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| Original Title: | Father Elijah: An Apocalypse |
| ISBN: | 0898706904 (ISBN13: 9780898706901) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Children of the Last Days #4 |
Michael D. O'Brien
Paperback | Pages: 597 pages Rating: 4.37 | 2570 Users | 253 Reviews
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| Title | : | Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4) |
| Author | : | Michael D. O'Brien |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 597 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1997 by Ignatius Press (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Christianity. Catholic |
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Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schafer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church.Father Elijah is a convert from Judaism, a survivor of the Holocaust, a man once powerful in Israel. For twenty years he has been buried in the dark night of Carmel on the mountain of the prophet Elijah. The Pope and the Cardinal Secretary of State call him out of obscurity and give him a task of the highest sensitivity: to penetrate into the inner circles of a man whom they believe may be the Antichrist. Their purpose: to call the Man of Sin to repentance, and thus to postpone the great tribulation long enough to preach the Gospel to the whole world.In this richly textured tale, Father Elijah crosses Europe and the Middle East, moves through the echelons of world power, meets saints and sinners, presidents, judges, mystics, embattled Catholic journalists, faithful priests and a conspiracy of traitors within the very House of God. This is an apocalypse in the old literary sense, but one that was written in the light of Christian revelation.Rating About Books Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4)
Ratings: 4.37 From 2570 Users | 253 ReviewsAppraise About Books Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4)
gripping. i will remember this book on my deathbed. wish i hadn't waited so long to read it. and now I have to buy strangers and sojourners again (for some reason it bored me to death years ago when i tried to read it) along with the rest of the series. so much in this book. family, love, friendship, loss, spiritual warfare, answers to non believers' questions, the strange ways we meet each other and become part of each other's lives, etc. not as depressing as Lord of the World.This was an awesome adventure and a great thriller. I had no idea that so much WWII/Holocaust history would be involved, and it was a great background to the story. It's also inspired me to pray more, which is powerful. I am kind of sad that the ending left off where it did because I wanted to follow through with everything until the actual very end! but it was, all in all, a very satisfying read! I definitely want to read more of O'Brien's stories.Also I know it says "book 4" but this is the
This is a book the defies genre. When asked how to describe it, I jokingly told people, "It's Dan Brown without the heresy" (ha ha). But that's only partially accurate. Yes, the book is thrilling. Yes, it involves historical/religious intrigue and mystery. Yes, it was so exciting at times I found myself opening the book at stoplights. Yet, 'thriller' doesn't quite capture it. There are long, meandering sections musing on the nature of the human condition, asking big, perhaps unanswerable
One of the finest Catholic novels ever written. As serious literature it doesn't get much better than this.
One of my favorite books of all time. I read it a few years ago, and still think of it often, especially as I see history unfolding before my eyes today. I plan to re-read it, next time with my husband. I would highly recommend it. I am not a Catholic, but as a believer, i appreciated the book from a Biblical perspective.
ENGLISH: As its title indicates, this is an apocalyptic novel, obviously influenced by "Lord of the World," by Robert Hugh Benson, which takes place around the same time (towards the millennium), but exhibits certain differences, due to the fact that that it has been written much closer to the time it is describing (it was published in 1996).It introduces a few contemporary elements, such as the Pope, evidently based on John Paul II, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
This is the second of the 2 great modern Catholic novels that speculate about the Apocalypse. The first, Lord of the World, was written around 100 years ago, while the second was written in the late 20th century. Both novels describe the world of the 1990s.O'Brien's work spends more time struggling with the mystery of evil, as makes sense for a writer working in the latter part of the 20th century. He sees Communism, Fascism, the Holocaust, and the reestablishment of the State of Israel as truly
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