Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture: Volume II. Catholic Millenarianism: From Savonarola to the Abbé Grégoire ... internationales d'histoire des idées, 174)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Forms of Catholic Millenarianism: A Brief Overview....Pages 1-13 Savonarola and Cardinal Ximines: Millenarian Thinkers and Actors at the Eve of the Reformation....Pages 15-26 The Kabbalistic Messianism of Fray Luis de León....Pages 27-43 Per Annos Mille : Cornelius a Lapide and the Interpretation of Revelation 20: 2–8....Pages 45-51 Paolo Sarpi and Early Stuart Debates over the Papal Antichrist....Pages 53-69 A Seventeenth Century Hebrew Translation of Saint Thomas....Pages 71-78 Vieira’s Epistemology of History....Pages 79-89 God’s Will in History: The Abbé Grégoire, the Revolution and the Jews....Pages 91-100 Comment on Manuel Lacunza (1731–1801)....Pages 101-103 Back Matter....Pages 105-116