Father Elijah: An Apocalypse Paperback - 1998

Name: Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
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Author: O'Brien, Michael D
ISBN: 9780898706901

by Michael D. O'Brien

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From the publisher

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.

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Brother Ass found Father Elijah in the onion garden.

Details

Title Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
Author Michael D. O'Brien
Binding Paperback
Edition Softcover Ed
Pages 597
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Ignatius Press, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
Publication date 1998-01-01
Features Table of Contents
ISBN 9780898706901 / 0898706904
Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
Dimensions 8.02 x 5.28 x 1.47 in (20.37 x 13.41 x 3.73 cm)
Themes
- Religious Orientation: Catholic
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Catholic
Category Fiction - Religious
Library of Congress subjects Prophecies, Christian fiction
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95079950
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Michael D. O'Brien, iconographer, painter, and writer, is the popular author of many best-selling novels including Father Elijah, Strangers and Sojourners, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father's Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, The Lighthouse, and Island of the World. His novels have been translated into twelve languages and widely reviewed in both secular and religious media in North America and Europe.