled for thirty-eight years. He released the Jews that were in Egypt and, restoring the holy vase to Eleazar the priest, he sought out seventy translators and translated the divine scriptures into Greek. At the same time Aratus was acknowledged as an astrologer and the silver coins of the Romans were minted for the first time. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>54. Ptolemy Evergetes ruled for twenty-six years. Under him Jesus, the son of Sirach, composed the Book of Wisdom. (4,978) </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>55. Ptolemy Philopator ruled for twenty-seven years. The Jews were defeated by him in battle, 60,000 soldiers falling. At the same time the consul Marcellus conquered Sicily. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>56. Ptolemy Epiphanes ruled for twenty-four years. In his time the events occurred which are contained in the story of the second book of the Maccabees. In this age the Romans ordered the vanquished Greeks to be freed, saying: "It is impious to enslave people from the place where philosophy, the master of morals and the inventor of liberal disciplines, first arose." At the same time Ennius was celebrated as the first distinguished Latin poet of Rome. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>57. Ptolemy Philomater ruled for thirty-five years. Antiochus overcame himin battle and oppressed the Jews with various calamities. At the same time Scipio conquered Africa. Terence the comic excelled. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>58. Ptolemy Evergetes ruled for twenty-nine years. At this time Spain was conquered by the Romans under the consul Brutus. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>59. Ptolemy Soter ruled for seventeen years. Varro and Cicero were born. Thrace was subjected to the Romans. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>60. Ptolemy Alexander ruled for ten years. Syria passed under the dominion of the Romans under the general Gabinus. Also the poet Lucretius was born, who later killed himself as a result of a lover's madness. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>61. Ptolemy, son of Cleopatra, ruled for eight years. At the same time Plotius Gallus was the first to teach Latin rhetoric in Rome. At that time also Sallust the historian was born. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>62. Ptolemy Dionysius ruled for thirty years. Pompey, having captured Jerusalem, made the Jews tributaries to the Romans. At the same time the philosopher Cato excelled. Virgil was born in Mantua, Horace in Venusia. At that time also Apollodorus, preceptor of the emperor, was regarded as illustrious and Cicero was celebrated with praise for his oratory. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>63. Cleopatra ruled for two years. She was the daughter of Ptolemy (XI), king of the Egyptians, and sister and wife of her brother Ptolemy (XIII). Desiring to defraud him of the kingdom, in a time of civil war in Alexandria, she went to Caesar, who was besieging the city, and, using pretense and debasing herself, she begged, in the presence of Julius, for the death of Ptolemy and to have the kingdom for herself. The kingdom of Alexandria, in the third year of the reign of Cleopatra, passed under the dominion of the Romans under Julius Caesar. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>64. Gaius Julius Caesar ruled for five years. Before he was made consul, he conquered Gauland triumphed in Britain. And after having waged a war against Pompey, he obtained the monarchy of the entire empire. The succeeding emperors were called "Caesars" after his name. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>65. From the migration to Babylonia up to the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ: 587 years. The fifth age came to an end in the year 5,155. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=sixth></A><FONT size=4>THE SIXTH AGE OF THE WORLD </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>66. Octavian Augustus ruled for fifty-six years. He, in his imperium, after the Sicilian war, had three triumphs: Dalmatia, Asia, and later Alexandria against Anthony. From there, Spain. At that point, having brought peace on land and sea to the entire world, he closed the gates of Janus. Under his imperium, the writings of Daniel were completed in seventy weeks and, as the kingdom and priesthood of the Jews was coming to an end, the Lord Jesus Christ was born from a virgin in Bethlehem of Judah in the forty-second year of Octavian's rule. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>67. Tiberus, the son of the Augustus, ruled for twenty-two years. He, out of cupidity, did not let the kings coming to him return, and many peoples receded from the Roman empire. The Lord was crucified in the eighteenth year of his reign, 5,229 years having elapsed since the beginning of the world. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>68. Caius Caligula ruled for four years. He was fierce with avarice, cruelty, and lust and, elevating himself to the level of the gods, he ordered a statue of Olympian Jove to be placed under his name in the Temple of Jerusalem. At the same time, in Judea, the apostle Matthew was the first to write a gospel. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>69. Claudius ruled for fourteen years. With him ruling, the apostle Peter went to Rome against Simon Magus. Also Mark the Evangelist, preaching Christ in Alexandria, wrote his gospel. