• Venerable BartholomewHolzhauser (1613-1658)
真福巴尔多禄茂.赫尔兹豪泽(1613-1658)
“Thefifth period of the Church, which began circa 1520, will end with the arrivalof the holy Pope and of the powerful Monarch who is called "Help FromGod" because he will restore everything [in Christ]…”
「教会的第五个时期大约始于1520年,而结束于神圣教宗和被称为“从天主而来的帮助”的大能君王的到来,因为大能君王将恢复(在基督里的)一切…… 」
(评注:这第五个时期看来是指马丁路德宗教改革之后到如今)
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850 p 69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 271)
“Thefifth period is one of affliction, desolation, humiliation, and poverty for theChurch.
「第五个时期是教会痛苦、荒凉、羞辱,和缺乏的时期。
Jesus Christ will purify His peoplethrough cruel wars, famines, plagues, epidemics, and other horrible calamities.
耶稣基督将通过残酷的战争、饥荒、瘟疫、流行病,和其他可怕的灾难,来净化他的子民。许多异端邪说将要来折磨和削弱拉丁教会。
It is a period of defections, calamitiesand exterminations.
这是一个叛变、灾难,和灭绝的时期。
Those Christians who survive thesword,plague and famines, will be few on earth.
那些在刀剑、瘟疫,和饥荒中幸存下来的基督徒,在世上将会非常稀少。
Nations will fight against nations andwill be desolated by internecine dissensions…”
国与国之间交战,并将因自相残杀而满目疮痍…… 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850 p 69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 331)
“Duringthis period the Wisdom of God guides the Church in. several ways:
「在这期间,天主的智慧引导教会。有以下几个方面:
1) by chastising the Church so thatriches may not corrupt her completely;
1)通过惩罚教会,使财富不至于完全败坏她教会;
2) by interposing the Council of Trentlike a light in the darkness, so that the Christians who see the light may knowwhat to believe;
2)像黑暗中的光一样介入特伦多会议,让看到光明的基督徒,知道该相信什么;
3) by setting St. Ignatius and hisSociety in opposition to Luther and other heretics;
3)通过让圣依纳爵和他的(耶稣)会反对路德和其他异端;
4) by carrying to remote lands the Faithwhich has been banned in most of Europe…”
4)把在欧洲大部分地区被禁止的信仰,带到遥远的地方…… 」
(Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy, TanBooks and Publishers, 1970, p 39)
“Arewe not to fear during this period that the Mohamedans will come again workingout their sinister schemes against the Latin church…?”
「在这段时间里,我们难道不必担心穆罕默德教会,再次来制定对拉丁教会的邪恶阴谋吗……? 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850,p. 69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing. 1996, p 332)
“Duringthis period, many men will abuse the freedom of conscience conceded to them. Itis of such men that Jude the Apostle spoke when he said, ‘These men blasphemewhatever they do not understand; and they corrupt whatever they know naturallyas irrational animals do…
「在这期间,许多人会滥用良心的自由。使徒犹达说:“这些人亵渎他们所不明白的,并且败坏他们所知道的,如同无理性的动物一样…
(评注:经上原文如此:「这些人却不然,凡他们所不明白的事就亵渎,而他们按本性所体验的事,却像无理性的畜牲一样,就在这些事上败坏自己。 」犹达书 1:10)
They feast together without restraint,feeding themselves, grumbling mur murers, walking according to their lusts;their mouth speaketh proud things, they admire people for the sake of gain;they bring about division, sensual men, having not the spirit.’”
他们不受约束地大吃大喝,满足自己的欲望,满腹牢骚,照着自己的私欲而行,他们的口说骄傲的事,他们为了利益谄媚人,他们带来分裂,是属血气没有灵的人。
(Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy, TanBooks and Publishers, 1970, p 39)
“Duringthis unhappy period, there will be laxity in divine and human precepts.
「在这个不幸的时期,天主的戒律和人的戒律会松弛。
Discipline will suffer.
