The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-23
car Npxr POPS IN PROPHECY.
;. Malachi says a Burning fire VIII
Succeed Leo XIII.
From the Neig York Sun

From the Mem York Sun.
The prophecies OF Malachi, foretelIing or
,,gi,nating in short epigrammatic form the
Iorious pontiffs that have filed the chair
> pa+er from his time down TO the present.
- rul do so to the end Of the world
dossrye more than a passing thought or
oo1sjderatiou. st. Malachi was born In
[-Tagh in the year 1894, and studied 10
T-o1ce. where he became acquainted with
{, barnard, who calls him an ''augel and
nropbet." In 1130 he went to Rome. He
Sisd Nov. 2. 1149, at the age Of 81.
In is curious to note how true these
-ronhecies have turned out. Here are a
few Of them:
f--5. Pins VI-Peregrnus Apostolicus, the
sp0stOc traveerI
gIsJ5, Plus VII.-Aquila Rapax, a rapaclous
eRgle. c,,
~ $50, Plus vnL-vir religiosus, a religious
1881, Gregory XvL-De balneis Etruria from
1876. Plus IX.-Crux de cruce, cross upon
i3S5, Leo XIII.-Lumsn de coelo. light from
fgnis ardens, burning fire.
Eegio depopulats, religion at a low ebb.
tides intrepida. intrepid faith.
Pastor angelicus, the angelic shepherd.
Pastor ct nauta, shepherd and sailor
Flus tloruri, the. flower OF flowers.
De medietate lune, from the eclipse Of the
moon.
Gloria olive, the glory of the olive.
Petrus Romanus, Peter the Roman.
To comment on those within our recollec-
ton, who fails to perceive the sufferings
and the life or martyrdOm conveyed in the
words crux de oruce and verified TO the let-
ter by the venerable pontiff Plus TX
a or
seemed at first to puzzle the minds of many
and to cast doubts on the prophecies of st.
Malachi, when 10! on inspection of the coat
Of arms of Cardinal Pecci, there appeared q
comet, whole and entire, which, apart from
all metaphorical Interpretation, brought
out the literal significance of hight from
heaven.
The next pope is styled "fgnis ardens," a
burning fire. Some say that. these words
clearly foreshadow the elevation of DOM
inican to the holy see, for the Dominican
order has for its pictorial representation a
dog with burning firebrand insits mouth
and, by the way, Cardinal Zigliara is a
Dominican. Others have found some con-
nection etween these words and certain
signs on the coat of arms Of Cardinal Glib
bons while others again, since the arrival
of Archbishop Satolli in America, do not
hesitate to affirm that the lightning fash of
his eye, the keen perception OF his intellect,
the uncommon dispatch of bis official duties,
typify him as the bearer of the motto "Ignis
Rrdens"
According to st. Malachi there are to be
two anti-popes out Of the ten that are to
succeed Leo XIII. From their various ap-
pellatlons, interpreters tell us that Ignis
ardens and De medietate lup8 are the two
unfortunate anti-popes. / incline to this
belief myself, for in immediate succession
to Ignis ardens comes ReliRio depopulata,
Il. 4
the falling of Of many from allegiance to
the true pope TO follow in the paths Of the
Rnti-pope. After this decline in religion ,
F1des intrepida boldly stands before the
world as the intrepid champion of
the true faith. The second
anti-pope is supposed to be
represented by De medietate lunae, or the
eclipse OF the moon, which is overloaded
by the greater eclipse of the sun, after
which comes peace, typided by the olive,
and then Peter the Roman, or Peter II.
the last in the line Of popes, begun by St.
Peter, or Peter l.; then the end of the
world. It is a strange coincidence that the
first sovereign of Rome was Romulus and
the last bore the same name. Peter was the
name Of the first pope Of Rome, and Peter
is to be the name Of the last.
Pastor sngelicus, the fourth after the
present incumbent Of the papal throne, is
born, in fact was born in the yes, is to be
from Dalmatia, a Franciscan fr1aT, who
will go about the streets OF Rome preaching
barefooted. This would 90 to show that
the reign of the intervening pontiffs will be
short. Seven popes reigned during the
century 1775 to 1875 among them two with
remarkably long terms of administration
Ten are left to carry the papacy down tC
1000 A. D., the end of the world.
Arguing from the past, there is no dis
crepancy about this assertion. The world
had been in existence 1000 years when il
was destroyed by the deluge. Two thou
sand more years and the same world sees
total revolution of bygone times by the
birth of the Savior And why should 2,0OC
more years, or the year 1000 a. D., not wit
meas another change?