Seven Church Ages

​Audio Transcript - Seven Church Ages

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Blessed Bartholomew Holzhauser (1613–1658) was a holy German priest whose structural commentary on the Book of the Apocalypse divided the entire history of the Catholic Church into Seven Ages. His system explains where we are now, what the transition will look like, and when the Holy Pope and Great Monarch will rule.

First: Sower ➔ Second: Martyrs ➔ Third: Doctors ➔ Fourth: Peace ➔ Fifth: Affliction ➔ Sixth: Consolation (Triumph) ➔ Seventh: Desolation (Antichrist)

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The First Age: Status Sementinus (The Age of Sowing from 29 AD to 64 AD). Starts with the public ministry of Jesus Christ. The reign of Emperor Nero began on October 13, 54 AD and the mass murder of Christians started in 64 AD. From Jesus and the Apostles to the reign of Emperor Nero. The foundational planting of the Gospel and the initial spread of the Catholic Church throughout the Roman Empire.

 

The Second Age: Status Effusionis Sanguinis (The Age of Blood-Shedding from the summer of 64 AD to July 25, 306 AD). From Emperor Nero to Emperor Constantine the Great. The era of the Roman catacombs and brutal persecutions, where the Church was watered by the blood of the early martyrs.

 

The Third Age: Status Illuminationis (The Age of Illumination from July 25, 306 AD to December 26, 795 AD). From Constantine to Pope Leo III / Charlemagne. The rise of the great Church Fathers and Doctors. The Church successfully fought off major early heresies (like Arianism) and clarified central dogmas via the first Ecumenical Councils.

The Fourth Age: Status Pacis (Condition of Peace from December 26, 795 AD to October 31, 1517). From Charlemagne to the Protestant Reformation (the Middle Ages). The era of Christendom. Civil governments and the Church worked in harmony, Catholic monarchies flourished, and Christian culture dominated Western civilization.

 

The Fifth Age: Status Afflictionis (The Age of Protestant Revolt from October 31, 1517 to the present) — Our Current Era. From the Protestant Revolt (1517) to the upcoming "Minor Chastisement." Holzhauser described this as an era of severe spiritual decay, revolutions, apostasy, and the rise of secularism. He prophesied that toward the end of this age, "heresy will be everywhere, and the state will strip the Church of her properties." He noted that civil governments would turn into secular republics and that the world would fall into terrible wars, pestilence, and chaos because humanity refused to repent.

 

The Sixth Age: Status Consolationis (The Period of Peace or Age of Consolation estimated to be from 2040 to late 21st century or mid 22nd century) — The Triumph. From the end of the Chastisement to the birth of the Antichrist. This is the era of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. Holzhauser explicitly states that this age begins when God suddenly intervenes to end the Fifth Age. The Great Monarch and the Holy Pope will arise during this transition.

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Together, they will banish all errors, heresies, and secular tyrannies. The Great Monarch will rule over the temporal world, while the Holy Pope will reform and restore the Church. Holzhauser wrote that this will be an era of unprecedented global conversions, immense peace, and a flourishing of the Catholic faith across every continent before humanity grows lax once more.

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The Seventh Age: Status Desolations (The Age of Desolation estimated to start and end in the late 21st century or mid 22nd century). The final era of humanity. The total unraveling of the Period of Peace. This age is characterized by the arrival and reign of the literal, personal Antichrist, the final persecution of the Church, and ultimately, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ for the Final Judgment.

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I conclude with thoughts about the Seven Church ages with an example of how incorrect information was used by enemies of the Catholic Church to establish premature expectations and confused the faithful.​

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In 1963 Louis Emirch published in Neues Europa, an incorrect reconstruction of the Fatima Secret to create confusion and harm devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. Emrich rejected the Catholic Church and was the editor of the German Neues Europa newspaper. He had no access to the Fatima Secret. His wife reported in 1981, seven years after his death in 1974 that the person helping him create a fabrication was an anonymous priest from Rome. His wife confirmed her husband lied about the authenticity of what he published in her discussion with Professor Hans Bender. Bender also rejected the Catholic faith and was a former member of the Nazi Party. Emirh's wife reported to Bender in 1981 that there was never a top-secret leaked diplomatic dispatch making the Fatima secret known to her husband. The claim of an anonymous priest collaborating to make a reconstruction should scream to people that the hidden hand of the Mystery of Iniquity was at work to get people to falsely believe the supernatural Fatima solution was only for the 20th century, not the 21st century.