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>70. Nero ruled for fourteen years. Given to injury, cruelty, and lust, he even fished with nets of gold. He prostituted and killed his mother and sister, wiped out much of the senate, lost many cities and provinces of the republic, and also burned down the city of Rome so that he might witness an image of the destruction of Troy. In his times, Simon Magus was reported to have had an altercation with the apostles Peter and Paul. Claiming that a certain great power that he had came from God, he proposed at midday to fly to the Father in heaven with the help of demons, by whom he was to be born aloft. But, with Peter swearing at the demons and Paul praying, Simon was cast down and he crashed. Because of Simon's death, Peter was crucified by Nero and Paul was killed with a sword. In this same storm, a Persian poet died. In addition, Lucan and Seneca were killed by order of Nero. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>71. Vespasian ruled for ten years. Vigorous in military discipline, through his fighting he restored to the republic many provinces which Nero had lost. He was unmindful of offenses and he bore lightly the insults said against him. In his second year Titus took and overthrew Jerusalem, where 1,100,000 Jews perished by famine and the sword. Beyond these, another 100,000 were publicly sold into slavery. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>72. Titus ruled for eleven years. He was so eloquent in both languages that he could prepare legal cases in Latin and compose poems and tragedies in Greek. He was, however, so bellicose that in the assault on Jerusalem, fighting under his father, he pierced twelve soldiers with twelve arrows. But he was of such magnanimity in the exercise of his imperial rule, that he punished no one at all, but dismissed those convicted of conspiring against him and maintained the same familiarity with them which he had had before. Among all of his sayings, the most famous was: "The day is lost in which nothing good is accomplished." </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>73. Domitian, brother of Titus, ruled for sixteen years. He was the second after Nero who, cursed with pride, commanded that he be considered a god and ordered the Christians to be persecuted by the pagans. Under him, the apostle John was banished to the island of Patmos, where he wrote the Apocalypse. (Domitian) killed and sent many of the senators into exile, and he ordered everyone from the line of David to be killed so that none of the Jews from the royal line would survive. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>74. Nerva ruled for one year. A moderate man in his imperium, he presented himself as equal to, andapproachable by, everyone. In his time, John the Apostle returned from exile to Ephesus and, entreated by the bishops of Asia, became the most recent to edit a new gospel. </FONT></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-91392038065195716812007-06-25T19:48:00.001-07:002008-10-13T18:21:17.009-07:00St. Isidore -- The Sixth age of the World until St. Ambrose<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>75. Trajan ruled for nineteen years. He extended the empire of the Romans with wondrous power far and wide to the east. Tranquil and liberal in all things, he took Babylonia and Arabia and reached all the way to the territory of India, like Alexander. Among all of the things he said, the most extraordinary is reported to have been his response when asked why he was so approachable by everyone around him: (to wit), that he would rather deprive himself of being emperor than be a private emperor. Simon Cleophas, bishop of Jerusalem, was crucified at this time and John the Apostle passed away. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>76. Hadrian ruled for twenty-one years. Envying the glory of Trajan, he surrendered the provinces of the east to the Persians and established the boundary of the Roman empire at the river Euphrates. He also subjugated the Jews who, for a second time, had become rebels, and he restored the city of Jerusalem and called it by his own name, Aelia. At the same time, Aquila Ponticus, the second translator after the Septuagint, arose. And Basilides was acknowledged to be a heresiarch. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>77. Antoninus Pius ruled for twenty-two years. He received this cognomen on account of his clemency, because throughout the entire Roman kingdom he relaxed the debts of everyone, burning the notes. For which reason he is also called the "Father of the Country." He was the first to divide the imperium of the Roman world, which he did with Antoninus the Younger, making him equal in power. With Antoninus Pius ruling, Valentius and Marcion were shown to be heresiarchs and the doctor Galen, born in Pergamum, was regarded as illustrious in Rome. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>78. Antoninus Minor ruled for eighteen years. Having advanced to Parthia, he took Seleucia, the city of Assyria, with 400,000 men. He triumphed over the Parthians and the Persians. With him ruling, Montanus, the author of the Cataphrygites and Tatian, from whom came the heresy of the Encratitarites, appeared. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>79. Commodus ruled for thirteen years. He was a man of great lust. Under his imperial rule, Theodotian of Ephesus, the third translator, appeared. And Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, was regarded as illustrious in his teaching. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>80. Aelius Pertinax ruled for one year. With the senate entreating him to make his wife "Augustus" and his son "Caesar," he refused, saying that he ought to be replaced because he ruled unwillingly. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>81. Severus Pertinax ruled for eighteen years. He successfully waged many wars. He conquered Parthia, acquired Arabia, and took Britain by force. He had a knowledge of literature and philosophy. In his time Symmachus, the fourth translator, was acknowledged. Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, was celebrated with many virtues. Tertullian of Africa was regarded as illustrious in the church. Origen of Alexandria was erudite in his studies. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>82. Antoninus Caracalla, the son of Severus, ruled for seven years. He was impatient in his desires. He took his stepmother as his wife. He did nothing memorable. In his time, in Jericho, a fifth edition of the holy scriptures was found, the author of which was not known. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>83. Macrinus ruled for one year. Ruling with his own son, he undertook nothing memorable during his brief time as emperor. For after only one year, both were killed as a result of a military uprising. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>84. Aurelius Antoninus ruled for four years. He lived most obscenely and was himself killed by a military revolt. In his time, a sixth edition was found in Nicopolis. The heresiarch Sabellius appeared. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>85. Alexander ruled for thirteen years. He most gloriously conquered the Persians. He was favorable to the citizens. In his time, Origen of Alexandria excelled and in Rome, the legal expert Ulpian was illustrious. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>86. Maximinus ruled for three years. He was the first to be made emperor by the body of the military without a senate decree. He persecuted Christians. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>87. Gordian ruled for six years. He afflicted the rebelling Parthians and Persians. Returning victorious from Persia, he died as a result of the treachery of his own men. In his time, Zephyrinus, with the witness of the holy spirit descending in the form of a dove over his head, was ordained bishop of Rome. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>88. Philip ruled for seven years. He was thefirst among the emperors to believe in Christ. In his first year, the one thousandthyear of the city of Rome was reported to have passed. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>89. Decius ruled for one year. In his time, St. Anthony the monk, by whom monasteries were first founded, is reported to have appeared. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>90. Gallus and his son Volusianus ruled for two years. Novatus, a priest under bishop Cyprian, came to Rome and founded the Novatian hersesy. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>91. Valerian, with Gallienus, ruled for fifteen years. Cyprian, first rhetor and them bishop, was crowned with martyrdom. Also the Goths depopulated Greece, Macedonia, and Pontus in Asia. Valerian, orchestrating a persecution of the Christians, was captured by Sapor, king of the Persians, and there he grew old with the disgrace of his life. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>92. Claudius ruled for two years. He conquered and devastated the Goths (in) Illyricum and Macedonia. Paul of Samostenus was acknowledged to be a heresiarch. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>93. Aurelian ruled for six years. He extended the empire of the Romans by force almost to its previous boundaries. Carrying out the persecution against the Christians, he was seized with a sudden calamity and died without delay. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>94. Tacitus ruled for one year. His brief life left no deed worthy of record. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>95. Probus ruled for six years. Vigorous in war and illustrious in civilian life, he restored to the Romans, by force, Gaul, which had been occupied by the barbarians. In his time the heresy of the Manicheans arose. (5,481) </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>96. Carus ruled with his sons Carinus and Numerianus for two years. (134) Carus, after he triumphed over the Persians and, victorious, placed fortifications along the Tigris, was killed by a stroke of misfortune. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>97. Diocletian and Maximian ruled for twenty years. Diocletian, having burned holy books, persecuted Christians throughout the world. He was the first to order gems put on clothes and shoes. At that time princes were to wear only purple on their backs. These emperors waged various wars and, having conquered Persia, took Mesopotamia. After awhile, when both had left the rank of emperor, they lived as private citizens. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>98. Galerius ruled for two years. His brief imperium saw nothing worthy of historical record. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>99. Constantine ruled for thirty years. He prepared for war with the Persians and they feared his arrival, so that supplicants came forth promising to carry out his orders. He also became a Christian, giving permission to Christians to congregate freely, and built basilicas in honor of Christ. In these times, the Arian heresy appeared. Also the Nicene Council was convoked by Constantine for the condemnation of Arius. Also at that time the schism of the Donatists arose. At the same time the cross of Christ was discovered in Jerusalem by Helen, the mother of Constantine. But Constantine, baptised by Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia at the very end of his life, was converted to the Arian dogma. O the pain! Such a good beginning, such a bad end. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>100. Constantius and Constans ruled for twenty-four years. Constantius, terrible in the cruelty of his ways, endured many things from the Persians. From that time on he became an Arian and persecuted Catholics all over the world. Relying on his favor, Arius proceeded to the church in Constantinople, about to fight against those of our faith. Diverted through the forum of Constantine for the sake of some necessity, suddenly his viscera and his life simultaneously poured out. At the same time, Athanasius and Hilary were celebrated for their doctrine and confession of the faith. The heresy of the Anthropomorphites arose in Syria, Macedonia, and Constantinople. Donatus, an author of the art of grammar and instructor of Jerome, was regarded as illustrious in Rome. Anthony the monk died. The bones of the apostles Andrew and Luke were translated to Constantinople. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>101. Julian ruled for two years. He went from being a cleric to being an emperor and a pagan. He was converted to the cult of the idols and instituted martyrdom for the Christians. He forbade Christians to teach or learn the liberal arts. At that time he also, out of his hatred for Christ, permitted the Jews to repair the Temple of Jerusalem. Jews gathered from all the provinces and laid new foundations for the Temple. Suddenly at night an earthquake struck and the stones from the deepest parts of the foundation were shaken and scattered far and wide. In addition a fiery ball came out from the interior of the building of the Temple and prostrated many with its fire. Those remaining were frightened by this terror and involuntarily confessed Christ. And lest they thought it was over with this destruction, the sign of the cross appeared the following night on everyone's clothing. Julian, proceeding against the Persians, died, having been hit with a javelin as the attack was being launched. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>102. Jovian ruled for one year. When he realized that he was being chosen emperor by the army, he confirmed that he was a Christian and decided that it was no longer permissable for pagans to hold office. "And we," he said to all of the army, "who through Julianus rejected the name of Christ, wish to be Christians again." He then received the sceptre of the imperium from those who had heard him and returned after having made peace with the Persians. He gave the priveleges back to the Christians with a law granted in perpetuity and ordered the temples of the idols closed. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>103. Valentinian and his brother Valens ruled for fourteen years. The Goths, in Istrus, were divided into two kingdoms under kings Fridigern and Athalaric. But Fridigern overcame Athalaric with the help of Valens, the Arian emperor, having been persuaded, in exchange for the aid, to convert form being a catholic to being an Arian along with all of the people of the Goths, thus following Valens' error. Also at that time Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths, invented letters for the Goths like the letters of the Greeks and then translated both (the New and Old) Testaments into their own tongue. Also Photinus, Eunomius, and Apollonaris were acknowledged to be heresiarchs at this same time. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>104. Gratian with his brother Valentinian ruled for six years. Ambrose, bishop of Milan, excelled in the dogma of the Catholics. Priscillian introduced into Spain the evil heresy bearing his name. Martin, bishop of Tours, the city of Gaul, was resplendent with the signs of many miracles. </FONT></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-44502368021833812992007-06-25T19:48:00.000-07:002008-10-13T18:21:17.010-07:00St. Isidore -- The Sixth Age of the World until 616 A.D.<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>105. Valentinian ruled with Theodosius for eight years. The Synod of Constantinople, with one hundred fifty holy fathers, at which all heresies were condemned, was convoked by Theodosius. The priest Jerome in Bethlehem was regarded as illustrious throughout the world. Priscillian, being accused by Itacius, was killed with the sword by the tyrant Maximus. At the same time the head of John the Baptist was taken to Constantinople and buried at the seventh milestone (septimo milliario) of the city. And in the same time the temples of the gentiles all over the world were torn down by order of Theodosius, for until then they had remained untouched. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>106. Theodosius, with Arcadius and Honorius, ruled for three years. At the same time, John the Anchorite was regarded as noteworthy in the miracles of his virtues. Also, when consulted by Theodosius, he foretold his victory over the tyrant Eugenius. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>107. Arcadius and his brother Honorius ruled for thirteen years. In his time, bishop Augustine was regarded as noteworthy in the knowledge of his teaching. Also John of Constantinople and Theophilus of Alexandria were proclaimed to be illustrious bishops. At the same time, Donatus, bishop of Epirus, was regarded as noteworthy in his miracles (virtutes). He killed, by spitting in its eye, an immense dragon, which even with eight yoke of oxen was scarcely able to be dragged to the place where it was to be burned so that it would not corrupt the air as it decomposed. At the same time, the bodies of the holy prophets Habucuc and Micah were found by divine revelation. The Goths plundered Italy. And the Vandals and Alans invaded Gaul. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>108. Honorius, with Theodosius the Younger, the son of his brother, ruled for fifteen years. With these two governing, the Goths took Rome and the Vandals, Alans and Suevi seized Spain. In this time Pelagius preached the dogma of his error against the grace of Christ. A council of 214 of bishops was convoked in Carthage for his condemnation. In this time Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, was regarded as noteworthy. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>109. Theodosius the younger, son of Arcadius, ruled for twenty-seven years. The Vandals crossed over from Spain into Africa. There they subverted the Catholic faith with Arian impiety. At the same time Nestor, bishop of Constantinople, stirred up the error of his perfidy. The synod of Ephesus, convoked against him, condemned his impious dogma. In this same time, the devil in the guise of Moses appeared to the Jews in Crete and promised to lead them to the promised land over the sea without even getting their feet wet. After many had been killed, those remaining, who survived, were converted immediately to the grace of Christ. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>110. Marcian ruled for six years. The beginning of his imperial reign, the Council of Chalcedon was held, where Eutyches along with Dioscorus, the Alexandrian bishop, were condemned. In the sixth year of his imperium, Theodoric, king of the Goths, invaded Spain with a huge army. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>111. Leo the older ruled with Leo the younger for sixteen years. Alexandria and Egypt, despising the Synod of Chalcedon and languishing in the error of the heretic Dioscorus, barked with canine madness, filled with an unclean spirit. At the same time appeared the heresy of the Acephali, attacking the Council of Chalcedon. They are called Acephali, that is, "without a head," because the one who first introduced this heresy is not known. Many to the east languish with the disease of this heresy. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>112. Zeno ruled for seventeen years. The heresy of the Acephali was defended by him and the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon were abandoned. Zeno sought to kill his son Leo Augustus. But his mother handed over to Zeno someone similar to Leo in appearance and secretly made Leo a cleric. He lived among the clergy until the time of Justinian. At the same time the body of Barnabas the apostle and the gospel of Matthew, written with his own stylus, having revealed themselves, were found. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>113. Anastasius ruled for twenty-seven years. Appropriating the error of the Acephali, he condemned to exile the bishops who were defenders of the Synod of Chalcedon and also found fault with, and corrected, the gospels as if they had been composed by idiot evangelists. In his time, Bishop Fulgentius excelled in his knowledge and confession of God. Trasemundus, king of the Vandals, closed Catholic churches in Africa, sent 120 bishops to Sardinia, and raged against Catholics. At the same time in Carthage, Olympus, a certain Arian who blasphemed the holy Trinity in the balineum, was ignited in public by three fiery javelins thrown by angels. Also a certain Arian bishop by the name of Barbas is reported to have spoken against a rule of the faith while baptising ("Barbas baptises you in the name of the Father, through the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit") and immediately the water in the font which had been brought for baptism disappeared. Seeing this, the one who was to be baptised immediately rushed away to the Catholic faith and received the baptism of Christ according to the custom of the evangelic faith. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>114. Justin the older ruled for nine years. A love of the Synod of Chalcedon, he abandoned the heresy of the Acephali. In his time, after Trasemundus, Childeric, born of the captive daughter of the emperor Valentinian, received the kingdom among the Vandals. Though bound by an oath to Trasemundus that he would not show favor to the Catholics in the kingdom, before assuming power he ordered the bishops to be returned from exile and commanded that their own churches be restored to them. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>115. Justinian ruled for thirty-nine years. Receiving the heresy of the Acephali, he compelled every bishop in his kingdom to condemn the three chapters of the Council of Chalcedon. In Alexandria, the Theodosian and Gaianan heresies appeared. In Spain the Roman "miles" was invaded by the tyrant Athanagild. The patricius Belisarius triumphed wonderfully over the Persians. From there he was sent by Justinian to Africa and destroyed the people of the Vandals. Also in Italy, Totila, king of the Ostrogoths, was overcome by Narses, the Roman patricius. At the same time, the body of St. Anthony the monk, discovered by divine revelation, was taken to Alexandria and buried in the church of St. John the Baptist. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>116. Justin the younger ruled for eleven years. He destroyed those who had spoken out against the Synod of Chalcedon and ordered the effigy of the 150 fathers to be burned by the people in the time of sacrifice. The Armenians first received the faith of Christ at that time. The Gepids were extinguished by the Lombards. At the same time Martin, bishop of Braga in Galicia, was regarded as illustrious in prudence and the teaching of the Catholic faith. The patricius Narses, after he had overcome King Totila of the Goths in Italy in the time of the Augustus Justinian, was frightened by the threats of the empress Sophia, wife of Justin, and so invited the Lombards from Pannonia and introduced them into Italy. At that time Leovigild, king of the Goths, brought back, under the power of his kingdom, certain regions of Spain that were rebelling against him. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>117. Tiberius ruled for seven years. The Lombards, expelled by the Romans, entered Italy. The Goths were divided into two by Hermenegild, son of King Leovigild, and they were devastated with mutual slaughter. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>118. Maurice ruled for twenty-one years. The Suevi, held by King Leovigild, were subjected by the Goths. The Goths were also converted to the Catholic faith, having been summoned by that most religious prince, Reccared. The Avars, fighting against the Romans, were defeated more by gold than by iron. Thrace was seized by the Huns. At this time, Leander excelled in the teaching of the faith and the sciences for the conversion of the Gothic people in Spain. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>119. Phocas ruled for eight years. Made emperor as the result of a military revolt, he killed the emperor Maurice and many of the nobles. In his time the Prasini and the Veneti waged civil war throughout the east and Egypt and prostrated themselves with mutual slaughter. In addition, very grave battles were fought against the republic of the Persians, in which the Romans were forcefully beaten and lost many provinces up to the Euphrates River as well as, they say, Jerusalem. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>120. Heraclius has completed five years of his imperial rule. At the beginning, the Slavs took Greece from the Romans; the Persians took Syria, Egypt, and many provinces. Also in Spain, Sisebut, king of the Goths, took certain cities from the same Roman "militia" and converted the Jews subject to his kingdom to the faith of Christ. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>121. 5,814 years have passed from the beginning of the world to the present era 654 [616 AD], that is, to the fifth year of the imperium of Heraclius and the fourth of the most glorious prince Sisebut. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>122. The time remaining for the world cannot be ascertained by human investigation. Our Lord Jesus Christ forestalled every question about this matter when he said: "It is not for you to know times or the moment which the Father has fixed by his own authority." And elsewhere: "But of that day," he said, "and that hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father only." Each one, then, should think about his own passing, as holy scripture says: "In all works, be mindful of the most recent." When, therefore, any one passes away that moment is the end of his world.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>This text was translated by Kenneth B. Wolf and this copy made available here as public domain by his kind permission. The master version is located at Dr. Wolf's own site, <SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.history.pomona.edu/kbw/h100y/chronicon.htm"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">here</SPAN></A>.</SPAN> All material on this page is in the public domain - copy freely. Greek text is rendered using the Scholars Press SPIonic font, free from <SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.ccel.org/help/fonts/"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">here</SPAN></A></SPAN>.</FONT></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-79294766772520577192007-03-06T13:11:00.000-08:002011-06-02T17:59:54.850-07:00The Great Apostasy Prophesied by the Lord Jesus Christ<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">According to St. Augustine the Sixth Age of the World lasts until the Second Coming of Christ. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Our Lord Jesus Christ's Second Coming is, according to St. Augustine, the Seventh Day. (Ages and Days are the same. They are not of equal length from one to the next.) The Eighth Day is the eternal age in the recreated universe when Christ has returned and reigns visibly forevermore.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Parallel passage references are from the full consensus of the Church Fathers according to the Council of Trent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mt:24:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 ¶ And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you, there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">[Lk:19:44:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">44 And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation. (DRV) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The temple destruction was in 70 A.D. See Luke chapter 21.]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3 aAnd when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: bTell us when shall these things be? cAnd what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">[v. 3 This dates this as basically end time prophecy from this point on] </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4 ¶ And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">[Jer:29:8:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">8 ¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream: (DRV)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Eph:5:6, 11, 24:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">24a Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: (DRV)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Jer:14:14:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">14 And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart. (DRV)]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5 For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">6 And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">8 Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">10 And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">12 And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">[This dates this from here on as the end of the eschaton. The eschaton is the consummation of this age of grace which began with Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Incarnation by the Holy Spirit, conceived and born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The eschaton or the ending events, began with v. 3c "And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?" From here on it is the very final events leading up to Our Lord’s Second Coming. See article directly below for continuation.]