纪律将会受到损害。
The Holy Canons will be completelydisregarded, and the Clergy will not respect the laws of the Church. Everyonewill be carried away and led to believe and to do what he fancies, according tothe manner of the flesh…”
神圣的法典会被完全藐视,神职人员也不会尊重教会法。每个人都被引诱,误导去相信,去行他喜欢的事,按肉体的方式行事…… 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850, p 69,quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist,Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 333)
“Theywill ridicule Christian simplicity; they will call it folly and nonsense, butthey will have the highest regard for advanced knowledge, and for the skill bywhich the axioms of the law, the precepts of morality, the Holy Canons and religiousdogmas are clouded by senseless questions and elaborate arguments.
「他们会嘲笑基督徒的单纯;他们会称其为愚蠢和荒谬,但他们会高度重视先进的知识,以及法律公理运用的技巧、道德的训诫,而神圣的法典和宗教教义被毫无意义的问题和精心推敲的论证所掩盖。
As a result, no principle at all,however holy, authentic, ancient, and certain it may be, will remain free ofcensure, criticism, false interpretation, modification, and delimitation byman…”
这样的结果,沒有任何的原则,无论它是多么神圣、真实、古老和确定,都难免被人们责难、批评、错误的解释、修改,和界定…… 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850, p 69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 333)
“Theseare evil times, a century full of dangers and calamities.
「这是一个邪恶的时代,一个充满危险和灾难的世纪。
Heresy is everywhere, and the followersof heresy are in power almost everywhere.
异端无处不在,异端的追随者几乎到处在掌权。
Bishops, prelates, and priests say thatthey are doing their duty, that they are vigilant, and that they live as befitstheir state in life.
主教、教长和司祭们说,他们在履行自己的职责,他们保持着警惕,他们过着与他们的状态相称的生活。
In like manner, therefore, they all seekexcuses.
因此,他们都以同样的方式寻找借口。
But God will permit a great evil againstHis Church:
但天主必叫大灾祸临到祂的教会。
Heretics and tyrants will come suddenlyand unexpectedly; they will break into the Church while bishops, prelates andpriests are asleep.
异端和暴君会突然而意外地出现;他们会趁主教、教长和司祭们熟睡时闯入教会。
They will enter Italy and lay Romewaste; they will burn down the churches and destroy everything.…”
他们将进入意大利,摧毁罗马;他们会烧毁教堂,摧毁一切…… 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850, p69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 337).
“TheSixth Age of the Spirit commences with the powerful Monarch and the HolyPontiff as previously mentioned and will last until the appearance of theAntichrist.
「如前所述,圣神的第六个时代开始于强大的君主和神圣的教宗,将持续到敌基督的出现。
This sixth epoch of the church – “thetime of consolation” begins with the Holy Pope and the Powerful Emperor andterminates with the reign of Antichrist.
教会的第六个时期–“安慰时期”开始于圣洁的教宗和强大的皇帝,结束于敌基督的统治。
This will be an age of solace whereinGod will console His church after the many mortifications and afflictions shehas endured in the Fifth period, for all nations will be brought to the unityof the True catholic faith.
这将是一个充满安慰的时代,在经历了第五个时期的许多屈辱和苦难之后,天主将安慰祂的教会,因为所有的国家都将被带到真正的大公教会信仰的统一中。
The sacerdocy will flower more thanever, and men will seek the kingdom of God in all solicitude.
圣地将比以往任何时候都繁荣,人们将在所有的忧虑中寻求天主的国。
The Lord will give good pastors to theChurch.
天主会赐予教会优秀的牧者。
Vocations will be abundant as neverbefore and all men will seek only the kingdom of God and His justice. Men willlive in peace and this will be granted because people will make their peacewith God.
圣召将比以往任何时候都丰富,所有人都将只寻求天主的国和祂的义德。人们将生活在和平中,这是由于主的赏赐,因为人们将与天主达成和平。
They will live under the protection ofthe Great Monarch and his successors….”
他们将生活在伟大的君主和他的继任者的保护下…… 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850, p 69, quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before,During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing, 1996, p 337)
“TheGreat Monarch will come when the Latin Church is desolated, humiliated, andafflicted with many heresies….”
