I know. This kabob stand on the information superhighway is frivolous and shallow at best. So here's an apocalyptic vision to quicken up the pace:
“The image of the woman [the Church] before the altar in front of the
eyes of God that I saw earlier was now also shown to me again so that I could
also see her from the navel down. From the navel to the groin she had various
scaly spots. In her there appeared a monstorous and totally black head with
fiery eyes, ears like the ears of a donkey, nostrils and mouth like those of a
lion, gnashing with vast open mouth and sharpening its horrible iron teeth in a
horrid manner... Lo, the
monstrous head removed itself from its place with so great a crash that the
entire image of the woman was shaken in all its members. Something like a great
mass of much dung was joined to the head; then, lifting itself upon a mountain,
it attempted to ascend to the height of heaven. A stroke like thunder came
suddenly and the head was repelled with such strength that it both fell from
the mountain and gave up the ghost.”
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| Damian Anti-Christ |
After describing the fall of anti-Christ and the woe of those who had
been deceived by him, the Seer continues:
“Behold, the feet of the aforementioned female image appeared to be
white, giving out a brightness above that of the sun. I heard a voice from
heaven saying to me: ‘Even though all things on earth are tending toward their
end, so hardships and calamities is bowed down to its End, nevertheless, the
Spouse of my Son, though much weakened in her children, will never be destroyed
either by the heralds of the Son of Perdition or by the Destroyer himself,
however much she will be attacked by them. At the End of time she will arise
more powerful and more secure; she will appear more beautiful and shining so
that she may go forth in this way more sweetly and more agreeably to the
embraces of her Beloved. The vision which you saw signifies all this in mystic
fashion.’” (Scivias 3:11; Translated by B McGinn, Visions
of the End, pp101-102)
I'll leave you to consider whether elements of this vision apply to the Episcopal Church.
The Seer is Hildegard von Bingen (of course), Katharine Jefferts Schori's new "ally."
God bless,
LSP