</span></p>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-16568661162164033282007-03-06T13:09:00.003-08:002012-08-11T19:09:21.606-07:00The Great Tribulation and the End of this Age<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dn:9:27:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fail: and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end. (DRV)]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">16 Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[Means to utterly flee from any involvement with those things contrary to the Gospel.]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">17 And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">18 And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">19 And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the sabbath.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">22 And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sakeof the elect those days shall be shortened.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[This refers to the short duration, by God’s Sovereign command, of the persecution.]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">23 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">24 For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">25 Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">26 If therefore they shall say to you, Behold he is in the desert: go ye not out. Behold he is in the closets: believe it not.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[From v. 27 on down is the Second Coming of Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the general resurrection of all men and the final judgement by Jesus Christ Himself.] </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">27 For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">28 Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">31 And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">32 ¶ And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">33 So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">34 Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">36 But of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">37 And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">38 For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">39 And they knew not till the flood came and took them all away: so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">40 Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall be left.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one shall be left.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[vs. 40 and 41 According to the Church Fathers and Doctors this refers to the binding of the cockle to be burnt with eternal fire. The cockle are the damned and the ones who do the binding are God’s angels. This does not refer to any “secret rapture”. There is no “secret rapture”. The so-called “secret rapture” is heretical docetic denial of the resurrection.]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">42 Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">43 But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">45 Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">46 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">47 Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">49 And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not and at an hour that he knoweth not:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">51 And shall separate him and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(DRV)</span></div></div>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-87158136360501211222006-11-26T07:33:00.000-08:002008-10-13T18:21:17.011-07:00Prophecy of Christ<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>THE WORLD CHRONICLE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>71. Vespasian ruled for ten years. Vigorous in military discipline, through his fighting he restored to the republic many provinces which Nero had lost. He was unmindful of offenses and he bore lightly the insults said against him. In his second year Titus took and overthrew Jerusalem, where 1,100,000 Jews perished by famine and the sword. Beyond these, another 100,000 were publicly sold into slavery. </FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>The Christians heeded Our Lord Jesus Christ's warning in 70 A.D. and fled from Jerusalem to Pella and were not harmed. </FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Generation in the text in the Greek can mean a human generation or any length of time. The emphasis in the Gospel of St. Luke is on 70 A.D.</FONT></STRONG></P></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></B>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Lk:21. 1-38</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Who said: Take heed you be not seduced: for many will come in my name, saying: I am he and the time is at hand. Go ye not therefore after them.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be great signs.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren and kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">But a hair of your head shall not perish.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In your patience you shall possess your souls.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. <FONT color=#ff0000>[This is Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by Titus.]</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: and those who are in the midst thereof depart out: and those who are in the countries not enter into it. <FONT color=#ff0000>[The Christians heeded and were not destroyed.]