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The World of THE WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM: More from Imperial History

30 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Matthew Scarince in The World of THE WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM

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Austria, Cardinal Seldon, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial History, Medieval, Prophecy, Sacretemporal

Going through my copy of Cardinal Seldon’s important and monumental work, Imperial History, I came across two very interesting full color illustrations. Both are texts in the form of stylized Sacretemporal (Medieval) Manuscripts, and both inscriptions are in Old High German. The inclusion of these illustrations in color suggests that the book was very expensive to print, though no records of the productions costs of this book can be found.

The first is the Sacretemporal (medieval) text of the Prophecy of Six Crowns (my translation of which can be found here), compiled from various chronicles into a single text. The text is found in the chapter entitled The Rise of the House of Austria, and underneath the text is a pseudo-heraldic symbol representing the Prophecy:

Imperial history colorplate2

The second illustration contains the original Old German text of the enigmatic poem, Wolves with the hair of Ermine, which is (like the other text) followed by a series of pseudo-heraldic symbols, representing the first ,second, and fifth verses of poem, which is found in the chapter entitled The Fall of Rome:

The translation on the facing page reads:

Wolves with the hair of Ermine
Crows that are crowned as Kings
Though these things be many as vermin
ONE shall outlast these things

In the mountains an EAGLE shall rise
The Flag of the Desert shall burn
Renewed forever shall be old allies
And the KNIGHT TWICE CROWNED shall return

Surprisingly, no translation is given for the third stanza, which I can only assume is the lost stanza beginning  A Sword shall be his token, in which case it is extremely interesting that no translation is given, as no complete version of the stanza is known to exist. It is also noteworthy that these verses are referenced as being attributed to a certain Blessed Heinrich Arnhold von Heiligwaldenstein, though no other records or mentions of this personage can be found.

Sci-Fi Saturday: The Imperial Space Fleet (A Random Day’s Post)

13 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by Matthew Scarince in Random Days

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Cardinal Seldon, Catholic Church, christendom, Foundation, Foundation Series, Future Catholic Church, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial Star Fleet, Politics, Science Fiction, Star Fleet

Besides my work as the Head of the English Speaking Branch of the HRM and my work on The War for Christendom book series, I have also written a few works of science fiction (sci-fi), specifically the (as-of-yet) unfinished St. Damian’s Chronicles: Tales of Catholicism Amongst the Stars. The St. Damian’s Chronicles are a sort of Asimov’s Foundation about Catholics on different colony planets struggling to survive and spread the Faith.

(This Paragraph is for those of you who have no idea what Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is.) The basic premise of the Foundation is that a Statistical Wizard named Hari Seldon predicts the fall of a Galactic Empire (unlike Star Wars this is good empire) and sets up a group of scientists who use religion and money to gain control of surrounding barbarians in order to create a second Galactic Empire. They botch the job and Psychologists/Psychiatrists rush in to save the day. (Enough summarizing, back to the main post.)

The St. Damian’s Chronicles‘ analog to Foundation would be incomplete without a corresponding Empire and Starfleet, so without further fanfare, I present:

The K.U.K. Space Fleet

KUK Space Fleet+

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A Relevant Quote From IMPERIAL HISTORY

24 Sunday May 2015

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Cardinal Seldon, christendom, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial History, Modern Times, Prophecy, Western World

The Empire has fallen this year, and with it much of the good of Western Civilization. The Christian order of the World has been struck down. International wars will be endless; commerce and economy will decay; population will decline; countries will lose law, and be separated from the main body of the world. 

Governments will fall to the power of the mob; unreason and unnatural behavior will flourish; lies and calumnies will be spread at an alarming rate; the Church will be accused falsely on all sides, and while the guilty will go free, the innocent and those who repent of their sins will be punished. 

And so matters will remain… until God sends His Grace.”- Cardinal Seldon’s Imperial History: “The Fall of Rome” (written 1918)

The World of THE WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM: Cardinal Seldon’s Imperial History

15 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Matthew Scarince in The World of THE WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM

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Austria, Cardinal Seldon, christendom, Duroc, History, Holy Roman Empire, House of Hapsburg, Imperial History, Politics, Prophecy, Rare Book, Swinburne, The Line of Hapsburg, The War for Christendom

 It is our purpose in setting forth this history to provide the Faithful with a true understanding of the history of Christendom, and with hope for the future. The Empire may lie in ashes, but it was always from the ashes that the Phoenix rose again in glory.- Seldon’s Imperial History, “Preface”.

Seldon's IMPERIAL HISTORY

Scan of the Tittle-page of Cardinal Seldon’s IMPERIAL HISTORY, 1918 English Edition

An important and rare book, Cardinal Seldon’s Imperial History, is one of the few writings which preserves the enigmatic verses:

Wolves with the hair of Ermine
Crows that are crowned as Kings
Though these things be many as vermin
ONE shall outlast these things

In the mountains an EAGLE shall rise
The Flag of the Desert shall burn
Renewed forever shall be old allies
And the Knight Twice Crowned shall return

These verses are found elsewhere in fragmentary forms, the first verse often being misattributed to the revolutionary poet Swinburne (see: Hercule F. Duroc on the History of Heiligwaldenstein), and the second attributed (rightly or wrongly) to Tyrolean folklore. It is rumored that a third verse once existed beginning A SWORD shall be his token, but if this is so, the verse is lost.

S. Mauritius

Ora Pro Nobis

Blessed Emperor Karl

Ora Pro Nobis

Gott Erhalte Unsern Kaiser

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