DIONYSIUS of LUXEMBOURG
(1652-1703)
(Image: Luxembourg City by Jan Breughel the Younger, c. 1600s)
(Also Dionysis von Luxemburg). From what I have discovered on German sites, Dionysius was born in
Luxembourg in 1652 and joined the Capuchins in the
Rhenish Capuchin Province in 1669. He studied philosophy and
theology in Bingen and Mainz beggingin in 1672, was a respected
preacher and guardian in the monasteries of Worms (1690-91) and in
other important monasteries such as Ehrenbreitstein, Trier, Bensheim
(1699-1702) and later Cochem (1702). He was a
contemporary of P. Martin von Cochem (1634-1712) and was apparently
influenced by him. Dionysius produced several works of literature
that is described as 'polemical, catechetical, ascetic', and produced
hagiographical-legendary and homiletic works in a popular style.
His first and apparently his most popular work to enjoy several
reprints and translations is Leben
Antichristi (“Life of Antichist”
Frankfurt 1682) Dionysius of Luxemburg is considered one of the last
representatives of medieval prophecy.
Since he
was a respected preacher and scholar in good standing with the
Church, and there have apparently been no condemnations of his work,
and as his prophecy is in agreement with the other prophecies, and also the teachings of the Church, I have included it in the timeline.
In his
writings concerning the Antichrist, he included a reference to the
Great Catholic Monarch prophecies in that before the Antichrist
comes, God will aid the Church one last time and give it a triumphant
period by raising up a great ruler that will destroy the foes of the Holy
Roman Empire, that is, the Turks, retake their lands and restore them to
Christianity. However, Dionysius writes after the birth of the
Antichrist, people will grow wicked again and lose the faith. (Note:
Dionysis' writings are not sequential, he writes of the Antichrist
first, then the great Christian ruler that will come before him.)
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"After the birth of
Anti-Christ the people of the world will be very wicked and Godless.
People of real virtue will be very scarce. Pastors in many places
will neglect the service of God, and will live with women. Even the
religious will crave for worldly things. The churches will be dreary
and empty like deserted barns ... at the time when Anti-Christ is
about twenty years of age about the whole world will be without
faith, subjects will be oppressed by rulers and others in authority.
In every period of
tribulation God aided His Church, and He will do it in the time
before the coming of Anti-Christ. From the midst of His Church
He will raise up a Christian ruler who will perform most remarkable
deeds. With divine assistance, this ruler will not only lead erring
souls back to the true faith but also deal a heavy blow to the foes
of the empire, the Turks, take away their empire and restore it to
Christianity.”
