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Author Valdez, Maria Ana Travassos, 1976-

Title Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" : the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / by Maria Ana Travassos Valdez
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 149
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 149.
Contents The biblical sources. The four empires -- The seventy weeks -- The millennium -- The exegetical tradition. Flavius Josephus -- Hippolytus and the 6000-year chronology -- St. Jerome's commentary on Daniel -- St. Augustine's two cities -- Joachim of Fiore : from the Status to the "last emperor" -- António Vieira, S.J., and the Clavis prophetarum. Eschatology in António Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?
Summary How may a 17th century theory about the Fifth Empire and the succession of empires be so similar to the 2nd century BCE theory introduced by the Book of Daniel? How was this possible in the works of Anto¿¿nio Vieira, S.J., (1608-1697), and particularly in his famous manuscript, the Clavis Prophetarum - De Regno Christi In Terris Consummato? This book analyzes the history of the interpretation of concepts such as Fifth Empire and succession of ages from as early as the 2nd century B.C. until the 17th century. Influenced by the main intellectual and religious tendencies of the 17th century, Vieira¿́¿s interpretation has revealed itself to be original in the way that it introduces a new reading/interpretation of the succession of historical periods. The Jesuit also identifies the antichrist and the Last Emperor with historical characters of his time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-337) and index
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Subject Vieira, António, 1608-1697.
Vieira, António, 1608-1697. Clavis prophetarum
SUBJECT Vieira, António, 1608-1697 fast
Bible -- Prophecies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013705
Bible fast
Subject Prophecies -- History
End of the world.
History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Theology, Doctrinal -- History.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
End of the world
History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Prophecies
Theology, Doctrinal
Genre/Form History
Prophecies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010040414
ISBN 9789004209633
9004209638