「伟大的君王来的时候,拉丁教会是荒凉、羞辱,和受许多异端的折磨的时候…… 」
(William Von Peters, The Siri Thesis, based onthe work of Mr Gary Giuffre)
“TheSixth Epoch of the World, which commences with the emancipation of the peopleof Israel and the restoration of the Temple and of the city of Jerusalem, willendure until the advent of Jesus Christ…
「世界的第六个时代,从以色列人民的解放,和圣殿与耶路撒冷城的重建开始,将持续到耶稣基督的(二次)降临……
For likewise, in this epoch, the peopleof Israel will be consoled to a very high degree by the Lord, our God, who willdeliver them from the captivity of Babylon.
同样地,在这时代,上主我们的天主要将以色列人从被掳的巴比伦中拯救出来,祂必大大安慰他们。
The kingdoms, the nations, and thepeople will submit to the Roman Empire, furiously vanquished by the verypowerful and very illustrious monarch who will govern during fifty-six years,rendering the peace of the universe and reigning alone until the advent ofJesus Christ and even after him.
王国、国家和人民将臣服于罗马帝国,被一位非常强大、非常杰出的君主所征服,这位君主将统治五十六年,使世界和平,独自统治,直到耶稣基督的(二次)到来,甚至在他之后。
Thus, in the Sixth Age, God will delighthis Church with the greatest prosperity…”
因此,在第六个时代,天主喜悦祂的教会,給以最大的繁荣」
(Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions,1646)
“The“angel” is the Great Monarch: “from heaven” means he will be a catholic:“clothed in clouds” implies he will be humble and modest; “rainbow” he willbring peace to the world;
「“天使”是伟大的君王:“来自天堂”意味着他(君王)将是天主教徒;“披着云彩”意味着他将是谦逊的;“彩虹”他将给世界带来和平;
“sunshine”refers to his wisdom, talents and title; “feet” refers to his power and zeal;“Open book”he will rule with justice “Right and left foot” he will exercisepower over all the world; “Lion Voice” he will put fear into the wicked.
“阳光”是指他的智慧、才干和头衔;“脚”指的是他的力量和热情;“翻开书本”他将以正义统治;“左右脚”他将行使权力统治全世界;“狮子的声音”他必使恶人惧怕。
The “Golden Crown” refers to his Holy Roman(German)Empire; “Cutlass” means his victorious army; the other “angel” refersto the pope (Angelic pastor).
“金冠”指的是他的神圣罗马(德意志)帝国;“弯刀”是指得胜的军队;另一个“天使”指教宗(天使般牧人)。
“Otherangels” are the other helpers of the Great Monarch who will help him crush theTurks…”
“其他天使”是伟大君王的其他助手,将帮助他粉碎土耳其人…… 」
(Apparently,this appears to be his interpretation of Chapter 10 in the Apocalypse.)
显然,这似乎是他(Rev R. Gerald.Culleton)对《默示录》第十章的解读。
(Rev R. Gerald.Culleton, The Prophets and OurTimes, Tan Books and Publishers 1941, p172)
“Duringthe fifth period we saw only calamities and devastation, oppression ofCatholics by tyrants and heretics, executions of kings and conspiracies to setup republics but by the hand of God almighty there occurs so wonderful a changeduring the sixth period that no one can humanly visualize it.
「在第五个时期,我们看到的只有灾难和破坏,暴君和异教徒对天主教徒的压迫,国王的处决和建立共和国的阴谋,但在全能的天主之手,在第六个时期发生了如此奇妙的变化,没有人能用人类的眼光来想象。
The powerful Monarch, who is sent fromGod, will uproot every Republic.
这位天主派来的强大君王,将铲除所有的共和国。
He will submit everything to thisauthority and he will show great zeal for the true church of Christ.
他强大君王要把一切都交给这权柄,并且对基督的真教会表现出极大的热心。
The empire of the Mohamedans will bebroken up and the monarch will reign in the east as well as in the west.
穆罕默德的帝国将被瓦解,这君王将统治东方和西方。
All nations will come to worship God inthe true and Catholic Roman faith. There will be many saints and doctors of thechurch on earth.