 

As a result of Emirch's deception, the Blue Army was misled to believe the complete text of the third part of the secret was fully released to the public by Pope John Paul II on June 26, 2000. Faithful Catholics falsely concluded there is no supernatural peace solution provided by God to save the world from tremendous suffering and a third world war. The Virgin Mary's communications with Sister Agnes Sasagawa needed to be silenced to prevent people from realizing God is still waiting for the Pope to consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary in union with all the bishops.

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My main point is Louis Emirch's 1963 Neues Europa deception communicated the Fatima message only in the context of the 20th century. His reconstruction is much longer than the 25 lines which is the confirmed length of the Fatima Secret. We also know how the exact words of how the Third Secret begins. Sadly, incorrect information has served to make many people conclude the messages of Our Lady of Fatima are no longer relevant. What can we learn from Emirch. We are to be careful of people who are trying to prevent the faithful from doing their part to help the Pope invoke the Fatima supernatural peace solution.

 

Why were people so easily duped. People want to fit future events in their lifetime. Often, future events are not in the lifetime of people seeking to understand them. People were also deceived because in 1963, this mistake was easy to believe because President John Kennedy, Great Britain's Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and the Soviet Premier Khrushchev were considering a possible nuclear war. People were convinced of a 20th century timing also because the Pope was to have released the Fatima Secret no later than 1960. The Our Lady of Fatima supernatural peace solution was a top of mind subject for many Catholics in the 20th century. 

 

What gave the Neues Europa deception additional power to do damage is Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (29 October 1890 – 3 August 1979) thought it was close enough that it should be shared widely but he was wrong. Priest Messias Coelho said the Neues Europa 1963 version fundamentally corresponds to the accurate Fatima message but he was wrong too. These men were focused on parts of the reconstruction that were close such as "Cardinals will be against Cardinals and Satan will put himself in their midst." What they failed to understand when supporting the reconstruction is what would happen after their lifetime, specifically in the 21st century when people would wrongly conclude Our Lady of Fatima is only a historical event.

To help correct Emirch's deception, a closer Fatima Secret reconstruction is provided. Remember this is a reconstruction and Our Lady of Akita explained what is essentially the same as  the still secret part of the Fatima message. The Fatima Secret text will be made known in the future.​

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1. In Portugal the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved.

2. If people do not repent and better themselves, the Father

3. will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. A great

4. war in the Twenty-First Century launched by Satan's

5. partisans in the East will come. Those surviving will briefly envy the

6. dead. Death will briefly reign, raised to triumph by the brothers

7. of death, who seek to be masters of the earth. A time of very 

8. severe trial is coming for the Church. All the world will be thrown 

9. into great confusion. Each day recite the prayer of the Rosary 

10. and pray for the Pope, Bishops and Priests. Satan will reign over

11. the highest places and succeed in infiltrating to the top of the 

12. Church. The Church will be obscured. One-third of the clergy

13. will serve Satan. Entire nations will lose the faith and almost

14. everyone on earth condemned to hell. Cardinals will oppose

15. Cardinals and Bishops will oppose Bishops. Rotten changes in

16. Rome must not be retained. Fire and smoke will fall from heaven

17. and waters from the ocean will turn to steam throwing their foam

18. to the sky. Millions of people will die by the minute. The only

19. arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and Sign left

20. by my Son. At last, those who survive these events will repent

21. and become true followers of Jesus Christ, and serve Him like

22. before, when the world was not so corrupted. In the end, My 

23. Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate

24. Russia to Me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace 

25. will be granted to the world.

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Concluding thoughts

God often will do things three times so we fully understand. For example John 21:15 teaches us that Peter is asked by Jesus three times, do you love me? Perhaps we should think of the 100 years as three sets of time in which God gives us multiple chances say we love Him by obeying Our Lady of Fatima.

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1917 - 2017 - Fatima dates (100th anniversary and Communist/Freemason significance).

1929 - 2029 - Consecration to be completed dates (Tuy and end date of 100 years when Our Lady commanded that Russia be Consecrated to her Immaculate Heart)

1938 - 2038 - Divine Mercy dates (100 years after the introduction of Jesus’ Message of Divine Mercy)

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Please remember the above is to prompt better understanding the Bible and I expect to be wrong about some of the above. 

 

God bless you, David Dionisi