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Well, yes: I do not want to swallow too much of this myself. There is a certain lack of precision. However, there is a certain lack of precision in the references too. Can any one point to books or articles in which this man's (alleged) writings can be found or are discussed? I have certainly seen such a book, many years back, but know it not. a.c. >>Today, 3 November, is the feast of ... > > >>* Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh (1148) >>- a close friend of Bernard of Clairvaux, he died in the abbot's arms; >>canonized by Clement III in 1190 (first canonized Irishman) >>- supposed author of a hilariously bad set of prophecies regarding the >>popes from his days to the end of time; according to the prophecies, there >>are only two more popes to come > >The other day while shelving in the New Age section of the bookstore where I >work, I found a book on millennial prophecies that referred to Malachy's >prophecies on the back cover. The author, A.T. Mann, went on to describe >them briefly in the text, fairly objectively, but didn't comment too much on >them. It just goes to show that Malachy still has readers out there--perhaps >even some that take him seriously. > >Steve Cartwright >Western Michigan University > > > Anselm Cramer OSB Ampleforth Abbey, York GB - YO6 4EN [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%