Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here [Paperback]

Thomas Horn (Author), Cris D. Putnam (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2012

For more than 800 years scholars have pointed to the dark augury having to do with "the last Pope." The prophecy, taken from St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes," is among a list of verses predicting each of the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, "Peter the Roman," whose reign would end in the destruction of Rome. First published in 1595, the prophecies were attributed to St. Malachy by a Benedictine historian named Arnold de Wyon, who recorded them in his book, Lignum Vitæ. Tradition holds that Malachy had been called to Rome by Pope Innocent II, and while there, he experienced the vision of the future popes, including the last one, which he wrote down in a series of cryptic phrases. According to the prophecy, the next pope (following Benedict XVI) is to be the final pontiff, Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman. The idea by some Catholics that the next pope on St. Malachy's list heralds the beginning of "great apostasy" followed by "great tribulation" sets the stage for the imminent unfolding of apocalyptic events, something many non-Catholics would agree with. This would give rise to a false prophet, who according to the book of Revelation leads the world's religious communities into embracing a political leader known as Antichrist. In recent history, several Catholic priests--some deceased now--have been surprisingly outspoken on what they have seen as this inevitable danger rising from within the ranks of Catholicism as a result of secret satanic "Illuminati-Masonic" influences. These priests claim secret knowledge of an multinational power elite and occult hierarchy operating behind supranatural and global political machinations. Among this secret society are sinister false Catholic infiltrators who understand that, as the Roman Catholic Church represents one-sixth of the world's population and over half of all Christians, it is indispensable for controlling future global elements in matters of church and state and the fulfillment of a diabolical plan they call "Alta Vendita," which is set to assume control of the papacy and to help the False Prophet deceive the world's faithful (including Catholics) into worshipping Antichrist. As stated by Dr. Michael Lake on the front cover, Catholic and evangelical scholars have dreaded this moment for centuries. Unfortunately, as readers will learn, time for avoiding Peter the Roman just ran out.

Editorial Reviews

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"Catholic and evangelical scholars have dreaded his appearance for centuries. Unfortunately, time for avoiding Peter the Roman [Petrus Romanus] just ran out." - Michael K. Lake, Th.D.

"Captivating new information! The future has arrived... for the appearance of the final pope. Some have called him "Peter, the Roman." Who is he, really? Read on and discover his secret." - Gary Stearman, Prophecy in the News

"Unquestionably the best, most complete work on St. Malichy's Prophecy of the Popes. Filled with little known and hard to find facts about the False Prophet, world religion, the Antichrist and world government. It is Biblical, timely, well-researched, thoroughly documented and well worth the read." -- Daymond Duck, best selling author

"I can say without reservation the previously undiscovered facts these researchers have brought to light concerning the one who is likely the last pontiff is absolutely spellbinding!" - Terry James, best selling author.

"Horn and Putnam Have a Winner; Simply Put, "Petrus Romanus" is Stunning!" - Sharon Gilbert, PID Radio

From the Back Cover

" The Enthronement of the Fallen Archangel Lucifer was effected within the Roman Catholic Citadel on June 29, 1963; a fitting date for the historic promise about to be fulfilled. As the principal agents of this Ceremonial well knew, Satanist tradition had long predicted that the Time of the Prince would be ushered in at the moment when a Pope would take the name of the Apostle Paul [Pope Paul VI]. That requirement--the signal that the Availing Time had begun--had been accomplished just eight days before with the election of the latest Peter-in-the-Line." -Jesuit Priest, Father Malachi Martin

For more than 800 hundred years Catholic and Evangelical scholars have pointed to the dark augury having to do with "the last Pope." The prophecy, taken from St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes," is among a list of verses predicting each of the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, "Peter the Roman," whose reign heralds the beginning of "great apostasy" followed by "great tribulation." According to this prophecy, which was hidden away in the Vatican for hundreds of years, the next Pope (following Pope Benedict XVI) will be the false prophet who leads the world's religious communities into embracing the political leader known as Antichrist. Unfortunately, as readers will learn, time for avoiding Peter the Roman just ran out.
PETRUS ROMANUS: THE FINAL POPE IS HERE: REVEALS FOR THE FIRST TIME...

