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Friday, March 15, 2013

Papal lists and the spurious prophecy of St. Malachy

Papal lists and the spurious prophecies attributed to St. Malachy.

In the below I am refraining from theological judgements on the five from John XXIII to Benedict XVI as Antipopes for the sake of comparing numbers of the Papal lists and those to the spurious list attributed to St. Malachy.

See below to disprove any connection of Francis to the spurious prophecies of St. Malachy (one of the bases of the spurious visionaries who keep claiming the blessed virgin Mary has revealed the future of Popes to them – she has not). Antipopes, but not necessarily all of them, have always been included in the list spuriously attributed to St. Malachy and these so called prophecies of Malachy are adduced to refer to them as such. The official Antipopes from 1143 AD onward are in bold italics. See notes at the end. The prophecies of St. Malachy are totally spurious and not to be trusted at all. Official Antipopes Innocent III and Benedict XIV are arbitrarily not included in Malachy’s list but ten other Antipopes are. Malachy's list begins with Papal list No. 165. Celestine II 1143-44 AD. The ultimate conclusion as to the spuriousness of the so-called prophecies of Malachy is from the 1950 Catholic Dictionary.

The Papal lists include the Antipopes but only as Antipopes and without a Papal number.

Validly elected and he did accept election was Stephen II (752) -- Omitted from many lists (including the Vatican's) because he died before being consecrated. If Stephen II were to be included then John Paul II would be the 265^th and Benedict XVI would be the 266^th according to the Papal lists.

John XXII has been objected to. (Particularly when Roncalli/John XXXIII chose his name - it was said that Roncalli should have been the XXII and not the XXIII – Roncalli insisted he be the XXIII at that time. Actually, Cardinal Siri was elected validly, not Roncalli.) Only if Stephen II were to be continued to be left out and then John XXII were removed would Francis be the 265^th. Also, then an argument then could be raised that Francis was not the 112^th of the Malachy series, but only the 111^th. See bottom notes for how it could be extended even more by the subtraction of Antipopes from the Malachy series.

Ten of the Antipopes (Sede Vacante has happened a number of times historically) – which are recorded as such in the Papal lists are included in the list of St. Malachy – but arbitrarily only ten of the twelve in the Papal lists.

