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[edit] Great Monarch

The Great Monarch is a concept that has a prominent place in Roman Catholic eschatology. This is a part of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world.

While in mysticism the phrase metaphorically refers to the end of ordinary reality and reunion with the Divine, in the Roman Catholic Church it is taught as an actual future event prophesied in sacred texts or prophecies or apocalyptic literature.

More broadly, it encompasses related concepts such as the Antichrist, the return of Jesus, the end times, end of days and the end of the world, the resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, the renewal of creation, heaven and hell, the establishment of the kingdom of God, and the consummation of all of God's purposes, the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy and the beginning of the Messianic Age.

The term eschatology is often used in a more popular and narrower sense when comparing various interpretations of the Book of Revelation and other prophetic parts of the Bible, such as the Book of Daniel and various sayings of Jesus in the Gospels, such as the Olivet discourse and the Judgment of the Nations, concerning the timing of what many Christians believe to be the imminent second coming of Christ.

In Roman Catholic dogmatic, mystical or folk traditions there are, in addition to doctrines and prophecies of the Bible, also traditional teachings, or writings of people granted gifts of prophecy or a special visitation by messengers from heaven, such as angels, saints, or Christ. The concept of the Great King features here prominently.

[edit] Biblic and apostolic foundation

Catholic teaching refers to the 25th chapter of Matthew's Gospel in which Christ says that no one knows the hour or the day, except the Father in Heaven. The Church furthermore teaches that Christ indicated the approximation of these events in the New Testament, when he spoke of signs which would indicate that the end of days" was near. Some of these signs include natural disasters, civil problems, and other catastrophes. Of the precise time, however, it will come like a thief in the night.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, proclaimed by Pope John Paul II on 15 August 1997 in het Apostolic letter Laetamur Magnoprere, the Catholic beliefs about the end times are addressed in the Profession of faith. An brief introduction of these beliefs can be found on the Holy See's website: [1]

Before the return of Christ, a number of conditions have to be fullfilled. They are:

  • The spreading of the Roman-Catholic faith among all corners of the planet and among all people.
  • Recognition of Jesus-Christ as the Messiah and Son of God by all Israel (Rom 11:20-26; Mt 23:39).
  • The Great Apostasy that will shake the faith of many believers. This is a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the catholic faith. This will be prepared gradually. The supreme form of this religious deception will be that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh (2 Thess 2:4-12; 1 Thess 5:2-3; 2 Jn 7; 1 Jn 2:18,22.).

We actually live in the sixth age of the world according to Saint Augustine.

  • Bartholomew Holzhauser a German priest, and visionary and writer of prophecies.
    • Interpretatio Apocalypsis usque ad cap. XV, v. 5, 1784, Bamberg. It includes the seven ages of the Church:
      • the status seminativus or the first age of the Church, from Christ and the Apostles to Pope Linus and Emperor Nero,
      • the status irrigativus or the second age of the Church, the days of persecution,
      • the status illuminativus or the third age of the Church, from Pope Sylvester to Leo III,
      • the status pacifitcus or the fourth age of the Church from Leo III to Leo X,
      • the status afflictionis et purgativus or the fifth age of the Church, from Leo X to a strong ruler or grand monarch and a holy pope,
      • the status consolationis of the sixth age of the Church, from that holy pope to the birth of Antichrist,
      • the status desolationis are the sevent and last age of the Church, from the Antichrist to the end of the world.

We actually live in the fith age of the Church and are experiencing the transition to the sixth age, according to Bartholomew Holzhauser.

    • Visiones: This work contains the ten visions of Holzhauser:
      • De septem animalibus
      • De unâ monarchiâ et duabus sedibus
      • De s. Michaele archangelo et sedibus
      • De ecclesiâ sponsâ Dei
      • De propriâ personâ Jesu
      • De egressione Danubii
      • De verme grandi
      • De conversione Germaniæ
      • Exprobratio vitiorum, exprobratio impœnitentiæ, quomodo revertatur?
      • De duabus personis