·         Disclosed! The hidden history behind the Prophecy of the Popes
·         Revealed! The 60-year old Jesuit codex predicting the arrival of Petrus Romanus in 2012
·         Found! The mysterious lost book that John Hogue (The Last Pope) said was gone forever
·         What Jonathan Edwards believed about the coming of Antichrist and the year 2012
·         The bizarre occult connection to the assassination of Father Edward Kunz
·         Catholic seers who warned of his coming, and died under mysterious circumstances
·         The secret of Malachi Martin and the Enthronement of Lucifer at the Vatican
·         The 'Fourth' Secret of Fatima and other suppressed Marian texts
·         2012 Strange attractors--a whole lot more than the Maya saw this date
·         The secret in the US Capital and the Vatican tied to 2012 and the Dragon


In Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here, internationally acclaimed author Thomas Horn and respected theologian and apologist Cris Putnam share their investigative research into what you can expect to unfold in the coming days, and, more importantly, what you can do to be prepared for the arrival of Petrus Romanus and the kingdom of Antichrist.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 586 pages
• Publisher: Defender (April 15, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0984825614
• ISBN-13: 978-0984825615
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (642 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #44 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Catholicism

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181 of 211 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Hype or History? May 17, 2012

By A. Metz

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The book was an interesting read, no question about it. And the material that went into it was certainly exhaustively researched. In fact, almost 'over-researched'. Sorting thru all the 'data' contained in the book was at times like reading a PhD thesis. The glaring 'achilles heel', in 'Petrus Romanos' is, to me twofold: (1. all the 'prophetic eggs' for the book stem from an extra-biblical 'prophecy' or 'vision' which is, at the very least questionable, made by an Iris Catholic monk over 800 years ago! From my viewpoint, the authors spend WAY too much time and effort attempting to validate this 'prophecy' (which as I mentioned may be little more than apocryphal 'folklore') in an attempt to give some weight and merit to their book. The 2nd serious 'hurdle' for 'Petrus Romanos' is that even though the authors make the disclaimer that 'nobody knows the day or hour' that the anti christ sets up his kingdom, or the 7 year tribulation period begins, this book DOES, indeed, point to either 2012 0r 2015 for the revelation of the False Prophet, Petrus Romanus, the final Pope. Combine that with the fact the authors point to other mystical belief systems (including the Mayan calendar and OTHER pagan beliefs),that point to 2012 as a 'pivotal' year for one epoch ending and a new one beginning, and one comes away with the strong impression that the authors are, indeed, attempting to do some 'date setting' AND, possibly, have written the book to 'capitalize' on the '2012 craze'. Also woven throughout the book are the author's research into the secret Masonic order, and their belief the Masons have infiltrated and subverted both the Roman Catholic church AND the United States government, at the highest levels.... Many interesting observations are made concerning Masonic symbols on American government architecture in Washington, D.C., the many presidents of the U.S.who have been Masons, and even the Masonic 'pyramid' with the 'eye of Osiris' on the American $1.00 bill. We are getting into 'conspiracy hog heaven' in this part of the book, and, frankly, the attempt of the authors to link the Catholic Church with a 'New World Order' masonic plot, headquartered in the United States, to 'take over the world' did not 'jell' for me. I firmly believe that we are in the days of Matthew 24 and Revelation 13, and that the time is SHORT...but my advice for anyone who wants to know what the near future holds prophetically is read your Bible, and get to know it like you never have before, and then ask the Lord to show you what these things mean. "The testimony of Jesus IS the Spirit of Prophecy". Read more ›

232 of 275 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Final Pope April 23, 2012

By Todd Strandberg

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This world system, so antithetical to God's blueprint for humanity, is winding up for the consummation of history by every measure examined by students of Bible prophecy who hold to a pretrib, premillennial view.

Global politics, government, and socioeconomics are gushing in the prophet Daniel's end-times flood (Daniel 9:26) toward the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace). But no signal of the approaching apocalypse presents a more laser-like, focused view of the end-of-days dynamics than do religious rearrangements taking place locally, nationally, and especially worldwide.

The departure from biblical Christianity is so rampant and moving at such a furious pace in American neighborhoods and on a nationwide basis that even the most ardent, futurist student of end-times matters is sometimes stunned by developments. While the astonishing breadth and depth of material covered within this book take the reader into regions far beyond our local and national boundaries, the journey culminates in, I think, the reader achieving a much more profound understanding of where American churchianity stands within the doomed rush toward the harlot religious system of Revelation 17.

The story of St. Malachy injects intriguing speculations and possibilities into the world's rush into last-days ecumenism. The twelfth-century Irish bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, canonized by Pope Clement III in 1190, presented a most fascinating line of predictions that many believe were visions leading to the man who will be the final pope.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux was St. Malachy's biographer. Clairvaux wrote in his book, Life of Saint Malachy, that Malachy was said to have the gift of prophecy. It is claimed that St. Malachy predicted the exact day and hour of his own death....

