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Author Travassos Valdez, Maria Ana.

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

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description xxiii, 344 p. : ill.
Series Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 149
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 149.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-337) and index.
Contents 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" -- Antonio Vieira, S.J., and the Clavis prophetarum. Eschatology in Antonio Vieira's previous works -- Clavis prophetarum or De regno Christi in terris consummato -- The fifth empire -- Universal evangelization, toleration, and ecumenism?.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Vieira, Antonio, 1608-1697.
Vieira, Antonio, 1608-1697. Clavis prophetarum.
Bible -- Prophecies.
Prophecies -- History.
End of the world.
History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Theology, Doctrinal -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004191921 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004191925 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004209633 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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