Travassos Valdez, Maria Ana.

Historical interpretations of the "fifth empire" the dynamics of periodization from Daniel to António Vieira, S.J. / [electronic resource] : by Maria Ana Travassos Valdez. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - xxiii, 344 p. : ill. - Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 149 1573-5664 ; . - Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 149. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-337) and index.

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?.


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Vieira, António, 1608-1697.
Vieira, António, 1608-1697. Clavis prophetarum.


Bible--Prophecies.


Prophecies--History.
End of the world.
History--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology, Doctrinal--History.


Electronic books.

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