所有国家都将以真正的罗马天主教信仰来敬拜天主。世上会有许多教会的圣徒和博士。
Peace will reign over the whole earthbecause God will bind Satan for a number of years before the days of the Son ofPerdition.
和平将统治整个地球,因为在“灭亡之子”的日子到来之前,天主将捆绑撒殚好些年。
No one will be able to pervert the wordof God since during the sixth period there will be an ecumenical council whichwill be the greatest of all councils.
没有人能违背天主的话语,因为在第六个时期将会有一个大公会议,它将是所有会议中最伟大的。
By the grace of God, by the power of thegreat Monarch, by the authority of the holy pontiff and by union of all themost devout princes atheism and every heresy will be banished from the earth.
藉着天主的恩宠,藉着伟大君王的力量,藉着圣洁教宗的权柄,藉着所有最虔诚的王子的联合,无神论者和一切异端邪说将从地球上被驱逐出去。
The council will define the true senseof Holy Scripture and this will be beloved and accepted by everyone.”
大会将定义圣经的真正含义,这将被所有人所喜爱和接受。 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Apocalypsin,1850, p 68-69 quoted in Desmond A. Birch, Trial Tribulation and Triumph:Before, During and After Antichrist, Queenship Publishing. 1996, pp 337-338)
“Wheneverything has been ruined by war; when Catholics are hard pressed bytraitorous co-religionists and heretics, then the Hand of Almighty God willwork a marvellous change,something apparently impossible according to humanunderstanding.
「当一切都被战争摧毁;当天主教徒受到叛教者和异教徒的压迫时,全能的天主之手就会行不可思议的改变,这显然是人类所无法理解的。
There will rise a valiant monarchanointed by God. He will be a Catholic, a descendant of Louis IX, yet adescendant of an ancient imperial German family, born in exile. He will rulesupreme in temporal matters.
天主选定的英勇君王将会兴起。他将成为天主教徒,是路易九世的后裔,但同时也是一个古老的德意志帝国家族的后裔,在流放中出生。他将统治世俗事务。
The Pope will rule supreme in spiritualmatters at the same time. Persecution will cease and justice shall rule.
教宗将同时统治最高的灵性事务。迫害将会停止,正义将会统治。
Religion seems to be suppressed, but bythe changes of entire kingdoms it will be made more firm….He will root outfalse doctrines and destroy the rule of Moslemism. His dominion will extendfrom the East to the West.
信仰似乎是被压制的,但随着整个国度的改变,它会变得更加牢固……,他君王将根除错误的教义,摧毁伊斯兰教的统治。他的统治将从东方延伸到西方。
All nations will adore God their Lordaccording to the Catholic teaching.
根据天主教教义,所有国家都将崇拜天主。
There will be many wise and just men.
会有许多智慧而正直的人。
The people will love justice, and peacewill reign over the whole earth, for divine power will bind Satan for manyyears until the coming of the Son of Perdition.”
人民将热爱正义,和平将统治全地,因为上主的能力将捆绑撒殚许多年,直到“地狱之子”降临。 」
(Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions, 1646)
“Thereign of the Great Ruler may be compared with that of Caesar Augustus whobecame Emperor after his victory over his enemies, thereby giving peace to theworld, also with the reign of Constantine the Great, who was sent by God, aftersevere persecution, to deliver both the Church and State.
「伟大宰治者的统治可以与凯撒.奥古斯都的统治相提并论,凯撒.奥古斯都在战胜敌人后成为皇帝,从而给世界带来和平;也可以与君士坦丁大帝的统治相提并论,君士坦丁大帝在遭受严重迫害后,被天主派去拯救教会和国家。 」
By his victories on water and land hebrought the Roman Empire under subjection which he then ruled in peace”
通过在水上和陆地上的胜利,他(伟大宰治者)使罗马帝国臣服于他,然后他和平地统治了罗马帝国。 」
(Rev R. Gerald. Culleton, The Prophetsand Our Times, Tan Books and Publishers, 1941, p171)
“[Aftera world war] will come a new period, in which two mighty ones will face eachother.
