The Prophecy of the Popes

The Prophecy of the Popes (Latin: Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus) is a series of 112 short, cryptic phrases in Latin which purport to predict the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few antipopes), beginning with Pope Celestine II. The alleged prophecies were first published by Benedictine monk Arnold Wion in 1595. Wion attributes the prophecies to Saint Malachy, a 12th-century Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland.

Given the very accurate description of popes up to 1590 and lack of accuracy after that year, historians generally conclude that the alleged prophecies are a fabrication written shortly before they were published. The Roman Catholic Church also dismisses them as forgery. The prophecies may have been created in an attempt to suggest that Cardinal Girolamo Simoncelli’s bid for the papacy in the second conclave of 1590 was divinely ordained.

The prophecies conclude with a pope identified as “Peter the Roman”, whose pontificate will allegedly precede the destruction of the city of Rome.

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天主教教宗

现任教宗为『方济各』,(拉丁语:Franciscus,义大利语:Francesco,西班牙语:Francisco,1936年12月17日生)是天主教会第266任教宗。本名豪尔赫·马里奥·伯格里奥(西班牙语:Jorge Mario Bergoglio),耶稣会会士,义大利裔阿根廷人。就任教宗前为布宜诺斯艾利斯总主教,并在2001年由已故教宗若望·保禄二世册封为枢机主教。他在2013年3月13日获选为教宗,成为首位出身于美洲(西半球)、南半球与耶稣会的教宗,也是继额我略三世后一千二百年来,首位非欧洲出身的教宗。

教宗是罗马的主教,也是普世天主教会的领袖,是圣伯多禄宗徒之位的后继者。教宗的拉丁文原词「Papa」源自希腊文的「πάπας」,原意为「父亲」,起初用于对任何司铎或主教亲暱的称唿。而完整的教宗意涵即是:「罗马主教、耶稣基督代表、宗徒长之继承人、普世教会最高教长、义大利首席主教、罗马教省总主教、梵蒂冈城邦元首及天主众僕之僕」。另外在西方世界,教宗有时也会被敬称为「圣父」或「教皇」(英语对应词:Holy Father),其意为「神圣的父亲」,与天主三位一体所指的圣父不同。


教宗的训导权: (天主教教理 2034、2035号)

  1. 教宗和主教们是真正导师,拥有基督的权威。罗马教宗和主教们,「是真确的导师,拥有基督的权威,向其所属民众宣讲当信的和应在生活中实践的信仰」。教宗以及与教宗共融的主教们,以通常和普遍的训导,教导信友当信的真理、当实践的爱德、当希望的真福。
  2. ​在伦理的问题上,教宗享有不能错误的特恩。教宗分享基督的权威最高的等级,藉不能错误的特恩予以保证。这不能错误的范围,与「天主启示的宝库范围相等」;而且延伸到所有教义的要素,包括道德在内,若缺乏了这些要素,就不能维护、宣示或遵守信德的救恩真理。