Seven Ages of the Church
PartialMore from Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser (9)
Predicted in the “fifth age” disaster: apostasy, moral collapse, civil/religious decline; “heretics and tyrants” invade, Rome is attacked...
Prophesied a “valiant Monarch anointed by God” descendant of Louis IX and German imperial family, born in exile will destroy heresies,...
After tribulation, “Sixth Age” described as era of Catholic renewal—sciences, arts, and spiritual life flourish, Holy Scripture unanimously...
In the fifth age the Church will be humiliated and afflicted. Faith will be extinguished in almost all nations. The clergy will become...
The Great Monarch will come from exile. He is a descendant of both the French King Louis IX and the German imperial house. He will be born...
The seventh and final age begins when the era of peace expires. Gog and Magog will rise. The Antichrist will be born — he will be a Jew...
The Muslim nations will attack Christendom one more time during the great tribulation. But this time they will be utterly and completely...
The heresies of the fifth age — principally Protestantism — will be entirely eradicated during the sixth age. All Christians will unite...
Ven. Holzhauser described a powerful leader from the East, identifying him with the Persian King Khosrov (Chosroes), who would serve as a...