St. Peter (32-67)
St. Linus (67-76)
St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
St. Clement I (88-97)
St. Evaristus (97-105)
St. Alexander I (105-115)
St. Sixtus I (115-125) -- also called Xystus I
St. Telesphorus (125-136)
St. Hyginus (136-140)
St. Pius I (140-155)
St. Anicetus (155-166)
St. Soter (166-175)
St. Eleutherius (175-189)
St. Victor I (189-199)
St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
St. Callistus I (217-22)
St. Urban I (222-30)
St. Pontain (230-35)
St. Anterus (235-36)
St. Fabian (236-50)
St. Cornelius (251-53)
St. Lucius I (253-54)
St. Stephen I (254-257)
St. Sixtus II (257-258)
St. Dionysius (260-268)
St. Felix I (269-274)
St. Eutychian (275-283)
St. Caius (283-296) -- also called Gaius
St. Marcellinus (296-304)
St. Marcellus I (308-309)
St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
St. Miltiades (311-14)
St. Sylvester I (314-35)
St. Marcus (336)
St. Julius I (337-52)
Liberius (352-66)
St. Damasus I (366-83)
St. Siricius (384-99)
St. Anastasius I (399-401)
St. Innocent I (401-17)
St. Zosimus (417-18)
St. Boniface I (418-22)
St. Celestine I (422-32)
St. Sixtus III (432-40)
St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
St. Hilarius (461-68)
St. Simplicius (468-83)
St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
St. Gelasius I (492-96)
Anastasius II (496-98)
St. Symmachus (498-514)
St. Hormisdas (514-23)
St. John I (523-26)
St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
Boniface II (530-32)
John II (533-35)
St. Agapetus I (535-36) -- also called Agapitus I
St. Silverius (536-37)
Vigilius (537-55)
Pelagius I (556-61)
John III (561-74)
Benedict I (575-79)
Pelagius II (579-90)
St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
Sabinian (604-606)
Boniface III (607)
St. Boniface IV (608-15)
St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
Boniface V (619-25)
Honorius I (625-38)
Severinus (640)
John IV (640-42)
Theodore I (642-49)
St. Martin I (649-55)
St. Eugene I (655-57)
St. Vitalian (657-72)
Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
Donus (676-78)
St. Agatho (678-81)
St. Leo II (682-83)
St. Benedict II (684-85)
John V (685-86)
Conon (686-87)
St. Sergius I (687-701)
John VI (701-05)
John VII (705-07)
Sisinnius (708)
Constantine (708-15)
St. Gregory II (715-31)
St. Gregory III (731-41)
St. Zachary (741-52)
Stephen II (752) -- Omitted from many lists (including the Vatican's) because he died before being consecrated.
Stephen III (752-57)
St. Paul I (757-67)
Stephen IV (767-72)
Adrian I (772-95)
St. Leo III (795-816)
Stephen V (816-17)
St. Paschal I (817-24)
Eugene II (824-27)
Valentine (827)
Gregory IV (827-44)
Sergius II (844-47)
St. Leo IV (847-55)
Benedict III (855-58)
St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
Adrian II (867-72)
John VIII (872-82)
Marinus I (882-84)
St. Adrian III (884-85)
Stephen VI (885-91)
Formosus (891-96)
Boniface VI (896)
Stephen VII (896-97)
Romanus (897)
Theodore II (897)
John IX (898-900)
Benedict IV (900-03)
Leo V (903)
Sergius III (904-11)
Anastasius III (911-13)
Lando (913-14)
John X (914-28)
Leo VI (928)
Stephen VIII (929-31)
John XI (931-35)
Leo VII (936-39)
Stephen IX (939-42)
Marinus II (942-46)
Agapetus II (946-55)
John XII (955-63)
Leo VIII (963-64)
Benedict V (964)
John XIII (965-72)
Benedict VI (973-74)
Benedict VII (974-83)
John XIV (983-84)
John XV (985-96)
Gregory V (996-99)
Sylvester II (999-1003)
John XVII (1003)
John XVIII (1003-09)
Sergius IV (1009-12)
Benedict VIII (1012-24)
John XIX (1024-32)
Benedict IX (1032-45)
Sylvester III (1045) -- Considered by some to be an antipope
Benedict IX (1045)
Gregory VI (1045-46)
Clement II (1046-47)
Benedict IX (1047-48)
Damasus II (1048)
St. Leo IX (1049-54)
Victor II (1055-57)
Stephen X (1057-58)
Nicholas II (1058-61)
Alexander II (1061-73)
St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
Paschal II (1099-1118)
Gelasius II (1118-19)
Callistus II (1119-24)
Honorius II (1124-30)
Innocent II (1130-43)
Celestine II (1143-44) FIRST OF ST. MALACHY
Lucius II (1144-45)
Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
Anastasius IV (1153-54)
Adrian IV (1154-59)
Alexander III (1159-81) Victor IV, Paschal III, Callistus III, Innocent III (Innocent III not included in Malachy)
Lucius III (1181-85) 10^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Urban III (1185-87)
Gregory VIII (1187)
Clement III (1187-91)
Celestine III (1191-98)
Innocent III (1198-1216)
Honorius III (1216-27)
Gregory IX (1227-41)
Celestine IV (1241)
Innocent IV (1243-54)
Alexander IV (1254-61) 20^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Urban IV (1261-64)
Clement IV (1265-68)
Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
Blessed Innocent V (1276)
Adrian V (1276)
John XXI (1276-77)
Nicholas III (1277-80)
Martin IV (1281-85)
Honorius IV (1285-87)
Nicholas IV (1288-92) 30^TH OF ST. MALACHY
St. Celestine V (1294)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
Clement V (1305-14)
John XXII (1316-34) Nicholas V
Benedict XII (1334-42)
Clement VI (1342-52)
Innocent VI (1352-62)
Blessed Urban V (1362-70) 40^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Gregory XI (1370-78)
Urban VI (1378-89) Clement VII
Boniface IX (1389-1404) Benedict XIII
Innocent VII (1404-06)
Gregory XII (1406-15) Alexander V, John XXIII, Clement VIII, 50^TH OF ST. MALACHY Benedict XIV (Benedict XIV not included in Malachy)
Martin V (1417-31)
Eugene IV (1431-47) Felix V
Nicholas V (1447-55)
Callistus III (1455-58)
Pius II (1458-64)
Paul II (1464-71)
Sixtus IV (1471-84)
Innocent VIII (1484-92)
Alexander VI (1492-1503) 60^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Pius III (1503)
Julius II (1503-13)
Leo X (1513-21)
Adrian VI (1522-23)
Clement VII (1523-34)
Paul III (1534-49)
Julius III (1550-55)
Marcellus II (1555)
Paul IV (1555-59)
Pius IV (1559-65) 70^TH OF ST. MALACHY
St. Pius V (1566-72)
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
Sixtus V (1585-90)
Urban VII (1590)
Gregory XIV (1590-91)
Innocent IX (1591)
Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Leo XI (1605)
Paul V (1605-21)
Gregory XV (1621-23) 80^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Urban VIII (1623-44)
Innocent X (1644-55)
Alexander VII (1655-67)
Clement IX (1667-69)
Clement X (1670-76)
Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
Alexander VIII (1689-91)
Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Clement XI (1700-21)
Innocent XIII (1721-24) 90^TH OF ST. MALACHY
Benedict XIII (1724-30)
Clement XII (1730-40)
Benedict XIV (1740-58)
Clement XIII (1758-69)
Clement XIV (1769-74)
Pius VI (1775-99)
Pius VII (1800-23)
Leo XII (1823-29)
Pius VIII (1829-30)
Gregory XVI (1831-46) 100^THOF ST. MALACHY
Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
St. Pius X (1903-14)
Benedict XV (1914-22)
Pius XI (1922-39)
Pius XII (1939-58)
John XXIII (1958-63)
Paul VI (1963-78)
John Paul I (1978) (in Malachy: De Medietate Lunae, Of the half moon – this was supposed to have to do with Islam)
John Paul II (1978-2005) 110^THOF ST. MALACHY (in Malachy: De Labore Solis, From the Labor of the sun – this was supposed to be an African)
Benedict XVI (2005—2013 Abdicated) 111^THOF ST. MALACHY (in Malachy: Gloria Olivae, the glory of the olive – this is supposed to be about St. Benedict (6^th century A.D.) and his prophecies about his order at the end of time, but really speaks more about Pius XII’s coat of arms)
Francis {ONLY IF ARBITRARILY TWO ANTIPOPES, Innocent III and Benedict XIV are simply left out of the Papal list numbering, but the other ten are included in the Papal list then he is 112th of the Malachy series}112^THOF ST. MALACHY (in Malachy: Petrus Romanus, Peter the Roman – also in the equally spurious prophecies of Nostradamus - these are much worse, black magic and divination are involved in Nostradamus. The spurious Malachy prophecies are simply power plays. Peter the Roman - Supposedly the last Pope and then the second coming of Jesus Christ would occur. But Our Lord Jesus Christ said not to set dates didn't He.)

