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One of the most extraordinary books ever published. These four volumes record the visions of the famous 19th-century Catholic mystic; Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich; a nun who was privileged to behold innumerable events of biblical times; going back all the way to the creation of the world. She witnessed the fall of the Angels; the sin of Adam; Noe and the Flood; the lives of St. John the Baptist; St. Anne; St. Joseph; the Blessed Virgin Mary; and St. Mary Magdalen. Also includes the birth; life; public ministry; Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ; as well as the founding of His Church. Besides describing persons; places; events and traditions in intimate detail; Anne Catherine Emmerich also sets forth the mystical significance of these visible realities. Impr. 4 vol set- 2;623 pgs; A $100 Value!

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 juin 2001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618903297
Langue	English
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Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich 1774-1824 Mystic, Stigmatist, Visionary and Prophet

Nihil Obstat: Em. De Jaegher Can. lib. cens. Brugis, 14 Februarii 1914 Imprimatur: A. C. De Schrevel Vicar General Brugis, 14 Februarii 1914
This English translation published in 1914 by Desclée De Brouwer & Co. of Lille, Paris, and Bruges, in conjunction with The Sentinel Press of New York. Reprinted by Academy Library Guild in 1954, and later by Apostolate of Christian Action, both of Fresno, California. Reprinted in 1979 by TAN Books. Retypeset and republished again in 1986 by TAN Books; full-size edition (same content with enlarged type) published in 2004 by TAN Books.
Typography is the property of TAN Books, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the publisher, except that brief selections may be copied for non-profit use without permission.
ISBN: Vol. 1 978-0-89555-787-2 ISBN: Vol. 2 978-0-89555-788-9 ISBN: Vol. 3 978-0-89555-789-6 ISBN: Vol. 4 978-0-89555-790-2 ISBN: Set 978-0-89555-791-9
Cover picture, The Baptism of Christ , by Carl Block (1834-1890), Copyright © Frederiksborg Slot-Hope Gallery, Inc., Provo, Utah.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina www.TANBooks.com 2004
“But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.”
—St. John the Evangelist ( John 21:25)

Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich was born on September 8th, 1774, at Flamske, near Koesfeld, Westphalia, in West Germany, and became a nun of the Augustinian Order on November 13th, 1803, in the Convent of Agnetenberg at Dülmen (also in Westphalia). She died on February 9th, 1824. Although of simple education, she had perfect consciousness of her earliest days and could understand the liturgical Latin from her first time at Mass.
During most of her later years she would vomit up even the simplest food or drink, subsisting for long periods almost entirely on water and the Holy Eucharist. She was told in mystic vision that her gift of seeing past, present and future was greater than that possessed by anyone else in history.
From the year 1812 until her death, she bore the stigmata of Our Lord, including a cross over her heart and wounds from the crown of thorns. Though Anne Catherine Emmerich was an invalid confined to bed during her later years, her funeral was nevertheless attended by a greater concourse of mourners than any other remembered by the oldest inhabitants of Dülmen.
Her mission in life seems to have been to suffer in expiation for the godlessness that darkened the “Age of Enlightenment” and the era of the Napoleonic wars, a time during which she saw her convent closed and her Order suppressed by Napoleon.
During the last five years of her life the day-by-day transcription of her visions and mystical experiences was recorded by Clemens Brentano, poet, literary leader, friend of Goethe and Görres, who, from the time he met her, abandoned his distinguished career and devoted the rest of his life to this work.
The immense mass of notes preserved in his journals forms one of the most extensive case histories of a mystic ever kept and provides the source for the material found in this book, plus much of what is found in her two-volume definitive biography written by V. Rev. Carl E. Schmöger, C.SS.R.
Preface
This book is the first and only English version of the combined Biblical visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich. The original was published in 1914 by Desclée, de Brouwer (Bruges, Belgium) as The Lowly Life and Bitter Passion of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother, together with the Mysteries of the Old Testament.
The text is that of the 4th German edition of the 1881 version of the Very Rev. Carl E. Schmöger, C.SS.R., a compilation of the three classic works: The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, The Bitter Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and The Life of Mary. The translation was made by an American nun, since deceased, who wished to remain anonymous.
The first edition was issued with the approval and warm recommendation of the following members of the American hierarchy: Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops Gross, Feehan and Elder, and Bishop Toebbe. It also included testimonials from Michael Wittman, Bishop of Ratisbon, Dean Overberg, Sister Emmerich’s spiritual director, Count Leopold von Stolberg, J. J. Goerres, Dom Prosper Guéranger and several others less well known in our day. To this list might be added the names of Claudel, the Maritains, Huysmans, Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, Leon Bloy … to name but a few who have written in glowing terms of the saintly “Bride of the Passion” who was privileged to bear the wounds of Him whose life she beheld in the prophetic eye of her spirit.
The publishers, in reprinting these volumes, do so in complete and willing conformity to the decrees of Pope Urban VIII respecting private revelations, persons not as yet canonized, and the prudence with which all alleged supernatural phenomena not attested to by the Church must properly be regarded. The final decision in all such matters rests with the See of Rome, to which the publishers humbly submit.
Like other private revelations, Sister Emmerich’s accounts of the life of Our Lord, His Blessed Mother, and other biblical personages should be treated with that respect and that degree of faith which they seem to merit when compared with the holy dogmas of our Faith as derived from Scripture and Tradition, as well as when compared with our knowledge of history, geography, and science. These revelations are not, of course, guaranteed free from all error, as are the Sacred Scriptures. The Imprimatur which these books bear simply means they have been judged by ecclesiastical authority to be free of error in matters of faith and morals. Nevertheless, these revelations show a remarkable harmony with what is known about the history, geography, and customs of the ancient world.
The visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich provide a wealth of information not found in the Bible. In these times of disbelief, when the Sacred Scriptures are so often regarded as symbolical narratives with little historical value, the visions of this privileged soul providentially confirm the Christian’s faith in the rock-solid reality of the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of His words, His deeds, and His miracles.
In addition, Sister Emmerich’s visions show how our sacred religious heritage goes back in an unbroken line all the way to the time of Adam, to the very beginning of the world—a line which no other religion but the Roman Catholic can claim. These revelations show how the Roman Catholic Church faithfully follows the teachings, and administers the Sacraments, of Jesus Christ Himself—which teachings and Sacraments are in turn the perfect fulfillment of the Old Testament religion.
This crucial fact, which has been almost totally forgotten in our day, is nevertheless all-important in proving which is the one true religion established by Almighty God. The unbroken line of the Roman Catholic Church becomes obvious to all who read these accounts of the marvelous events which Anne Catherine Emmerich was privileged to behold. For this reason alone, they are priceless—a gift of Divine Providence to an unbelieving world.
May God guide these revelations into the hands of those who need them most. May they do immense good for souls, both in time and for eternity.
—The Publishers January 31, 1986 Feast of St. John Bosco
Contents of Volume I
Map of the Near East
Anne Catherine Emmerich
Preface
Foreword
Some Things to Look For in These Volumes
Genealogy of the Holy Family
THE CREATION
1. Fall of the Angels
2. Creation of the Earth
3. Adam and Eve
4. The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge
SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
1. The Fall
2. The Promise of the Redeemer
3. Adam and Eve Driven from Paradise
4. The Family of Adam
5. Cain. The Children of God. The Giants
6. Noe and His Posterity. Hom and Dsemschid, Leaders of the People
7. The Tower of Babel
8. Derketo
9. Semiramis
10. Melchisedech
11. Job
12. Abraham
13. Melchisedech’s Sacrifice of Bread and Wine
14. Abraham Receives the Sacrament of the Old Covenant
15. Jacob
16. Joseph and Aseneth
17. The Ark of the Covenant
THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN
1. Genealogy, Birth, and Marriage of St. Anne
2. The Holy and Immaculate Conception of Mary
3. Symbols of the Mystery of the Immaculate Conception
4. Symbolical Vision
5. Eve of Mary’s Birth
6. Birth of Mary
7. The Child Receives the Name of Mary
8. Preparations for Mary’s Presentation
9. The Journey to the Temple
10. The Entrance into Jerusalem
11. Mary’s Entrance into the Temple and Her Offering
12. A Glance at the Obduracy of the Pharisees
13. John Promised to Zachary
THE MOST HOLY INCARNATION
1. Mary Espoused to St. Joseph
2. The Holy House of Nazareth
3. Mary’s Annunciation
4. Mary’s Visitation
5. Feast Pictures
6. The Blessed Virgin’s Preparations for the Birth of Christ. Journey to Bethlehem
7. The Arrival in Bethlehem
8. Birth of the Child Jesus
9. Adoration of the Shepherds. Devout Visits to the Crib
10. The Circumcision
11. Journey of the Three Kings to Bethlehem
12. Genealogy of the Kings
13. The Kings before Herod
14. The Kings Arrive at Bethlehem
15. The Second Day of the Kings at the Crib. Their Departure
16. The Return of St. Anne
17. Mary’s Purification
18. Feast Picture
19. Death of Holy Simeon
20. Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth
21. The Flight into Egypt
22. The Holy Family among Robbers
23. The Balsam Garden
24. The Holy Family Reach Heliopolis
25. The Murder of the Innocent Children
26. The Holy Family Go to Matarea
27. The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
28. John as a C