「(一场世界大战之后)将迎来一个新时期,两个强大的国家将直面彼此。
The wrangle between these two will beginin the second half of the twentieth century.
这两者之间的争论,将在20世纪下半叶开始。
It will overthrow mountains and silt uprivers.
它会翻山越岭,淤塞河流。
A great change will come to pass, suchas no mortal man will have expected; Heaven and Hell will confront each otherin this struggle, old states will perish and light and darkness will be pittedagainst each other with swords, but it will be swords of a different fashion.
一场重大的变化将要发生,这是任何凡人都预料不到的;在这场斗争中,天堂和地狱将互相对抗,古老的国家将灭亡,光明和黑暗将用剑相互较量,但这将是另一种方式的剑。
With these swords it will be possible tocut up the skies and split the earth.
有了这些剑,就有可能开天辟地。
A great lament will come over allmankind and only a small batch will survive the storm, the pestilence and thehorror.
一场巨大的哀悼将席卷全人类,只有一小部分人能在风暴、瘟疫和恐怖中幸存下来。
And neither of the two adversaries willconquer nor be vanquished.
两个对手都不会征服,也不会被征服。
Both mighty ones will lie on the ground,and a new mankind will come into existence.
两个强大的(对手)都将躺在地上,一个新人类将出现。
God possesses the key to everything.
天主拥有万物的钥匙。
Blessed is he who will then be able topraise him, having obeyed all his commandments.
凡遵守祂一切诫命,赞美祂的,那人就有福了。
And the great monarch of the world willcreate new laws for the new mankind and will cause a new age to begin, in whichthere will be only one flock and one shepherd, and peace will be of long, longduration, for the glory of God in heaven and on earth…”
世界上伟大的君王将为新人类创造新的法律,并将导致一个新时代的开始,在这个时代里,只有一个羊群和一个牧人,为了天主在天上和地上的荣耀,和平将是长久的,持续的…… 」
Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions,1646.
“Nowthe Great Monarch also will dominate over all the beasts of the earth, that isto say over the barbarian nations, over the rebellious peoples, over theheretic republics and over all men dominated by their evil passions…”
「现在伟大的君主还将统治世界上的一切野兽,也就是说,统治野蛮民族、反叛民族、异端共和国,和一切被邪恶情绪支配的人…… 」
(Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions, 1646.)
“Itis in that age that the relation of the sixth Spirit of the Lord will be known,that is to say the Spirit of Wisdom that God diffuses over all the surfaces ofthe globes in those times. For men will fear the Lord their God, they willobserve the law and serve it with all their heart.
「在那个时代,我们将知道天主第六灵的关系,也就是说,天主在那些时期把祂的智慧之灵散布在地面。因为人必敬畏上主他们的天主,遵行法律,尽心事奉。
The sciences will be multiplied andcomplete on the earth.
科学将在世上成倍增长和完善。
The Holy Scriptures will be unanimouslyunderstood,without controversy and without the errors of heresies. Men will beenlightened, so much as in the natural sciences and in the celestial sciences…”
圣经会被大家一致理解,没有争议,没有异教的错误。人们会被开启,就像自然科学和天体科学一样…… 」
( Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions,1646)
“Finally,the Sixth Church, the Church of Philadelphia, is the type of this sixth age,for Philadelphia signifies friendship of brothers, and again guarding theheritage in union with the Lord.
「最后,第六个教会,非拉德非雅教会,就是这第六个时代的类型,因为非拉德非雅教会象征着兄弟间的友谊,并再次与主联合起来守护家业。
Now all these characters conveneperfectly in the sixth age, in which they will have love, concord and perfectpeace and in which the powerful Monarch will have to consider almost the entireworld as his heritage.
现在,所有这些角色在第六个时代完美地聚集在一起,他们将拥有爱、和谐,和完全的和平,在这个时代,几乎整个世界都是大能君王的产业。
He will deliver up the earth, with theaid of the Lord his God from all his enemies, of ruin and of all evil…”
藉上主天主的帮助,他从一切仇敌手中,解救了毁坏的大地,邪恶的大地…… 」
(Ven Bartholomew Holzhauser, Visions,1646)