Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" [[electronic resource] ] : the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / / by Maria Ana Travassos Valdez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461582403321
• Autore: Travassos Valdez Maria Ana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-12033-X; 9786613120335; 90-04-20963-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Collana: Studies in the history of Christian traditions, , 1573-5664 ; ; v. 149
• Disciplina: 236/.9092
• Soggetti: Prophecies - History; End of the world; History - Religious aspects - Christianity; Theology, Doctrinal - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-337) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 António 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.