Prefiguring the End Times: the Era of Julian the Apostate (Part 1): A Warning for Our Times

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In this powerful sermon marking the end of the liturgical year, we explore the prophetic warnings surrounding the Great Apostasy, the Antichrist, and how history provides us with types—real people and events that foreshadow future realities. Drawing deeply from Scripture, the Church Fathers, and historical accounts, this talk examines the tumultuous 4th century, the rise of the Arian heresy, the moral collapse of society, and the chilling career of Julian the Apostate, one of the clearest historical foreshadowings of the Antichrist himself. Learn why Saints like St. Jerome, St. Basil, St. Athanasius, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, and St. Augustine saw their own age as a type of the final apostasy foretold by St. Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2. Discover how Julian’s subtle, cleverly disguised persecution—cloaked under “religious liberty,” tolerance, and educational reform—became more spiritually dangerous than open martyrdom. 00:00 – Introduction: The end of the liturgical year 00:03 – Why we must not panic about the end times 00:22 – Story of St. John Berchmans: living in the state of grace 01:06 – What really matters: dying in a state of grace 01:23 – What is a “type” in Scripture and theology? 01:54 – Examples of typology: Jael, Israel, the enemy general 03:00 – Understanding types: persons, places, and events 03:11 – St. Paul: The Great Apostasy must come first 03:49 – Fathers & Doctors on the Great Apostasy 04:18 – Why study foreshadowings of Antichrist? 05:07 – Julian the Apostate introduced 05:30 – Cardinal Newman’s summary of Julian and the Arian crisis 06:33 – The Arian heresy explained 07:41 – St. Jerome & St. Basil describe moral collapse 08:34 – St. Jerome on widespread vice 09:08 – Clergy corruption and widespread heresy 10:26 – Heretical bishops dominating the Church 10:58 – St. Cyril of Jerusalem: “This is the apostasy” 11:11 – Julian’s early life: massacre, Arian upbringing 12:00 – Julian begins his double life 13:05 – Julian seeks out sorcerers and occult teachers 13:48 – Demonic initiation described by St. Gregory Nazianzen 15:21 – Julian becomes fully devoted to paganism 15:58 – Julian becomes Caesar, then Emperor 16:06 – Julian publicly renounces Christianity 16:22 – Persecution begins—subtly 16:45 – Julian’s strategy: religious liberty to divide Christians 17:28 – Why “religious freedom” was a weapon 18:00 – Selective law enforcement against Christians 19:01 – Christians attacked with state approval 20:11 – Julian expels Christian teachers 20:34 – De-Christianizing schools, government, and military 21:01 – Removing Christians from public life 21:48 – Removing clergy to suffocate the Church 22:01 – Destroying Christian symbols and holy sites 23:41 – Summary of Julian’s anti-Christian strategy 24:01 – Final remark: Julian worse than earlier persecutors For more please visit http://www.veritascaritas.com/ & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Please remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ ▶️ 4. Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 ▶️ 5. My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ ▶️ 6. LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c ▶️ 7. UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium ▶️ 8. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.us/donate-support/ ▶️ 9. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶️ 10. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 11. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Sensus Fidelium Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium ▶️ 12. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #Sermon #EndTimes #GreatApostasy #Antichrist #ChurchHistory #JulianTheApostate #ArianHeresy #CatholicProphecy #StateOfGrace #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicTeaching #Eschatology #BiblicalProphecy #SpiritualWarfare

Topics

• Repentance
• Second Coming
• Prophecy & End Times