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Darkness covers the land, war and rumours of war threaten the lands of Middle Earth, the powers of evil are rising, the earth itself is convulsed, yet there is hope; a small band of courageous souls enter upon a nigh impossible quest to quell a diabolical enemy, while a hidden king comes to claim his rightful throne through the turmoil of battle as foretold by prophets of old and rebuilds his kingdom laid waste by his enemies.
The plot of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic High Fantasy epic, Lord of the Rings, is it not? However, the above narrative may be more than a fantastic story. Is it possible Tolkien was inspired by astounding Roman Catholic prophecies yet to be fulfilled? In fact, not many Catholics are aware of these prophecies, and for those who have read them do not believe, for they indeed sound surreal as though penned by a fiction author despite having been imparted by approved saints and mystics of the Church.
Why, the reader may ask? These little known prophecies may sound fantastic, but in truth are downright frightening, condemning the sinful corruption of both the Church and the secular world alike. One may dare to suggest these foretellings have been suppressed from the majority of the faithful due to the damning nature of the warnings from Heaven despite receiving Church approval. Yet, the prophecies are available for those who seek, and Tolkien being a devout Catholic may have woven threads of these revelations into his famous epic, which we shall now explore.
For centuries, saints and mystics of the Church foretold that near the End Times, Satan would be given a period to test mankind, also foretold in the Book of the Apocalypse: “And after that, he must be loosed a little time.” (Apoc. 20, 2) Pope Leo XIII (pontificate 1878-1903) experienced a vision displaying the liberty that would be granted to Satan, and was shown that the devil and his followers would be given the time he demanded to tempt the world: about seventy-five to one hundred years. The mystic and stigmatist Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) has even provided the faithful with a date for when this horrific ‘Age of Satan’ would commence. According to her revelations,* the devil and his minions would be allowed this period of freedom fifty or sixty years before the year 2000 AD and they would begin to prepare the earth for this age long before the year ever arrived.
Ominous, is it not?
Other mystics fill in considerable details about this dark time: corruption would cover the earth, sin would be so great that the land will rebel against man and the seasons would no longer be discernible. Morals would become nonexistent, impurity would be so terrible that there would be hardly any virgin souls left on earth. Hedonism would grow more rapid than in the pagan times. The Church itself would become corrupt from within and would abandon its holy traditions as they had been practised for centuries, (often perceived to be the revolutionary reformations of the Vatican II Council), and that Heaven would be forced to send cataclysmic misfortunes to the earth in an attempt to bring mankind back to its senses such as previously unknown plagues, famines, catastrophic earthquakes, three World Wars, the threat of Muslim invasions in the western world and the complete destruction of Paris to name a few. When these fail, the last and greatest punishment would be the Three Days of Darkness when all Hell would literally and physically be let loose, destruction would come in a rain of fire, and those not properly prepared for these chastisements would be struck dead. Two-thirds, or in some prophecies, three-quarters of the human race would be annihilated, those remaining would be left to repopulate and rebuild the earth.
After these horrific days have passed, there would be a great period of peace the like of which was never witnessed before in history. Heresies will be wiped out, world wide conversions will take place. All Christian churches separated by heresy or schism would come back to the Roman Catholic fold, which would be completely reformed back to its former Latin traditions under the guidance of a great pope, an ‘Angelic Pontiff’. In union with the Angelic Pontiff, the secular world would be ruled by a Great Monarch who will be chosen by Heaven to restore all the absolute monarchies of Europe that would then rule under his sceptre as in the days of the Holy Roman Empire. This great period of peace would last for about thirty years until the death of the Great Monarch, after which the Antichrist will reveal himself and attempt to corrupt the faithful once more before Christ shall appear from Heaven with His Angels on the Last Day and commence the General Judgement. This appears to be the general outline of the various prophecies.
Concerning the Great Monarch, who is he? From whence shall he appear? From the numerous prophecies, the time of his appearance is difficult to discern— he will be a man of war, driving back enemies that will have invaded Europe. The miracles that will appear at his coming and his own personal holiness will be so great he will convert many and his enemies will be quickly defeated. From this we can assume he might come during a great war before the harrowing Three Days of Darkness with its Rain of Fire, although it is still possible he might come after. However, there is no doubt from what country he will take his throne: he will be a descendant of the Merovinginan dynasty, Charlemagne and the slaughtered Bourbons. He will be the last and greatest of the Kings of France.
* Bl. Catherine Emmerich’s revelations were recorded by the author Clemens Brentano, and unfortunately it is noted he introduced several of his own embellishments to her testimony making it impossible to discern her prophecies from his additions. That being said, Catholics continue to read her revelations as recorded by Brentano and Tolkien may have also been influenced by what was attributed to her, hence her prophecies are also included in this study.
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Lord of the Rings: Apocalyptic Prophecies
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Table of Contents:
In the End Times: the Great Monarch and the Angelic Pontiff
A Hidden King ~ Descendant of a Great Lineage
Absolute Monarchies ~ Approved by Heaven
The Bible and Prophecies: Inspiration for Tolkien’s Great Epic?