</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captives into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles till the times of the nations be fulfilled.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves:</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And he spoke to them a similitude. See the fig tree and all the trees:</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh;</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come and to stand before the Son of man.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple: but at night going out, he abode in the mount that is called Olivet.</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.</SPAN></B></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-60462009578079939942006-11-26T07:05:00.000-08:002008-10-13T18:21:17.011-07:00The Punishments Of The Apostates In The Future<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>THE WORLD CHRONICLE OF ISIDORE OF SEVILLE</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>71. Vespasian ruled for ten years. Vigorous in military discipline, through his fighting he restored to the republic many provinces which Nero had lost. He was unmindful of offenses and he bore lightly the insults said against him. In his second year Titus took and overthrew Jerusalem, where 1,100,000 Jews perished by famine and the sword. Beyond these, another 100,000 were publicly sold into slavery. </FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>The Christians heeded Our Lord Jesus Christ's warning in 70 A.D. and fled from Jerusalem to Pella and were not harmed. </FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Generation in the text in the Greek can mean a human generation or any length of time. The emphasis in the Gospel of St. Matthew is on the future.</FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Mt:24. 1-51<BR/>And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you, there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world?<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand. <FONT color=#ff0000>[This is Our Lord Jesus Christ's Prophecy to be apart from the Antichrist sitting in the temple of God when Our Lord Jesus Christ returns from heaven with his elect angels.]<BR/></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000>Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>But pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the sabbath.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>If therefore they shall say to you, Behold he is in the desert: go ye not out. Behold he is in the closets: believe it not.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into the west: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of heaven shall be moved.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>But of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And they knew not till the flood came and took them all away: so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall be left.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one shall be left.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will come.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and drink with drunkards:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not and at an hour that he knoweth not:<BR/></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>And shall separate him and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P></P></FONT></STRONG>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432008175105637346.post-52435005476500751952006-11-25T10:52:00.000-08:002008-10-13T18:21:17.012-07:00What is the watching that Jesus said.<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Mt:25. 1-46<BR/>Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And five of them were foolish and five wise.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh. Go ye forth to meet him.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Now whilst they went to buy the bridegroom came: and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage. And the door was shut.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For even as a man going into a far country called his servants and delivered to them his goods;<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And he that had received the five talents went his way and traded with the same and gained other five.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And in like manner he that had received the two gained other two.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But he that had received the one, going his way, digged into the earth and hid his lord's money.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents. Behold I have gained other five over and above.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me. Behold I have gained other two.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Behold here thou hast that which is thine.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it him that hath ten talents.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry and fed thee: thirsty and gave thee drink?<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Or when did we see thee a stranger and took thee in? Or naked and covered thee?<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and came to thee?<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>I was a stranger and you took me not in: naked and you covered me not: sick and in prison and you did not visit me.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to thee?<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen: I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.<BR/></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.</STRONG></FONT></P>SntMartyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367noreply@blogger.com0