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Lord of the World [Paperback]

Robert Hugh Benson (Author)
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"Mr. Benson sees the world, four or five generations hence [this review was written in 1906], free at last from all minor quarrels, and ranged against itself in two camps, Humanitarianism for those who believe in no divinity but that of man, Catholicism for those who believe in no divinity but that of God." -- London Times

"The book as art is beautiful, delicately balanced, deeply inspired, intelligently executed." -- Putnam's

"Though it precedes them, the book is the genre of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' and Huxley's 'Brave New World'." -- The Catholic Times, 20 January, 2002 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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A CENTURY BEFORE LEFT BEHIND

THERE WAS LORD OF THE WORLD

Imagine a godless age, a time when all the world has fallen prey to soulless communism. This is the world that Christ comes to as he returns to us.

This is the Second Coming.

This is the End of Time.

This is the Apocalypse.

(This jacketless hardcover is intended for the library trade.) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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A reason to overturn Vatican II Jun 10 2001
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Format:Paperback
Monsignor Benson has pre-empted the twentieth century in Catholic thought with this highly predictive novel. He outlines in 1907 the arguments that would prospectively overturn the Vatican II shift to secular humanism in the name of ecumenism. Where, as he writes, " the only God is man himself, the priests are the politicians and the prophets are the teachers". Does this sound familiar? A read for anyone wanting to really explore Faith, and real prayer.
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The Last of All Sep 1 2002
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R.H. Benson wrote two mystical visions of the future. _The Dawn of All_ is an extremely romantic and improbable 1911 parable of a 1971 world mostly Catholic and at peace, ready for the Second Coming. _The Lord of the World_ came first, in 1907, and was a darker vision. A world of flying craft, major scientific advances, and comfort has become a place of materialist despair. Euthanasia is routine, for the desperately ill and the terminally bored. Oliver and Mabel Brand, a rising young couple, are the golden ones -- Oliver becomes a major political figure, but Mabel chooses the cool despairing end of legal euthanasia. Father Percy Franklin is one of the last Catholic priests in a world hostile to freedom, church, university, and history. Eventually elected the last Pope, he is restricted to the dusty forgotten village of Nazareth. Julian Felsenburgh is a charismatic American adventurer who means to and does become Lord of the World, anti-Christ. Details are less important than the very modern mood. Believing in progress as the only good, people are swept into any movement that promises it. The past is ruthlessly exterminated. The quest for one world government that begins with Esperanto ends with one world dictatorship.
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The End of the World, Catholic Style! Oct 11 2001
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As an evangelical with strong Catholic sympathies, I was excited to discover "Lord of the World" for another twist on the "Left Behind" scenario. The author writes at the dawn of the twentieth century and hits a few predictions about our world dead-on. But better yet is the sense of gravity Benson conveys in the novel. You really feel the earth coming to a conclusion, the ultimate clash of faith in God versus faith in Man.
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