Subject: St. Malachy predictions |
Bible Note: Kalos : It seems not only inevitable but proper and customary of the routine course of events for which StudyBibleForum has earned a certain dubious distinction in the world of cyberspace that sooner or later it would get its prophets confused with its saints to the degree that it becomes hard to tell whether the prophets go marching out or the saints go marching in, or even whether either group is marching at all. In the case now open for consideration, Malachi was an OT prophet who wrote an OT book that bears his name; and, as you dutifully pointed out, St. Malachy didn't. And of course the dogged silence of St. Malachy's biographer, St. Bernard, who barks not a time about Malachy's prophetic prowess, does give rise to a certain skepticism about Malachy's claim to fame as a prophet. And let us not pass without paying homage to that venerable Scottish worthy, Would-Be St. Malarkey. Even though he died many years ago and is, so far as anyone knows, still dead, hardly a day passes that one isn't exposed to Malarkey's profound influence on modern thought. Even here on the Forum one can find quite a bit of Malarkey from time to time. --Hank |