Enter into the end-times turbulence Planet Earth is experiencing this most riveting volume, Petrus Romanus.

Authors Tom Horn and Cris Putnam have dramatically exposed to the light of examination St. Malachy's enigmatic prophecies about the succession of popes leading to the very last, Peter the Roman.

Hal Lindsey (author of The Late, Great, Planet Earth) wrote for WorldNetDaily (WND) upon the death of Pope John-Paul II, in 2005, regarding St. Malachy's papal predictions: "According to his biographer, St. Malachy was visiting Rome in 1139 when he went into a trance and received a vision. Malachy wrote down this extraordinary vision in which he claims to have foreseen all of the popes from the death of Innocent II until the destruction of the church and the return of Christ."

St. Malachy wrote briefly, in Latin, on each succeeding pope of the future, and then gave the document to Pope Innocent II, who had it placed in Vatican archives where it remained for several centuries. It was rediscovered in 1590 and published.

Lindsey wrote: "[Malachy] named exactly 112 popes from that time until the end. The interesting thing is that scholars have matched the brief 110 descriptive predictions with each of the 110 popes and anti-popes that there have been since Innocent II. Though they are a bit obscure, they have fit the general profile of each of the popes."

The bottom line is that the last two popes, John-Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, fit the profile that running string of papal succession seems to accurately predict. Number 112 is supposed to be the pope who will head the Roman Catholic Church during the great time of trouble-the Tribulation, according to the Malachy prophecy. He will be, the prediction says, Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman). Pope Benedict XVI is number 111.

Hal Lindsey wrote further: "Now, if St. Malachy is accurate, there will be only two more popes before the end of this world, as we know it and the Second Coming of Christ. I do know that the whole prophetic scenario of signs that Jesus Christ and the prophets predicted would come together just before His return are now in view. So what St. Malachy predicted is certainly occurring in the right time frame."

Neither Tom Horn nor Cris Putnam-nor I, as your reviewer of this book--claims that St. Malachy was a God-inspired prophet in the sense of an Old Testament or New Testament prophet. He was not. However, I will tell you without reservation that the little-known and sometimes previously undiscovered facts these researchers have uncovered and constructed into an enthralling picture of the one who will likely be the last pontiff are absolutely spellbinding. Read more ›

124 of 152 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Could the Next Pope be the False Prophet April 22, 2012

By Daymond R. Duck

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During an important visit to Rome in 1139 A.D., a Roman Catholic priest named St. Malachy supposedly received a vision that revealed a brief list of traits (some vague and some very specific and not so vague) about every pope beginning in his day with Celestine II and ending at the end of the age with the last pope who will be called Peter the Roman or Petrus Romanus. Can Christians believe these prophies? Could these prophecies be right or are they a fraud? Horn and Putnam know that Christians must stick to the Scriptures. But they also know that if the False Prophet is about to appear then the Antichrist is alive and waiting in the wings. So they have gone to great lengths to dig out the facts on St. Malachy's prophecies. Their book called Petrus Romanus is extensive, well-written and well-documented. It is the most comprehensive book on the subject that I have seen. Get it, read it and keep it on your bookshelf. There is a good chance that you will be asked about this and you will want to refer back to it.

Daymond Duck, pastor, author and prophecy conference speaker.

39 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ April 29, 2012

By Bishop 27410

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As a retired Archbishop in the Orthodox Catholic Church who converted to the messianic jewish faith I would highly recommend reading this book to people of all faiths.Time is indeed short and everyone needs to know and understand what they believe and what they stand for.Soon everyone will have to choose.I pray you choose wisely.Kudos to Tom Horn and Chris Putnam for a well written and very timely book.

57 of 69 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great author, a fabulous, enlightening book! April 27, 2012

By Sweet Pea #2

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I have read most of Thomas Horn's books. They are always thought provoking, well-researched and more than worth the price! This latest book is, without a doubt, the best book I've read on the subject of the end times and the players that are now assembling on the stage for this final period of human history. Rare is the book that makes me
wish I could keep reading well into the early morning hours, but this is such a book! I had heard about the prophecy naming the future Popes, but found little information concerning this. I was was riveted from the first
page! I read probably twenty five books a year on this subject and feel Mr. Horn is worth purchasing without
even reading the summary! Anyone who reads this will be able to make better sense of the many threads that are
coming together in our lifetime!