CENTURIA VIII · QUATRAIN XCVIII
Woe to the Clergy
Des gens d'eglise sang sera espandu,
Comme de l'eau eu si grand abondance;
Et d'un long temps ne sera restranchu00e9,
Ve, ve au clerc ruine & doleance.
Of the churchfolk blood shall be shed
as if water had flowed in such great abundance;
and for a long time it shall not be stemmed u2014
woe, woe to the clergy, ruin and mourning.
THE MASTER SAYS…
He says that this quatrain has three meanings. On the one hand, it relates to the Inquisition of his time and subsequent generations. He says that the Inquisition was completely absurd. They went too far. He tried to warn them that if they did not restrain themselves and put themselves in order, they would destroy the church. He says that this quatrain also relates to the fall of the Catholic Church. He says that this is quite clear. He says that it also relates to the Antichrist destroying other religions. The Antichrist will desecrate and then destroy everything that people revere or consider holy. And therefore “woe, woe, woe to the clergy” sounds, which means death and ruin for all priests, priestesses, and all who serve the divine power.