There are a couple of problems with the “prophecy”of St. Bridget:
First, personal prophecies and visions are just that Personal. We are not bound to believe them. And many times they are inaccurate.
Second, The entire prophecy is not included in your article. Before it gets into the incredible punishment due the pope there are several paragraphs. One of them read as such:
“…For after he instituted in the world this new sacrament of the Eucharist and ascended into heaven, the ancient law was then still kept: namely, that Christian priests lived in CARNAL matrimony. And, nonetheless, many of them were still friends of God because they believed with simple purity that this was pleasing to God: namely, that Christian priests should have wives and live in wedlock just as, in the ancient times of the Jews, this had pleased him in the case of Jewish priests. And so, this was the observance of Christian priests for many years.
And it goes on and on and on and on.
Basically, the vision is implying belief that in the ancient Church, priestly marriage was common and accepted, but then later was revoked under the inspiration of a particular pontiff, presumably Pope St. Gregory VII, under whom the Gregorian Reform struck out against clerical concubinage.
You can’t have it both ways:
1. The prophecy is true but Mary is historically inaccurate and counter to what most of the posts on this site state “that married priest lived in continence even in the early church” but she's right in wanting the priests not to have carnal marriage or perhaps 2. Mary is historically right and God just changed his mind several hundred years later as she states in the prophecy. Both are doubtful.
Finally, Mary is of few words. She may show children in Fatima hell but I don’t think she is big on giving every detail play by play.
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