Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture

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.

• 1900
• António Vieira
• Europe
• Girolamo Savonarola
• Henri Grégoire
• Luis de León
• Revolution
• apocalyptic
• apocalyptic thought
• catholic millenarianism
• messianism
• millenarianism
• rationalism
• seventeenth century
• skepticism

• Temecula, USA

  Karl A. Kottman

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