Holzhauser (d. 1658)

a

"When everything has been ruined by war; when Cath.. olics are hard pressed by traitorous co-religionists and heretics; when the Church and her servants are denied their rights, the monarchies have been abolished and their rulers murdered . . . then the Hand of Almighty God will work a marvelous change, something apparently impossible according to human under.. standing. There will rise a valiant monarch anointed by God. He will be a Catholic, a descendant of Louis IX, (yet) a des.. cendant of an ancient imperial German family, born in exile. :tIe ,will rule supreme in temporal matters. The Pope will rule supreme in spiritual matters at the same time. Persecution will cease and justice shall reign. Religion seems to be oppressed, but by the changes of entire kingdoms it will be made more firm. "I-Ie will root out false doctrines and destroy the rule of ""' Moslemism. His dominion will extend from the East to the West. All nations will adore God their Lord according to Catholic teaching. There will be many wise and just men. The people will love justice, and peace ,viII reign over the whole earth, for divine power will bind Satan for many years until the coming of the Son of Perdition (Anti-Christ). "The reign of the Great Ruler may be compared with that of Caesar Augustus who became Emperor after his victory over his enemies, thereby giving peace to the world, also with the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great, who was sent by God, after severe persecutions, to deliver both the Church and State. By his victories on water and land he brought the Roman Empire under subjection, which he then ruled in peace."

b

"On account of a terrible war Germany will wail, France will be the cause of all the woe, Germany will be miser... ably wounded, all will be impoverished. England shall suffer much. The King shall be killed.

"After desolation has reached its peak in England peace will be restored and England will return to the Catholic faith with greater fervor than ever before.

"The Great Monarch will have the special help of God and be unconquerable. "The Fifth Epoch of time dates from the reign of Charles V until the reign of the Great Monarch.

"The Sixth Epoch from the Great Monarch until Anti-. Christ. This Sixth Epoch of the Church-'the time of con... solation'-begins with the Holy Pope and the Powerful Ern... peror, and terminates with the reign of Anti-Christ. This will be an age of solace, wherein God will console His Church after the many mortifications and afflictions she had endured in the Fifth period, for all nations will be brought to the unity of the True Catholic Faith."