Aragorn and the Prophecies of the Great Monarch
The Angelic Pontiff
Lord Sauron ~ Veiled Malice
The Great Period of Peace
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
“ ‘These are indeed strange days,’ he muttered.
‘Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.’ ”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
‘Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.’ ”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Darkness covers the land, war and rumours of war threaten the lands of Middle Earth, the powers of evil are rising, the earth itself is convulsed, yet there is hope; a small band of courageous souls enter upon a nigh impossible quest to quell a diabolical enemy, while a hidden king comes to claim his rightful throne through the turmoil of battle as foretold by prophets of old and rebuilds his kingdom laid waste by his enemies.
The plot of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic High Fantasy epic, Lord of the Rings, is it not? However, the above narrative may be more than a fantastic story. Is it possible Tolkien was inspired by astounding Roman Catholic prophecies yet to be fulfilled? In fact, not many Catholics are aware of these prophecies, and for those who have read them do not believe, for they indeed sound surreal as though penned by a fiction author despite having been imparted by approved saints and mystics of the Church.
Why, the reader may ask? These little known prophecies may sound fantastic, but in truth are downright frightening, condemning the sinful corruption of both the Church and the secular world alike. One may dare to suggest these foretellings have been suppressed from the majority of the faithful due to the damning nature of the warnings from Heaven despite receiving Church approval. Yet, the prophecies are available for those who seek, and Tolkien being a devout Catholic may have woven threads of these revelations into his famous epic, which we shall now explore.
In the End Times: the Great Monarch and the Angelic Pontiff
For centuries, saints and mystics of the Church foretold that near the End Times, Satan would be given a period to test mankind, also foretold in the Book of the Apocalypse: “And after that, he must be loosed a little time.” (Apoc. 20, 2) Pope Leo XIII (pontificate 1878-1903) experienced a vision displaying the liberty that would be granted to Satan, and was shown that the devil and his followers would be given the time he demanded to tempt the world: about seventy-five to one hundred years. The mystic and stigmatist Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) has even provided the faithful with a date for when this horrific ‘Age of Satan’ would commence. According to her revelations,* the devil and his minions would be allowed this period of freedom fifty or sixty years before the year 2000 AD and they would begin to prepare the earth for this age long before the year ever arrived.
Ominous, is it not?
Other mystics fill in considerable details about this dark time: corruption would cover the earth, sin would be so great that the land will rebel against man and the seasons would no longer be discernible. Morals would become nonexistent, impurity would be so terrible that there would be hardly any virgin souls left on earth. Hedonism would grow more rapid than in the pagan times. The Church itself would become corrupt from within and would abandon its holy traditions as they had been practised for centuries, (often perceived to be the revolutionary reformations of the Vatican II Council), and that Heaven would be forced to send cataclysmic misfortunes to the earth in an attempt to bring mankind back to its senses such as previously unknown plagues, famines, catastrophic earthquakes, three World Wars, the threat of Muslim invasions in the western world and the complete destruction of Paris to name a few. When these fail, the last and greatest punishment would be the Three Days of Darkness when all Hell would literally and physically be let loose, destruction would come in a rain of fire, and those not properly prepared for these chastisements would be struck dead. Two-thirds, or in some prophecies, three-quarters of the human race would be annihilated, those remaining would be left to repopulate and rebuild the earth.
After these horrific days have passed, there would be a great period of peace the like of which was never witnessed before in history. Heresies will be wiped out, world wide conversions will take place. All Christian churches separated by heresy or schism would come back to the Roman Catholic fold, which would be completely reformed back to its former Latin traditions under the guidance of a great pope, an ‘Angelic Pontiff’. In union with the Angelic Pontiff, the secular world would be ruled by a Great Monarch who will be chosen by Heaven to restore all the absolute monarchies of Europe that would then rule under his sceptre as in the days of the Holy Roman Empire. This great period of peace would last for about thirty years until the death of the Great Monarch, after which the Antichrist will reveal himself and attempt to corrupt the faithful once more before Christ shall appear from Heaven with His Angels on the Last Day and commence the General Judgement. This appears to be the general outline of the various prophecies.
Concerning the Great Monarch, who is he? From whence shall he appear? From the numerous prophecies, the time of his appearance is difficult to discern— he will be a man of war, driving back enemies that will have invaded Europe. The miracles that will appear at his coming and his own personal holiness will be so great he will convert many and his enemies will be quickly defeated. From this we can assume he might come during a great war before the harrowing Three Days of Darkness with its Rain of Fire, although it is still possible he might come after. However, there is no doubt from what country he will take his throne: he will be a descendant of the Merovinginan dynasty, Charlemagne and the slaughtered Bourbons. He will be the last and greatest of the Kings of France.
* Bl. Catherine Emmerich’s revelations were recorded by the author Clemens Brentano, and unfortunately it is noted he introduced several of his own embellishments to her testimony making it impossible to discern her prophecies from his additions. That being said, Catholics continue to read her revelations as recorded by Brentano and Tolkien may have also been influenced by what was attributed to her, hence her prophecies are also included in this study.