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Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture

Volume II. Catholic Millenarianism: From Savonarola to the Abbé Grégoire

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  1. Karl A. Kottman

    1. Temecula, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Forms of Catholic Millenarianism: A Brief Overview

    • B. McGinn
    Pages 1-13

  3. Savonarola and Cardinal Ximines: Millenarian Thinkers and Actors at the Eve of the Reformation

    • R. H. Popkin
    Pages 15-26

  4. The Kabbalistic Messianism of Fray Luis de León

    • K. A. Kottman
    Pages 27-43

  5. Per Annos Mille: Cornelius a Lapide and the Interpretation of Revelation 20: 2–8

    • J.-R. Armogathe
    Pages 45-51

  6. Paolo Sarpi and Early Stuart Debates over the Papal Antichrist

    • M. Vester
    Pages 53-69

  7. A Seventeenth Century Hebrew Translation of Saint Thomas

    • D. J. Fitzgerald
    Pages 71-78

  8. Vieira’s Epistemology of History

    • J. R. Maia Neto
    Pages 79-89

  9. God’s Will in History: The Abbé Grégoire, the Revolution and the Jews

    • R. Hermon-Belot
    Pages 91-100

  10. Comment on Manuel Lacunza (1731–1801)

    • R. H. Popkin
    Pages 101-103

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 105-116
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Over three hundred years ago, the paramount modern Catholic exegete, Cornelius a Lapide, S.J., wrote that the 25th of March, 2000, was the most likely date for the world to end. Catholic Millenarianism does not let the day pass without comment.
Catholic Millenarianism offers an authoritative overview of Catholic apocalyptic thought combined with detailed presentations by specialists on nine major Catholic authors, such as Savonarola, Luis de León, and António Vieira. With its companion volumes, Catholic Millenarianism illustrates a hold apocalyptic concerns had on intellectual life, particularly between 1500 and 1900, rivaling and influencing rationalism and skepticism.
Catholics do not ordinarily expect a messianic reign by earthly means. Catholic Millenarianism shows instead what is common to Catholic authors: their preoccupation with the relationship between linguistic prophecies and the events they foretell. This makes the perspectives offered as surprisingly diverse as their particular times, and the book itself interesting and worth repeated reading.

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  • Temecula, USA

    Karl A. Kottman

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