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"I advise you to read it."--Pope Francis on Lord of the World

Lord of the World. Beautifully re-typeset with all Latin passages newly translated in notes. One of Pope Francis's favorite novels, Benson's 1907 apocalyptic tale of the Antichrist is one of the first modern dystopias. Humanism has eliminated world conflict but practices a subtle... Read Full Overview

His house stood facing northwards at the extreme end of a spur of the Surrey Hills, now cut and tunnelled out of all recognition; only to a Communist the view was an inspiriting one. Immediately below the wide windows the embanked ground fell away rapidly for perhaps a hundred... Read Full Overview

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Robert Hugh Benson's Lord of the World delivers a stark warning of the dangers of secular humanism. Written in 1907, the novel chronicles the rise of the Antichrist in a dystopian future, where God has been abandoned and humanity itself has become the object of worship... Read Full Overview

Lord of the World is a 1907 apocalyptic novel by Robert Hugh Benson. It is sometimes deemed one of the first modern dystopias. Michael D. O'Brien's Catholic apocalyptic series, Children of the Last Days follows a very similar theme as well.Essentially the novel imagines a socialist... Read Full Overview

Belief in God has been replaced by secular humanism in this gripping tale of the apocalypse. Protestantism is over, Catholicism is driven underground, and the Eastern religions have merged into a single pantheistic creed that poses an ongoing military threat to the West. Without... Read Full Overview

Robert Hugh Benson was an Anglican priest who later joined the Catholic Church in the 20th century. His religious works remain influential among Christians today.

An incredibly prophetic book

"I advise you to read it. Reading it, you'll understand well what I mean by ideological colonization." - Pope Francis

Written in 1907, Lord of the World, is a dystopian science fiction novel, accurately... Read Full Overview

Ruler of the World merits a place alongside A Happy World and 1984 among the works of art of anecdotal oppressed world. Truth be told, in spite of the fact that the magnum opuses of Huxley and Orwell are tantamount in artistic esteem, they are plainly second rate in prophetic... Read Full Overview

Lord of the World is a 1907 novel by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson that centers upon the reign of the Anti-Christ and the End of the World. It has been called prophetic by Dale Ahlquist, Joseph Pearce, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the... Read Full Overview

Robert Hugh Benson was an Anglican priest who also wrote Christian works. From the preface: "I am perfectly aware that this is a terribly sensational book, and open to innumerable criticisms on that account, as well as on many others. But I did not know how else to express the... Read Full Overview