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James Joseph Finn posted an update
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St. Bernard Says: Antichrist = Antipope
For 8 years, from A.D. 1130 to 1138, Peter Leonis reigned in Rome, sitting in the Chair of Peter, as Antipope Anacletus II; while the legitimate pontiff, Innocent II, was exiled in France. The magnificent Bernard of Clairvaux, canonized Saint, Doctor of the Church, co-founder of the Cistercian Order, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and preacher of the Second Crusade, had these choice words for Anacletus, whereby this Catholic giant equates a false claimant to the papacy with the person of Antichrist:
“That beast of the Apocalypse, to whom is given ‘a mouth speaking blasphemies, and to make war with the saints’ (Apoc. 13:5–7), is sitting on the throne of Peter.”
—Letter to Geoffrey of Loretto.“They [who claim ‘that the whole Church has been led to recognize Peter Leonis’] are lying men whom, with Antichrist their head, ‘the Truth shall destroy with the breath of His mouth’ (2 Thess. 2:8).”
—Letter to Count William of Poitou.St. Bernard’s words echo through the millennia as fiery rebukes directed to the antipopes J23 to Francis; one of whom may very well have been the actual Antichrist, especially considering the diabolical destruction they have left in their wake. By their fruits we know them.
St. Bernard, Ora Pro Nobis!
Artwork: The Virgin Appears to Saint Bernard, by Juan Correa de Vivar, ca. 1540 A.D.