The subtraction of Antipopes from the Papal list as it is applied to Malachy's list can keep this Petrus Romanus nonsense going for quite a while after Francis. The spurious prophecies of Malachy should be immediately laid to rest and forgotten instead.

The Papal list is the same as the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia (entries in blue [with the end of St. Pius X's reign added]) and the 1950 Catholic Encyclopedia with those after 1950 added. The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia and the 1950 Catholic Encyclopedia are in agreement.

The following are the official antipopes (in bold italics) from 1143 AD onward from the 1950 Catholic Dictionary which I inserted in the above list. Notice that two (Innocent III and Benedict XIV) are simply left out of the list numbering but ten are included. If all twelve Antipopes were included then the whole thing would end with John Paul II deceased in 2005 as the 264^th Pope (Stephen II left out of the Papal lists and John XXII remaining in the Papal lists) and the 112^th of the spurious prophecies attributed to St. Malachy.

Victor IV, Paschal III, Callistus III, Innocent III (Innocent III not included in Malachy) Nicholas V Clement VII Benedict XIII Alexander V, John XXIII, Clement VIII, Benedict XIV (Benedict XIV not included in Malachy) Felix V

The ultimate conclusion concerning the so-called prophecies of St. Malachy is this from the 1950 Catholic Dictionary:

Prophecies of Saint Malachy. A series of 112 prophetic mottoes descriptive of the popes from the time of Celestine II (1143-1144) until the end of the world. Many of the mottoes seem nonsensical, others such as those for Pius IX ("a cross from a cross"), Leo XIII ("a light in the sky"), Pius XI ("faith undaunted"), and Pius XII ("angelic father"), appear to be somewhat apt. Reportedly discovered in the Vatican Archives in 1590, the mottoes are attributed to Saint Malachy, a 12th century Irish bishop, who is supposed to have received them in a vision during a visit to Rome, and who gave the list to Innocent II. It is generally be-lieved, however, that they are spurious and that they do not date from much earlier than the time of their "discovery." Another prophecy attributed to Saint Malachy predicted that Ireland would suffer oppression at the hands of the English, but would remain loyal to the faith and finally be instrumental in bringing England back to the faith.

The ultimate conclusion is

…they are spurious they do not date from earlier than the time of their "discovery"in the Vatican Archives in 1590.